Synod on Synodality’s ‘most fertile time’ will be between the assemblies, Radcliffe says
Radcliffe, who serves as the spiritual adviser to the synod, also warned delegates not to speak negatively when they return home from Rome, quoting St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians:…
UPDATE: Pope Francis and U.S. President Biden speak by phone, discuss Israel and Gaza
Earlier in the day, Pope Francis in his Sunday Angelus appealed for peace in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, which is entering its third week. “Once again my thoughts turn to…
The faithful servant of Christ and the Church who was assassinated by Soviet communists
Auxiliary Bishop Milan Lach of Slovakia recalled that Romzha was sent to a small parish in the Carpathian Mountains. “But God had a mission prepared for him: to become a…
15 quotes from St. John Paul II on his love for the Eucharist
1. “The Eucharist is the secret of my day. It gives strength and meaning to all my activities of service to the Church and to the whole world … Let…
‘He hid under the altar’: Tanzanian bishop describes effects of violent storm on church
Kilaini said the Christians of Rwamishenye Parish “have no place to pray” following the tragedy. “They had built their temporary church and now the structure has been blown away by…
UK bishop: Marriage is ‘at risk of being eradicated altogether’
“The Christian vocation of marriage stands out as an invitation to new generations to believe and set out along the same path: to have the courage to make the same…
African Jesuit theologian believes synodality work ‘will begin’ after Rome meetings
Orobator, the immediate former president of the Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar, said the ongoing conversations in Rome are more important than the outcome of the process. “I remain…
Christian group says British teacher fired for refusing to teach ‘extreme LGBTQI lessons’
Leger, 43, “decided that she would teach the Christian view on LGBTQI topics as students were getting only a one-sided narrative,” Christian Concern said. A parent of a child reportedly…
Cameroonian archdiocese launching perpetual adoration at ‘every parish,’ archbishop says
St. John the Baptist Adoration Chapel, Fonchas Street, Bamenda, Cameroon. Credit: Ayuni Emmanuel Father Anthony Bangsi, a parish priest of St. Gabriel’s Parish, Alamatu, said the diocese over the course…
Portland Archdiocese: New office will integrate schools into evangelization mission
In a letter to the archdiocese accompanying the announcement, Moo said he knows “there is desire to know the plans and agenda for the future” but that the plan on…
Archbishop: If a Synod proposal is at odds with the Gospel, ‘that’s not of the Holy Spirit’
“I don’t think that’s revealing anything that people didn’t know already,” he added. “And there’s a lot of tension and emotion around an issue like that.” He said that it…
At Vatican Observatory, astronomers reveal thousands of newly discovered galaxies
Using sophisticated new technology, the VVVX team were “able to peer through the dust and see even distant galaxies on the other side of the Milky Way,” the observatory said…