Tolton sainthood cause advances; next step would be ‘venerable’ decree
IMAGE: CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Chicago Catholic By Joyce Duriga CHICAGO (CNS) — The canonization cause for Father Augustus Tolton is just one step away from going to Pope Francis for the priest to be declared "venerable." On Feb. 5, the feast of St. Agatha, a nine-member Vatican theological commission unanimously …
K of C and Family and Youth Initiatives host blessing & dedication of FYI Parenting Network Center
FAIRBORN — The Fairborn Council 3724 Knights of Columbus (K of C) and the Family and Youth Initiatives (FYI) recently hosted the Most Reverend Dennis M. Schnurr at the Mary Help of Christians (MHC) Parish Center in Fairborn. FYI Co-Executive Director Pat Banaszak welcomed the approximately 200 attendees for the …
Update: Blaming homosexuality for abuse of minors is distraction, victims say
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz ROME (CNS) — People must stop using homosexuals as scapegoats for the sexual abuse of children, two male survivors of abuse by priests told reporters. "To make this link between homosexuality and pedophilia is absolutely immoral, it is unconscionable and has to stop," …
To know God is to know love, pope says at audience
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When speaking to God as a father, Christians experience a love that goes beyond human love and affection, which can be unpredictable and mired by selfishness, Pope Francis said. While often compared to the love of parents, the …
Dolan: Church loves, welcomes pregnant women, is ‘honored’ to serve them
IMAGE: CNS photo/Greg Shemitz By Beth Griffin NEW YORK (CNS) — In a robust demonstration that actions speak louder than words, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan Feb. 18 introduced representatives of six church-related organizations that help pregnant women in need. Standing in the modest living room of a convent …
Philippine bishop: Duterte’s drug war is ‘illegal, immoral and anti-poor’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey By Paul Jeffrey KALOOKAN, Philippines (CNS) — A Catholic bishop in the Philippines said his government’s controversial war on drugs is really a war against the country’s poor. "There is no war against illegal drugs, because the supply is not being stopped. If they are really …
Religious superiors admit denial, slowness to act against abuse
IMAGE: CNS By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Twisted ideas of power and authority in the Catholic Church have contributed to the clerical sexual abuse crisis, leaders of religious orders said, but sometimes the positive "sense of family" in their own communities also made them slow to act. "Pope …
Vatican summit: Silence, denial are unacceptable, archbishop says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When presented with an accusation that a priest has sexually abused a child, "whether it’s criminal or malicious complicity and a code of silence or whether it is denial" on a very human level, such reactions are no longer …
DiNardo: Action on McCarrick ‘clear signal’ church will not tolerate abuse
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Vatican’s removal from the priesthood of Theodore McCarrick "is a clear signal that abuse will not be tolerated," said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Feb. 16. "No bishop, no matter how influential, is above the law of …