Los Angeles, Calif., Oct 10, 2019 / 01:01 pm (CNA).- The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is hosting a day in the park to not only celebrate foster families throughout the archdiocese but to get to know these "heroes,” who are often unknown among the Catholic community. “To be a foster parent is really to be… Read More »
Amazon spirituality events organized by network of Latin American and European groups
Vatican City, Oct 10, 2019 / 11:50 am (CNA).- A network of organizations has collaborated to promote gatherings devoted to the spirituality and culture of indigenous Amazonian people. The events are taking place in Rome in conjunction with the Vatican’s Amazon synod this month. “Amazonia: Casa Comun,” is an initiative promoting more than 115 events… Read More »
The Church has fought infanticide, Amazon synod bishops say
Vatican City, Oct 10, 2019 / 11:10 am (CNA).- Bishop Wilmar Santin of Itabituba, Brazil said Thursday that the Church has worked to eradicate the practice of tribal infanticide in the Amazon, and compared the practice to the moral evil of abortion. The bishop said that the Munduruku tribe, resident in his Amazon River basin… Read More »
More aborted remains found in cars belonging Ulrich Klopfer
South Bend, Ind., Oct 10, 2019 / 10:45 am (CNA).- More fetal remains were found in vehicles owned by the late Indiana abortionist Ulrich Klopfer on Wednesday, just weeks after the remains of more than 2,200 aborted babies were first discovered at his Illinois residence. On Oct. 9, the Will County, Illinois, Sheriff’s Office discovered… Read More »
Did Pope Francis say that Jesus isn't God? Don't believe the report, Vatican says
Vatican City, Oct 9, 2019 / 12:11 pm (CNA).- The Vatican said Wednesday that an Italian journalist it has previously corrected was not speaking accurately when he claimed that Pope Francis denied Christ’s divinity. "As already stated on other occasions, the words that Dr. Eugenio Scalfari attributes in quotation marks to the Holy Father during… Read More »
Candidates announced for next USCCB president
Washington D.C., Oct 9, 2019 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has released the list of candidates ahead of its presidential and vice-presidential elections. The elections will be held during the conference’s General Assembly in Baltimore, which will be from Nov. 10-13. In a statement released Oct. 9, the USCCB confirmed… Read More »
Two killed in attack near German synagogue on Yom Kippur
Berlin, Germany, Oct 9, 2019 / 10:00 am (CNA).- One man has been arrested and the search is ongoing for a second person after at least two people were shot and killed near a synagogue in the German city of Halle on October 9. Wednesday’s attack took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the… Read More »
Cardinal Sarah: Ideological push in Amazon synod an 'insult to God'
Vatican City, Oct 9, 2019 / 08:56 am (CNA).- The push by some Westerners to use the Vatican’s Amazon synod to advance their personal agendas is an insult to God and his plan for the Church, Cardinal Robert Sarah said in an interview published this week. "This synod has a specific and local objective: the… Read More »
Amazon synod bishop: 'Indigenous people do not understand celibacy'
Vatican City, Oct 9, 2019 / 08:40 am (CNA).- A contributor to the working document for the Vatican’s Synod of Bishops on the Amazon region made his case Wednesday for the priestly ordination of married men in the region. “I’m saying this with great sincerity – there is no other option,” Bishop Erwin Kräutler, the… Read More »
Priestly celibacy discussed as Amazon synod gets underway
Vatican City, Oct 8, 2019 / 01:45 pm (CNA).- Some participants at the Vatican’s Synod of Bishops on the Amazon have responded critically to a proposal that the Church ordain married men – so called viri probati – in response to a shortage of priestly vocations in the Amazon region of South America. A source… Read More »
