International Youth Forum meets to continue work of Synod
Vatican City, Jun 18, 2019 / 07:45 am (CNA).- Nearly 250 young adults will meet in Rome this week for the International Youth Forum to discuss how best to implement…
Supreme Court gives second chance to Oregon cake bakers who declined same-sex wedding
Portland, Ore., Jun 18, 2019 / 12:20 am (CNA).- An Oregon bakery whose owners declined to make a cake celebrating a same-sex commitment ceremony will get another chance in court,…
Analysis: How will the USCCB vote in first elections since McCarrick scandal?
Washington D.C., Jun 17, 2019 / 06:00 pm (CNA).- While the spring meeting of the U.S. bishops’ conference has only just concluded, some bishops are already looking to the election…
German doctors fined for abortion ads
Berlin, Germany, Jun 17, 2019 / 05:29 pm (CNA).- Two German doctors were fined Friday for abortion advertisements which described how the procedure is carried out. The Berlin district court…
Christian leaders call for dialogue, end to violence in Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China, Jun 17, 2019 / 04:17 pm (CNA).- Hundreds of thousands of protestors in Hong Kong are continuing to demonstrate against the government’s plans to allow extraditions to…
Hong Kong extradition bill could further endanger Christians, advocates say
Hong Kong, China, Jun 17, 2019 / 03:52 pm (CNA).- Though a proposed change to extradition laws in Hong Kong is on hold for now, Christian leaders and advocacy groups…
Paris archbishop at Mass: Notre-Dame exists to be a place of worship
Paris, France, Jun 17, 2019 / 03:10 pm (CNA).- During Saturday’s Mass in a side chapel of Notre-Dame de Paris, the cathedral’s first since its April fire, Archbishop Michel Aupetit…
Forum forms women in leadership, dignity, faith
Washington D.C., Jun 17, 2019 / 11:30 am (CNA).- The 2019 GIVEN Catholic Young Women’s Leadership Forum, which met last week, convened more than 100 professional Catholic women in Washington,…
Guam’s Catholics oppose governor’s plan to expand abortion
Hagatna, Guam, Jun 17, 2019 / 11:01 am (CNA).- Catholics in Guam have organized a prayer rally to protest the territorial governor’s plan to recruit a doctor willing to perform…
Polish priest ordained after cancer diagnosis dies
Warsaw, Poland, Jun 17, 2019 / 10:25 am (CNA).- A young Polish priest who was ordained last month following a terminal cancer diagnosis has died, his community announced Monday. Fr.…
Amazon Synod to consider possible ordination of married men
Vatican City, Jun 17, 2019 / 07:30 am (CNA).- The working document for the special assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazonian region, released Monday, recommends study of…
Changing Light Bulbs | Homily: Father Dan O’Connell
On this Feast of Saint Barnabas, Father Dan O’Connell talks about changing light bulbs, Saint Barnabas, and the importance of behind- the-scenes encouragement within the Church. June 11, 2019 |…