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null / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2023 / 16:50 pm (CNA). Religious communities in the U.S. lack the funds necessary to care for their elderly, the U.S. bishops said ahead of the annual collection for the religious retirement fund. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) said in a statement this month that on the weekend…
Six months ago, the Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis had entrusted Italy’s Cardinal Matteo Zuppi with a delicate mission. The May 20 announcement was thin on details. It said that the pope had given Zuppi — a veteran peacebuilder linked to the Community of Sant’Egidio — “the task of leading a mission, in agreement with…
“Martyrdom of Josaphat Kuntsevych” (c. 1861) by Józef Simmler. / Credit: National Museum in Warsaw Rome Newsroom, Nov 17, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA). Members of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church gathered in St. Peter’s Basilica from Nov. 12–13 to celebrate the end of the jubilee year marking the 400th anniversary of the martyrdom of…
null / Credit: balipadma/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Nov 17, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA). The Vatican announced this week that it was partnering with the auto manufacturer Volkswagen as part of its broader initiative “Ecological Conversion 2030” to introduce an all-electric, zero-impact car fleet in the Vatican by 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050,…
Statue of St. Peter in front of St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2023 / 15:06 pm (CNA). The Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) in response to a question from a Filipino bishop recently reaffirmed the long-standing position of the Catholic Church that being an active…
The Cross of San Lázaro of Seville, Spain, sculpted in the 16th century, was vandalized on the night of Oct. 21-22, 2023. / Credit: Emergencies Seville CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2023 / 13:28 pm (CNA). Europe has witnessed a 44% jump in anti-Christian hate crimes across more than two dozen European countries over the past…
Cardinal Angelo Becciu. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Nov 17, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA). After almost two and a half years, the Vatican’s “trial of the century,” in which the disgraced Cardinal Angelo Becciu is a defendant, is winding down. The Vatican court’s president, Giuseppe Pignatone, has asked defense lawyers to keep their…
Pope Francis meets with priests of Rome’s 17th prefecture in the Parish of Santa Maria Madre dell’Ospitalità in Villa Verde in Rome on Nov. 16, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Nov 17, 2023 / 11:24 am (CNA). Pope Francis met with priests of Rome’s 17th prefecture — which sits on the eastern edge…
Bishop Yao Shun of Jining and Bishop Yang Yongqiang of Zhouchun (right) of the People’s Republic of China at the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican in October 2023. / Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Nov 17, 2023 / 11:56 am (CNA). A Chinese bishop who attended the Synod on Synodality assembly has spoken out about…
Happy Friday friends, As all of you know, JD and I have been in Baltimore this week for the USCCB autumn assembly, and there is a lot of news to get through. So, I’m not going to bore you with a bunch of throat clearing, let’s just get to it. Share The News In Baltimore…
