The president of the Southern Africa Catholic Bishops' Conference said that bishops throughout the continent are engaged in a respectful dialogue on ordaining ordaining "proven married men" to the priesthood.
Welcome to Global Sisters Report's gallery of honor, where we pay tribute to Catholic sisters killed violently in African countries. May their souls rest in peace, and may their legacy live on.
The exhibit "The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler" only partially achieves its aim of a "more humanistic understanding" of Hiffernan, the model and domestic partner of the renowned painter.
It is widely recognized among conservative and progressive Catholics that the right to life is genuine, and not contingent upon legislative rulings. But there seems to be less of a consensus about the right to bodily autonomy.
A review of more than a dozen synodal reports from U.S. dioceses participants appreciate the opportunity to be heard, even if they harbor misgivings about what the Synod on Synodality will ultimately accomplish.
It is widely recognized among conservative and progressive Catholics that the right to life is genuine, and not contingent upon legislative rulings. But there seems to be less of a consensus about the right to bodily autonomy.
Catholic advocates hailed the landmark legislation, once thought dead but now on its way to President Joe Biden's desk after it passed the House on Friday, to address climate change, reduce prescription drug costs and establish a minimum tax on large corporations.
A review of more than a dozen synodal reports from U.S. dioceses participants appreciate the opportunity to be heard, even if they harbor misgivings about what the Synod on Synodality will ultimately accomplish.
It is widely recognized among conservative and progressive Catholics that the right to life is genuine, and not contingent upon legislative rulings. But there seems to be less of a consensus about the right to bodily autonomy.
According to a report by Catholic Climate Covenant, many lay Catholics who have embraced and worked to live out church teachings to safeguard God's creation feel little to no support from clergy, bishops and dioceses, and in some cases opposition.
Commentary: Like in "Apollo 13, " Ron Howard's new film "Thirteen Lives" shows how teamwork, ingenuity and outside-the-box thinking can solve seemingly impossible missions. With passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, we can begin to summon the same dogged determination on climate change.
The exhibit "The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler" only partially achieves its aim of a "more humanistic understanding" of Hiffernan, the model and domestic partner of the renowned painter.
In this slim first volume of Brother Roger's journals, we find the nourishment to seek unity in our divided world. It is a call to boldness that is desperately needed in these challenging times.
A recent report on the public relations strategy used by Cologne Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki during a clerical sex abuse scandal has provoked renewed controversy, even after the cardinal's March return from his six-month sabbatical initiated by Pope Francis.
<p>Kassi Marshall, a physician, mother and member of the First Church of God in Chavies, Kentucky, is on a mission to bring safe drinking water to Perry County, where parts of the water...
Relics of the two murdered sisters from South Sudan have been brought to the Basilica of St. Bartolomeo in Rome, so the church and the world can honor their lives.
A recent report on the public relations strategy used by Cologne Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki during a clerical sex abuse scandal has provoked renewed controversy, even after the cardinal's March return from his six-month sabbatical initiated by Pope Francis.
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Aug. 12 dismissed an appeal by a handful of Creighton University students who sought to be exempt from the private Catholic school's COVID-19 vaccine mandate last year, arguing that getting the shots would violate their religious beliefs against abortion.
Fr. Daniel Horan: Recognizing that I could not run competitively in these July races, I gave prayerful thanks for the gift of health and recovery that allowed me to put one step in front of another, at whatever pace.
A review of more than a dozen synodal reports from U.S. dioceses participants appreciate the opportunity to be heard, even if they harbor misgivings about what the Synod on Synodality will ultimately accomplish.
As the warming climate produces more extreme weather including bigger and wetter hurricanes, a project in southeast Louisiana aims to utilize houses of worship and community buildings as electricity hubs after disasters and during extended power outages.
The common sentiment expressed during the July 18-23 gathering of the Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society and Pastoral Life is that the ones who were once evangelized must now become the evangelizers.
