Meet the Synod’s scooter-riding Byzantine archbishop who got the pope to wear a trucker hat — By: Catholic News Agency

Metropolitan Fülöp Kocsis in Rome for the 2023 Synod on Synodality / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez Vatican City, Oct 28, 2023 / 06:59 am (CNA). A Byzantine Catholic monk who serves as the bishop of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church has, perhaps improbably, emerged as one of the most colorful figures participating in the Vatican’s monthlong…

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Moscow Archdiocese urges return of memorial for bishop imprisoned by Stalin regime — By: Catholic News Agency

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary, Moscow, Russia. / Sergey Ilyin-Mikhalski (Public Domain). Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 27, 2023 / 15:45 pm (CNA). The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of the Mother of God at Moscow is urging the Prince Vladimir Cemetery in Vladimir, Russia, to restore a memorial plaque that honored…

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Dictatorship in Nicaragua cancels registration of 25 institutions including the Franciscans — By: Catholic News Agency

null / ChiccoDodiFC / Shutterstock. ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 27, 2023 / 10:05 am (CNA). In a new attack against the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega canceled the legal status and registration of 25 institutions, including that of the Franciscan Friars Minor and those of several other Christian denomination groups….

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