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5 takeaways from Pope Leo's message for the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
8+ hour, 8+ min ago (573+ words) By Megan Marley, OSV News The theme of this year’s World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly draws on a powerful promise from Scripture: “I will never forget you” (Is 49:15). In his message for the sixth celebration of the day,…...
Six simple ways to live Magnifica Humanitas at home (part 2)
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (699+ words) In the first part of this series, we reflected on Pope Leo XIV’s invitation to embrace our limitations and to build a culture of peace through our words. Pope Leo encourages us to resist settling for the “de facto solidarity…...
Catholics urged to support Church in Africa, where faith 'is growing rapidly' amid great needs
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (556+ words) US Catholics can support Pope Leo XIV’s recent call for peace, reconciliation and interreligious dialogue in Africa by giving to the Solidarity Fund for the Church in Africa, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a 21 July release about…...
Swiss churches deplore 'arbitrary' scrapping of military service exemption
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (655+ words) Catholic Church leaders in Switzerland have protested the “arbitrary” abolition of traditional military service exemptions for clergy, in a move which could encourage similar changes in other European countries. “All Christians are deeply concerned – they don’t agree with what’s been…...
Women religious sue New York over law they say would force them to assist in patient suicides
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (558+ words) Four orders of women religious and Catholic healthcare ministries sued the state of New York 17 July over a new law allowing physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide. In a lawsuit filed by Becket, a religious liberty…...
Peru, Uruguay advance preparations for upcoming papal visit
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (169+ words) Anticipation is building across South America for Pope Leo XIV’s expected visit this November. In Peru, President-elect Keiko Fujimori met with church leaders on 16 July, pledging full government cooperation for the upcoming papal trip. The country’s bishops’ conference confirmed the…...
Six simple ways to live Magnifica Humanitas at home
1+ week, 3+ day ago (521+ words) Every family wants to build a home where love, truth and human dignity flourish. In his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV offers timely guidance for doing just that, inviting Christians to become “wise architects” on the “construction sites…...
Synod report raises questions on doctrine and discernment
1+ week, 4+ day ago (392+ words) Following the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, 12 groups were established to study and report on specific aspects of the life and mission of the church. To this end, and in line with the synodal method outlined by…...
Imagine a revival of Catholic creativity
1+ week, 4+ day ago (638+ words) Many Catholics and other Christians were upset to learn that a NSW Government arts grant went to a pop-up nightclub and performance arts space housed in a former gothic-style church in Sydney’s CBD, with branding and events that play on…...
How the culture wars led Kate to the Catholic Church
1+ week, 4+ day ago (774+ words) Kate Williamson spent decades negotiating. Multi-million-dollar construction contracts, legal clauses, the fine print of the corporate world. She was good at it. But what she couldn’t negotiate away was the ache of a question she couldn’t even name. “It’s taken…...