- Hong Kong bishop: Evangelization in China shouldn’t have ‘agenda of turning them into Catholics’
Cardinal-elect Stephen Chow said Sept. 28, 2023, that evangelization in China today should focus on communicating the love of God “without the agenda of turning them into Catholics.” / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican City, Sep 28, 2023 / 12:11 pm (CNA). Cardinal-elect Stephen Chow said Thursday that evangelization in China today should focus on communicating the love of God “without the […]
- Indianapolis Colts owner donates $5 million to Catholic Charities to honor cousin, a nun
Jim Irsay, a billionaire businessman who grew up in the Chicago area, praised his cousin Sister Joyce Dura’s service to others during her time as a religious sister. / Credit: 317football|Wikipedia|CC BY-SA 4.0 CNA Staff, Sep 28, 2023 / 11:41 am (CNA). Jim Irsay, the owner of the Indianapolis Colts football team, announced this week that he is donating $5 million to Catholic Charities of the […]
- Republicans seek to overturn Biden transgender rule they say would cut school lunches
U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. / Credit: Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 28, 2023 / 11:05 am (CNA). Republican lawmakers are working to overturn a federal rule they say would punish schools that don’t follow the White House’s guidance on transgender protections by cutting funding for school meals. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) updated its […]
- A Christmas message in September: How ‘Good King Wenceslas’ inspired his people to follow God
The statue of Saint Wenceslas (Pomník svatého Václava) in the eponymous square in Prague, depicts Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia in Prague, Czech Republic, May 23, 2009. / Credit: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 28, 2023 / 10:18 am (CNA). Wenceslaus I is known by many titles: king, warrior, saint. Yet he is by far most popularly known as “Good King Wenceslas” in […]
- Pope Francis names Steubenville bishop as auxiliary bishop of Detroit
Bishop Jeffrey Monforton of Steubenville, Ohio gives the homily during Mass with members of the USCCB Region VI at the Basilica of St. John Lateran on Dec. 10, 2019, during their ad Limina Apostolorum visit. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Sep 28, 2023 / 08:40 am (CNA). Pope Francis transferred Bishop Jeffrey Monforton of Steubenville, Ohio, to the Archdiocese of Detroit on Thursday to serve […]
- ASIA/MYANMAR - Escalation of the conflict, with serious suffering of the civilian population
Mandalay - The military junta of Myanmar is carrying out more and more air strikes against the civilian population; The number of aircraft and helicopter attacks doubled in the second year after the coup in February 2021, according to a report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights recently published at the UN General Assembly. The text raises new concerns for the country's […]
- OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of the Rector of the Good Shepherd Major Seminary
Vatican City - On 6 June 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed the Rev. Paul Walua of the diocesan clergy, as Rector of the Good ShepherdMajor Seminary of the Archdiocese of Mount Hagen. The new Rector was born on 26 December 1972 and completed his secondary education at Fatima High School . From 1995 to 1996 he continued his studies at […]
- AFRICA/CAMEROON - A priest and several teachers wounded by Anglophone separatists
Yaoundé - A priest of the Missionary Society of St. Joseph of Mill Hill was wounded in an attack on the parish of St. Martin of Tour in Kembong, in the diocese of Mamfe, in southwest Cameroon. According to the Mill Hill Missionaries, "On September 26, at about 11 a.m., six armed men on motorcycles entered the compound of our parish in Kembong". "Their first question was: Where are the teachers? […]
- AMERICA/HAITI - Camillian missionaries accompany the people exhausted by violence and hunger in their everyday lives
Purcine - "People need a spiritual director who lives with them and helps them bear the burden of daily hardships," said Camillian Father Massimo Miraglio, who lives and works as a missionary in the country which continues to be under siege by armed gangs, while the population suffers from hunger and epidemics. The Italian Camillian priest, who has worked in Haiti for more than a decade, was […]
- EUROPE/AUSTRIA - A musical that tells the story of Blessed Jaricot delights the audience Vienna
Vienna - On September 30th, the successful musical “Pauline - Courage Changes the World” about the life story of Pauline Marie Jaricot, the foundress of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith, beatified on May 22, 2022, will be shown at the Stadthalle in Vienna . Pauline's special courage, which gives the musical its title, was also highlighted by Pope Francis as a […]
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