Ousted Texas bishop attacks Pope Francis, warns US bishops
Nov 14, 2024 · Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, whom Pope Francis removed from pastoral governance of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, in 2023, read an open letter Nov. 13 in Baltimore asking "what it will take for more than a few bishops to finally speak up against the false messages constantly flowing from the Vatican under the leadership of Pope Francis?"
Luce and her friends, and our own pilgrimage - UCA News
Nov 5, 2024 · The Vatican recently unveiled the 2025 Jubilee mascot, Luce, together with her friends, Fe, Xin, and Sky, and her dog, Santino, and guardian angel.
US court to hear Catholic agency's religious exemption case
Dec 14, 2024 · The US Supreme Court on Dec. 13 agreed to hear a case from the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin, in which the agency argued a decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court discounted its religious identity. The group filed an appeal in August to the high court challenging a ...
Catholicos Baselios Thomas I of India's Syrian Orthodox Church dies
Nov 1, 2024 · Catholicos Aboon Mor Baselios Thomas I, the spiritual head of the Syrian Orthodox Church’s Jacobite faction in India, died on Oct. 31.He was 95. The prelate passed away while undergoing treatment for age-related ailments in southern Kerala state, where the Damascus-based Church has more than 2 million followers.
‘Mary,’ the movie, and Mary of the Catholic tradition
Dec 3, 2024 · On Dec. 6, the film, Mary, will be released on Netflix, two days before the celebration of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception in the Catholic Church. The official synopsis of the movie states, “Through Mary’s eyes, this coming-of-age biblical epic tells the story of one of history’s most profound figures and the remarkable journey that led to the birth of Jesus.”
St. Francis Xavier still shapes generations, says Indian cardinal
Dec 13, 2024 · The legacy of St. Francis Xavier, a Spanish Jesuit missionary who died four centuries ago, continues shaping generations in the Asian Church, says Indian Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrao.. Ferrao, Archbishop of Goa and Daman in western India, said Xavier’s “legacy in Asia is unfading and timeless, as it continues to resonate in the people's consciousness.”
A new year, a new hope - UCA News
Jan 2, 2025 · The jubilee tradition in the Catholic Church has its roots in the Hebrew people. According to the Mosaic law, every 50 years was the time for the land to lie fallow, and to set slaves at liberty. This was the thinking behind the plea of Pope John Paul II to the wealthy nations to cancel their ...
Chinese cardinal urges 'sinicization' of church in China
Nov 16, 2024 · Like Father Matteo Ricci, a 16th-century Jesuit missionary known for his efforts to bridge Christianity and Chinese culture, the Catholic Church today must engage in dialogue with the ruling and intellectual class of China to present Christianity in a way that does not threaten the country's culture, a Chinese cardinal said.. Speaking at a conference on Father Ricci hosted by Rome's Pontifical ...
Thailand told not to extradite Vietnamese Montagnard activist
Nov 29, 2024 · Thailand has been urged not to extradite a Vietnamese Montagnard who is “at extreme risk of torture, enforced disappearance, or other serious human rights abuses” for his defense of the indigenous community at home, an ASEAN human rights group warned on Nov. 29.. Y Quynh Bdap fled his homeland in Vietnam’s central highlands in 2018 after facing relentless persecution by the authorities ...
Probe into Philippines’ extrajudicial killings must go beyond drug …
Nov 1, 2024 · The dramatic, months-long House of Representative investigation into extrajudicial killings during former president Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war has much in common with the 2023 Senate probe into the massacre that killed Negros Oriental governor Roel …