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Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
For your sakes Christ became poor (cf. 2 Cor 8:9) On Sunday, November 13, the Catholic Church will observe the sixth annual World Day of the Poor, initiated by Pope Francis to help Catholics refocus their lives to what truly matters as followers of Christ. For as St. Paul reminds us in his second letter […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has continued to call on Russian and Ukrainian leaders to negotiate an end to the war, but the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church told him Russia wants only the destruction of Ukraine. Ukrainian Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych met Pope Francis Nov. 7 at the Vatican, the first time […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — As part of the Vatican celebration of World Day of the Poor, a dozen doctors and nurses and 90 medical students set up shop in St. Peter’s Square. “We know there are people who need medical care and are not getting it, so our aim is to offer exams and blood tests […]
National
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — Although Catholic leaders and state Catholic conferences had pushed for the defeat of ballot measures protecting legal abortion and urged voters to pass measures restricting abortions, state voters ultimately went the other way Nov. 8. Voters in California, Vermont and Michigan approved abortion protections, while Kentucky and Montana voters rejected abortion restrictions. These […]
Local
Parishes
By Kevin Schweers
Seventy-seven years ago, 16 Black Catholics petitioned Richmond Bishop Peter L. Ireton for permission to establish a church where they could freely worship in undeveloped Arlington County. Those Catholics exhibited faith at least the size of the mustard seed that Jesus likened to the kingdom of heaven in St. Matthew’s Gospel, saying, “It is the […]
Columns
By Lucia A. Silecchia
On Veterans Day a number of years ago, a cafe chain offered a free coffee drink to any veteran who visited on the eleventh day of the eleventh month. My Dad, a 1950’s Army veteran, went to claim this gracious token of appreciation. He came home, coffee in hand, but a bit dejected because the […]
National
By Dennis Sadowski
WASHINGTON — Father Guillermo Treviño wasn’t sure what to expect when Bishop Thomas R. Zinkula assigned him in 2018 to St. Joseph Parish in rural West Liberty, Iowa, population 3,808. The young priest, then 32 and three years ordained, had lived in the Quad Cities area of the state along the Illinois border. Living a […]
Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY — A dove in flight lays a blanket over a homeless person in a new sculpture by Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz. Pope Francis blessed the statue, titled Sheltering, as Schmalz looked on Nov. 9 with about 60 representatives of the Vincentian religious orders and lay communities that are using the statue in conjunction […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — For there to be peace, people need to expand their horizons, engage in dialogue and work with each other in a way that sets aside selfishness and ambition, Pope Francis said. Reflecting on his recent visit to Bahrain during his weekly general audience Nov. 9, the pope said, “I sensed this need […]
Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY — Russia’s ambassador to the Vatican confirmed Pope Francis helped facilitate recent prisoner exchanges with Ukraine and said the Vatican is ready to act as a mediator between Ukraine and Russia. The Italian news agency Askanews reported the ambassador, Aleksandr Avdeyev, said the exchanges of prisoners occur in accordance with the lists of […]
