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What is the FSSP?

by Carl Bunderson Denver Newsroom, Feb 21, 2022 / 10:02 am The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, a society of apostolic life which celebrates the Roman rite according to the liturgical books in force in 1962, published Monday a papal decree confirming their faculty to use those books. The FSSP …
Pope Francis appoints Father Jacques Fabre as new bishop of Charleston

by Courtney Mares Vatican City, Feb 22, 2022 / 05:05 am Pope Francis has appointed Father Jacques Fabre as the new Catholic bishop of Charleston, South Carolina. The Vatican announced the 66-year-old priest’s appointment on Feb. 22. Fabre was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In the early 1990s, he was a chaplain at …
Cardinal Tagle: Evangelization isn’t complicated, it’s ‘a conversation about Jesus’

by Courtney Mares Vatican City, Feb 19, 2022 / 12:15 pm Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has encouraged people not to be intimidated by the concept of “evangelization,” but to remember that it can be a simple human interaction or conversation among friends, family, coworkers, or social media followers. “Sometimes we …
Pope Francis advances sainthood cause of Argentine cardinal who organized 1st World Youth Days

By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Feb 18, 2022 / 06:30 am Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of an Argentine cardinal who helped to organize the first World Youth Day celebrations. The pope confirmed a decree on Feb. 18 declaring that Cardinal Eduardo Francisco Pironio (1920-1998) lived a life of heroic …
Pope Francis accepts retirement of LA auxiliary bishop who served with ‘zeal, dedication, and love’

by CNA Staff Vatican City, Feb 15, 2022 / 08:35 am Pope Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of 75-year-old Los Angeles auxiliary Bishop Edward William Clark. Archbishop José H. Gómez of Los Angeles congratulated Clark on his retirement, saying that he had “served Jesus Christ and the faithful of Los Angeles with zeal, …
Vatican unveils theme for 2nd World Day for Grandparents and Elderly

by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Feb 15, 2022 / 13:00 pm The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Pope Francis has chosen a theme for the second World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. The Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life said on Feb. 15 that the grandparents’ day, which will be celebrated …
Cat-astrophe averted: Vatican firefighters save feline stuck on colonnade above St. Peter’s Square

by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Feb 15, 2022 / 06:17 am Vatican firefighters successfully rescued a cat on Tuesday after it became stuck on top of the colonnade surrounding St. Peter’s Square. Several times during the late morning on Feb. 15 the firemen ascended to the top of the portico …
Ukrainian Catholic bishops in US beg prayers for peace in their homeland

by Christine Rousselle Philadelphia, Pa., Feb 14, 2022 / 17:05 pm The bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the United States issued a statement on Saturday requesting prayers as the potential of increased conflict in Ukraine comes to a head. “Over the last few weeks, the world has become …
Three Catholic dating tips in a society of ‘swiping’ and ‘ghosting’

by Francesca Pollio Denver Newsroom, Feb 14, 2022 / 03:00 am Dating in today’s world can be hard. We live in a society where “swiping right” and “ghosting” are a part of our vocabulary and the hook-up culture is widely accepted. For a Catholic trying to find his or her …
Archbishop Gänswein tells inside story of Benedict XVI’s response to the Munich abuse report

by CNA Staff Vatican City, Feb 14, 2022 / 05:40 am Archbishop Georg Gänswein has shared the inside story of how Pope emeritus Benedict XVI responded to a report criticizing his handling of four abuse cases when he led Germany’s Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. In an exclusive interview with …