Cardinal Tagle consecrates new cathedral in Bahrain (CNA) Vatican Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle consecrated on Friday the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia in Bahrain, describing it as “a living sign of God’s care for his flock.” The prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples celebrated a live-streamed Mass in the ark-shaped cathedral on Dec. 10, the day after it was inaugurated by Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of Bahrain, who gave the land as a gift to the Catholic community…
Pope names new auxiliary bishop for St. Paul-Minneapolis (Holy See Bulletin) The Holy Father has appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) the Rev. Joseph A. Williams, of the clergy of the same Metropolitan Archdiocese, assigning him the titular See of Idassa…
Mass marks end of inquiry phase for Dorothy Day sainthood cause (CNS) More than 1,500 people filled St. Patrick’s Cathedral Dec. 8 to witness the formal end of the diocesan phase of the sainthood cause for Dorothy Day. Following official protocol established by the Vatican Congregation for Saints’ Causes, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York stamped a hot wax seal onto red ribbon binding the final box of documents collected during the 23-year process…
Video shows attack on shrine statue (CNA) Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a “person of interest” caught on camera damaging an Our Lady of Fatima statue outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 5…
Controversial library display on Bible removed (AP) A northern Virginia library has removed a display that placed the Bible alongside two books that activists have sought to remove from school libraries as pornographic and obscene. The display at the Dolley Madison library in McLean included the books “Lawn Boy” by Jonathan Evison and “Gender Queer” by Maia Kobabe along with the Bible and a number of troll dolls…
Basketball announcer Dick Vitale, battling cancer, draws strength from his faith (National Catholic Register) Longtime ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale is relying on his Catholic faith and the power of prayer to help him through his battle with cancer. Known affectionately as “Dickie V,” the 82-year-old sportscasting icon was diagnosed with melanoma earlier this year and is now undergoing six months of chemotherapy for lymphoma…
