Pope accepts resignation of bishop of Phoenix-based Byzantine eparchy
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop John S. Pazak of the Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy, which is based in Phoenix.
Archbishop says SNAP increase helps people meet ‘essential human needs’
A U.S. Department of Agriculture's recalculation of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and a major increase in the benefit for those in need "will be a meaningful improvement in the lives of millions of people who rely on SNAP for basic nutrition," Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City said Aug. 21.
Cardinal Burke remains hospitalized, but he’s off ventilator, out of ICU
Cardinal Raymond L. Burke remained hospitalized for COVID-19 but as of Aug. 21 he was taken off a ventilator that he had been on for some days and taken out of the ICU to be returned to a regular hospital room, according to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse.
Pope encourages people to rediscover importance of Sunday liturgy
Pope Francis encouraged new courses of action for parishes to help people understand the importance of Sunday Mass and parish ministries, a top Vatican official wrote in a message.
Seek God through a relationship with Christ, others, pope says at Angelus
God can be found in the humanity of Jesus and in the people one meets in life, Pope Francis said.
Not me: The moral dilemma of seeking vaccine exemptions
Getting vaccinated is "an act of love," Pope Francis said in his latest urgent appeal, after more than a year of insisting COVID-19 vaccines be equitably available worldwide for everyone to get inoculated.
Little Sisters mark 150 years of loving care of elderly poor in Washington
Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory celebrated a Mass Aug. 14 to mark the 150th anniversary of the arrival in Washington of the Little Sisters of the Poor, an order whose service to the elderly poor in the nation's capital began just after the Civil War and continues in the digital age.
Face masks make a comeback among worshippers as coronavirus variant surges
Face masks are back in vogue at Mass.
Faith leaders raise concerns over online censorship of religious speech
YouTube's blocking of a theologian's talk on the Christian view of sex as a "content violation" raises serious concerns that "religious speech is being censored online," San Francisco's archbishop and Focus on the Family's president said in a Wall Street Journal op-ed they co-wrote.
Bishop: Church has ‘sacred duty’ to speak truth about human person, gender
The topic of transgenderism is discussed routinely in the news, on television shows and in schools.
