Archive for December 2, 2019
Pope Francis names Mexican-born bishop coadjutor of San Bernardino
Pope Francis Monday named Bishop Alberto Rojas, an auxiliary bishop of Chicago, to be coadjutor of the Diocese of San... Read more
Vatican to welcome asylum seekers to Italy
On Thursday, the Holy See will welcome 33 refugees to Italy as they arrive from the Greek island of Lesbos... Read more
Pope: Catholic entrepreneurs must live out Church’s social teaching
Catholic business owners have both a grave responsibility and an opportunity to promote the Church’s social teaching in a difficult... Read more
Pennsylvania considers requiring burial or cremation of fetal remains
The Pennsylvania Senate is debating a bill that would require the burial or cremation of the bodies of fetuses after... Read more
Hungary's incentives mean more marriages but not more babies
The country’s birth rate remains well below the replacement level of 2.1 births per woman, and the rate has not... Read more
Australia's bishops protest national move to force priests to reveal confessions
Australia’s Catholic bishops support “nationally consistent” reporting standards for the abuse of minors, but cannot support new national legal standards... Read more
English bishops urge voting to uphold human dignity ahead of general election
The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales are urging voters to consider issues of human rights and the dignity of... Read more
Pete Buttigieg cites Gospel in campaign ad
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg quoted the Gospel of Matthew in his first statewide ad in South Carolina. Read more
Becciu again denies involvement in IDI hospital purchase
In a letter to a veteran Italian journalist, Cardinal Angelo Becciu wrote Monday that he was not involved in the... Read more
