Pope urges prayer, fasting for Afghanistan (CNA) Pope Francis on Sunday urged Christians to intensify their prayer, penance, and fasting for the situation in Afghanistan, as he entrusted the souls of those who have died to God’s mercy. “In historical moments like this we cannot remain indifferent, the history of the Church teaches us this,” the pope said Aug. 29, after leading the Angelus, a Marian prayer…
Pope appoints Vatican MC to Italian diocese (CNA) Pope Francis on Sunday appointed the Vatican’s papal master of ceremonies, Msgr. Guido Marini, bishop of a northern Italian diocese. Marini, who has been in charge of papal liturgies since his appointment by Benedict XVI in 2007, was Aug. 29 named Bishop of Tortona, a diocese of around 280,000 people…
Diabetic priest who survived COVID sets up center to help others in Malawi (CNS) After recovering from COVID-19, a 64-year-old diabetic priest in a town in northern Malawi set up a center to help others avoid his own plight. “I would never have survived (COVID-19) if my cousin hadn’t been a doctor and able to help me,” Father John Benjamin Moyo, parish priest of St. Peter’s Cathedral in Mzuzu, told Catholic News Service…
Beatification for John Paul I may be near (Crux) Nearly 18 years after the opening of the canonization cause of Albino Luciani, better known as Pope John Paul I, his beatification could finally be green-lighted this fall with the approval of a miracle that has been presented of a scientifically inexplicable healing of an Argentine girl…
German bishop skeptical about optional celibacy (CNS) A German bishop who co-chairs the Synodal Path’s forum on priests said he is “skeptical” about exempting Catholic priests from celibacy. Bishop Felix Genn of Münster said he accepted that people were deciding not to become priests because they did not feel called to celibacy, adding: “Perhaps they will then choose another profession in the Church…”
Catholics deserve better homilies. Here are five tips (America) The fact is, Catholics have lots of great advice for their priests. Here, with all the humility you might expect of a Jesuit, is my own list of top five suggestions for Catholic preachers today, as collated from the online responses to Brother Vince Mary’s tweet and my own life…
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