Local Church

Archbishop of San Francisco Asks for Prayers for Nancy Pelosi’s Husband, Wounded in An Attack

Monsignor Salvatore Cordileone, who banned Pelosi from receiving Communion, now expresses his closeness and prayer after the attack on her husband.

Oct 29, 2022 18:16

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Local Church

These Are the “Numbers” Pope Francis Will Find in Bahrain: Vocations, Priests, Catholics, etc.

The average number of Catholics per priest is 8,045. The vocational situation reflects one major seminarian. There are 20 priests in total and one Bishop.

Oct 28, 2022 22:49

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Local Church•Testimonies

Peter Seewald, Benedict XVI’s Biographer, Says the Pope Emeritus “Is Suffering Very Much Because of the Situation of the Church

“He said that perhaps God is still keeping him here to give witness to the world,” said Peter Seewald.

Oct 28, 2022 22:35

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General Audience•Pope Francis

What Is Desolation? Pope Francis Explains It in These Eight Points

The Holy Father’s General Audience on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, on desolation as a matter of discernment.

Oct 27, 2022 23:09

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Local Church

US Bishops’ Answer to Biden’s Initiative to Codify Abortion

United States Bishops’ reaction in face of Biden’s announcement that his main legislative priority, after the mid-term elections, will be to codify a national right to abortion.

Oct 27, 2022 23:03

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Local Church•Pope Francis

Pope Francis Is One of the 100 Latinos Most Committed to Climate Action

The list was published on Monday, October 24 and includes personalities such as Alexandria Ocazio-Cortez, Camila Cabello, Carlos Vives, Diego Luna, Gisele Bundchen and Gabriel Boric.

Oct 27, 2022 22:44

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Local Church

United States Bishops Are Preparing to Elect Their New Leadership in Mid-November

Also on the agenda is the Supreme Court’s decision on abortion and a document on the formation of conscience of the laity.

Oct 27, 2022 22:39

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Pope Francis•Rome

From the Colosseum in Rome Pope Francis Warns Against Use of Atomic Weapons

“This evening, amid the silence of prayer, we have heard that plea for peace: a peace suppressed in so many areas of the world, violated by all too many acts of violence, and denied even to children and the elderly, who have not been spared the bitter sufferings of war,” said the Pope in his address during the International Prayer Meeting on the theme ”The Plea for Peace: Religions and Cultures in Dialogue.”

Oct 26, 2022 22:45

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Rome•Vatican City

Cardinal Pietro Parolin’s  “Lectio Magistralis” to EWTN on Communication, Truth and Communion

“It is good that they feel that they are an active part of the life of the Church, first of all by living in a spirit of communion with the Bishop of Rome. This is all the more urgent today in a time marked by overly-dramatic debates, also within the Church, which do not even spare the person and the Magisterium of the Pontiff,” said the Vatican Secretary of State in his address to EWTN.

Oct 25, 2022 23:57

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Pope Francis•Vatican City

World Federation of Catholic Medical Associations vs Pontifical Academy for Life

Statement of the World Federation of Catholic Medical Associations on a recent appointment to the Pontifical Academy for Life.

Oct 25, 2022 14:08

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Church and World•Dicasteries•Interview

Interview with Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle on the Renewal of the China-Vatican Agreement

Cardinal Tagle reminds that Bishops are not “functionaries of the Pope” or “clerics of the State,” but “successors of the Apostles.”

Oct 23, 2022 01:11

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Church and World

How Many Catholics, Priests, Women Religious or Seminarians Are There in the World?

The global percentage of Catholics has diminished slightly (-0.01), compared to the previous year, halting at 17.73%

Oct 23, 2022 00:35

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