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Military members visiting Lourdes make prayer kits for Ukrainian soldiers

Participants in an annual pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, for U.S. active-duty military personnel and veterans assembled 3,000 prayer kits for Ukrainian soldiers. The “Warriors to Lourdes” pilgrimage May 10-16 drew more than 175 participants and was co-sponsored by the U.S. Arch-diocese for the Military Services and the Knights of Columbus. U.S. military personnel visit-ed the […]

German Catholics discuss church reforms, war at 102nd Katholikentag

Peace, justice, climate justice, the war in the Ukraine and its global impact and the ongoing crisis in the German Catholic Church were some of the themes Catholic laity, bishops and politicians and activists discussed during the five-day 102nd Ger-man Katholikentag. The biannual festival and meeting for German-speaking Catholic laity took place for the first […]

The oldest man in the world is 113 and prays the rosary twice a day

His name is Juan Vicente Pérez Mora, he’s Venezuelan, passionate about his faith, prays the rosary twice a day, and is in the Guinness World Records as the oldest man in the world. Mora was born on May 27, 1909 and this year he turned 113 years old. In an article published on May 17 […]

21 new cardinals created by Pope Francis: Abp Filipe Neri Ferrão of Goa and Anthony Poola, of Hyderabad Cardinals, First Dalit cardinal

There will be 16 cardinals under the age of 80 elevated at the next consistory, to be held Aug. 27. This will be the eighth consistory of Pope Francis’ pontificate, and the first of his to be held in August. The last time a cardinal was made in August, a torrid month in Rome when […]

Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) declares its ‘full independence’

A council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) on May 27 resolved on its “full self-sufficiency and independence,” distancing the Church from Russian Orthodoxy. The decision comes amid the third month of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has been prominently supported by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow. “The Council adopted relevant amendments and additions […]

Chinese Christians denied passports amid pandemic

Christians in eastern China who wish to travel abroad for various reasons including emigration and studies are facing hard times as authorities have denied them passports, citing travel restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Christians from several families in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces said immigration officials questioned the purpose of their passport applications and later […]

Pope Francis highlights danger of staid liturgies that ‘deny Vatican Council II’

Pope Francis is pushed in a wheelchair by his aide, Sandro Mariotti, as he leaves an audience with students and professors of Rome’s Pontifical Institute of Liturgy at St. Anselm, May 7 at the Vatican. The Pope said that the celebration of the liturgy and the study of it should lead to greater unity in […]

Pope authorizes non-clerics to be Major Superiors in certain cases

Pope Francis has authorised the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated and Societies of Apostolic Life to grant dispensations that would allow non-clerics to hold the office of Major Superior in some cases. The Holy Father did so in a rescript promulgated on May 25, concerning the possibility of a dispensation from Canon 588 §2 of […]

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