Archive for October 12, 2018

Pope Francis greets Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Oct. 27, 2017. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis accepts resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, appoints him interim DC leader

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Washington’s Cardinal Donald Wuerl on Friday, while asking the cardinal to continue leading the... Read more

Bishop Robert Barron speaks at a briefing in the Holy See Press Office on Oct. 12. ?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Bishop Barron at Synod of Bishops: Young people are ‘hungry for mission’

Young people are “hungry for mission,” Bishop Robert Barron said Friday during the 2018 Synod of Bishops, convened to discuss... Read more

The dome of a church profained by IS in the Christian city of Qaraqoosh, Nov. 2016. ?w=200&h=150

USAID and Knights of Columbus in agreement to help Mid East Christians

The joint effort was agreed in a memorandum of understanding announced Oct. 12 and will begin in Iraq, before being... Read more

Campbell Miller presents a copy of "Bravery Under Fire" to Pope Francis Oct. 10, 2018. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Film tells story of Irish chaplain on frontlines of World War I

A new film tells the story of Irish Jesuit Fr. William “Willie” Doyle, who during World War I brought the... Read more

Syringes, stethoscope and judge gavel on wooden background. ?w=200&h=150

By Kevin J. Jones

Wash. Supreme Court strikes down death penalty as arbitrary, racially biased

The ruling was issued Oct. 11 and makes the state one of twenty to halt the use of death penalty.... Read more

Cardinal Sean O'Malley speaks with CNA in Rome on Feb. 4, 2013. ?w=200&h=150

Cardinal O’Malley expands sex abuse investigation to include all Boston seminaries

The Archdiocese of Boston announced Thursday that it is expanding its sex abuse investigation to include all three of its... Read more

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Supreme Court rejects appeal in Tennessee death row case

A previously delayed execution in Tennessee will likely go ahead after the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from... Read more

Eucharistic adoration at the SLS18 conference in Chicago. ?w=200&h=150

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Eastern European bishops want a focus on Eucharist, fatherhood in Youth Synod

Two Eastern European bishops asked the Synod of Bishops in Rome for a greater focus on the importance of the... Read more

The Polish synod fathers in Rome, Oct 12, 2018. Courtesy photo from the Press Office of the Polish Bishops’ Conference?w=200&h=150

A synod summary from the Polish synod fathers – Oct 12

“It is necessary to write a new document, based on the Instrumentum Laboris,”  said the President of the Polish Bishops’... Read more

Bishop Robert Barron responds to a question about Wuerl's resignation at the Vatican on Oct. 12, 2018. ?w=200&h=150

U.S. bishops hope Wuerl’s resignation is a step toward healing

Several U.S. bishops responding to the official resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C. expressed hope Friday that the... Read more

Supreme Court (Yargitay) Building in Ankara, Turkey. ?w=200&h=150

American pastor released in Turkey after years in detention

A Turkish court has released Pastor Andrew Brunson after two years’ detention, leaving him free to return to the United... Read more