Pope urges leaders at COP26 to be courageous in tackling climate change (CNS) Education, a change in lifestyles and a model of development focused “on fraternity and on the covenant between human beings and the natural environment” are urgently needed to slow climate change and care for its victims, Pope Francis said in a message to world leaders at the COP26 summit. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state and head of the Holy See delegation to the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, read portions of the pope’s message to the assembly Nov. 2…
Report: Draft of Communion document doesn’t mention Biden or abortion (The Washington Post) A draft published Tuesday by the Catholic newsletter the Pillar showed a 26-page document that focuses on emphasizing the theological power of Communion as a necessary, unique and literal connection with God. It cites previous documents by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops about the Eucharist, the core rite of Catholic worship, including one in 2006 saying Catholics who “knowingly or obstinately” reject definitive church teachings are “not to be admitted” to Communion and should abstain from presenting themselves…
12 Mexican bishops under investigation for covering up sex abuse (CNA) Archbishop Franco Coppola, the apostolic nuncio to Mexico, said that to date there are 12 bishops being investigated by the Catholic Church for allegedly covering up cases of cases of the sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable adults in the country, but that nothing has been determined so far. The investigations, carried out on the basis of the norms established by Pope Francis in his motus proprios “Come una madre amorevole” and “Vos estis lux mundi” are in various phases. While some cases are still being studied in Mexico, others have already been referred to the Vatican…
Indian bishop to be probed for jihad remarks (UCANews) Police in the southern Indian state of Kerala have initiated a probe against Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt of Pala in connection with his controversial “love jihad, narcotic jihad” remarks. The police registered a case on Nov. 1 after a local magistrate court ordered an investigation into the bishop, a member of the Eastern-rite Syro-Malabar Church, in response to a complaint from an organization of Muslim imams…
