In a jam-packed Saint Joseph Cathedral in Romania on Friday, Pope Francis encouraged the local church to embrace a culture of encounter while giving a shout-out to women in the country.
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Florida Diocese Seeks to Help Ex-Offenders by Showing ‘They are Still Loved’
Florida’s panhandle may be renowned throughout the country for its popular beaches, yet less commonly known is that it’s also home to the majority of the state’s massive prison population – one whose incarceration rate exceeds every country in the world.
Universal and Local: Church Law Responds to Local Law, Culture
The Catholic Church has universal laws valid around the globe, but many of those laws — including on handling allegations of abuse — must be further refined on a local level to respond to national laws and cultures.
From Venezuela to Syria, the Church’s Charities Bring Help
Caritas Internationalis is the umbrella organization that serves as a federation for more than 160 national Catholic charities all over the world, from Sri Lanka and Ukraine, to Nicaragua and Haiti.
Ahead of Visit, Pope Calls on Romania to Remember Legacy of Martyrs
Pope Francis hopes his visit to Romania will strengthen the bonds of faith that unite Orthodox and Catholics in the country.
Two Attacks in Two Days Leave Ten Catholics Dead in Burkina Faso
Catholic leaders in Burkina Faso appealed for unity and solidarity after two attacks on Catholics in two days left nine laypeople and a priest dead.
A Reminder of the Church’s Bright Future
Last Sunday, 466 adults from Brooklyn and Queens met with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio in the auditorium of the former Bishop Ford High School. They came together with their sponsors, families and friends to celebrate the Rite of Election, which is one of the last steps before becoming members of the Catholic Church.
A Crisis in The Church
Dear Editor: Ed Wilkinson’s Sept. 8 column wrongly casts the crisis in the Church in exclusively ideological terms. He attacks the letter of former Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Vigano, which accused many bishops and the Holy Father of failing to act on former Cardinal McCarrick’s history of sexual abuse, as having a “vindictive” tone and accuses him of “throw[ing] so many people under the bus that you just have to question his motives.”
The Church is One
The Church certainly is in a mess right now. The clerical sex abuse scandal and the attempt to protect children have blown into a full-scale civil war of liberals versus conservatives. It’s gone so far that some people are actually calling upon Pope Francis to resign from his office.
Questions Still Surround Papal Accuser’s Role in Neinstedt Probe
In the aftermath of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s sensational claim that Pope Francis knew about misconduct allegations against ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick in 2013 and ignored them, Archbishop Viganò’s own handling of a sex abuse crisis in the U.S. has come under fresh examination.