Cardinal Dolan: Antisemitic attacks ‘sickening’ and must be ‘condemned completely’
New York City, N.Y., Dec 29, 2019 / 04:02 pm (CNA).- On Sunday, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York condemned the recent spate of attacks against Jewish people in New York, following a stabbing that left five people injured during a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi’s home on Saturday night. …
What are you doing New Year’s Eve? (and New Year’s Day!)
Most Masses for the Solemnity of Mary (A Holy Day of Obligation) are before 6:00 p.m. and after 10:30 a.m. Here’s a guide for Mass Times not in that time period. For the full Mass Times Schedule, click here. December 31, 2019 After 6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. St. Augustine (Minster) …
Vatican magazine looks at women in the church in the age of Pope Francis
IMAGE: CNS/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis sees the "masculine monochrome" of leadership and influence in the Catholic Church as "a defect, an imbalance" that harms the church itself and its mission of proclaiming the Gospel to the world, said the lead article in a …
Put the phone away and talk to each other, pope urges families
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis prayed that people all over the world would end 2019 "in peace, peace in their hearts," and that families would mark New Year’s by "communicating with one another." Reciting the Angelus prayer Dec. 29, the feast of …
Bishop R. Daniel Conlon recieves permission to take a medical leave of absence.
STATEMENT FROM THE DIOCESE OF JOLIET Bishop R. Daniel Conlon, leader of the Diocese of Joliet, has received permission from His Holiness, Pope Francis, to take a medical leave of absence, beginning on December 27, 2019. During his absence, Bishop Richard E. Pates, Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, will serve …
Photo Essay: Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr celebrates Mass at the Lebanon Correctional Institution
On December 26 Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr, Transitional Deacon Chris Komoroski, and Father Jason Williams traveled to the Lebanon Correctional Facility in Warren County to celebrate Mass and to confer the rites of baptism and confirmation. (Photos by Emma Cassani)
Chilean church leaders seek ‘manger of solidarity’ after Christmas fires
IMAGE: CNS photo/Rodrigo Garrido, Reuters By VALPARAISO, Chile (CNS) — Chilean church leaders called for Catholics to respond with prayer and solidarity to aid about 1,000 people who lost their homes in fires that swept through hillside neighborhoods around the southern port city of Valparaiso on Christmas Eve and Christmas. …
Strong online boundaries make for the happiest relationships, study finds
By Mary Farrow Washington D.C., Dec 27, 2019 / 02:55 am (CNA).- Cutting ties with old flames, before the internet, used to be easy. After a break-up, people could easily lose touch with their ex, who could move or change phone numbers. Tracking them down, sans Google or social media, …
College freshmen found faith through friendship
By Perry West Denver, Colo., Dec 23, 2019 / 07:00 pm (CNA).- The phenomenon is well-documented. When young Catholics go away to college, a troublingly high percentage of them stop practicing their faith. And many who stop going to Mass in college never return. Initiatives like FOCUS, and Newman Centers …
Notre-Dame still at risk of destruction, says rector
By Christine Rousselle Paris, France, Dec 27, 2019 / 09:12 am (CNA).- This year Christmas Mass was not celebrated at Notre-Dame de Paris for the first time since the French First Republic, and the cathedral’s rector says that there is a significant chance the building cannot be rebuilt safely. The …
