Catholicism
What the Camino shows us about travel and mortality
By Jana Riess — December 4, 2023
(RNS) — Travel teaches us how fragile life is and what a holy gift every day can be. (Also, it shows us we can be fear-based idiots.)
Pope Francis says he’s doing better but again skips his window appearance facing St. Peter’s Square
By Frances D'emilio — December 4, 2023
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people in the square followed his words from giant screens set up outdoors.
This Christmas, churches are preparing for a frenzy of festivity
By Fiona André — December 1, 2023
(RNS) — You think you have a busy Christmas? The country's best-attended churches are managing a crush of Masses this year.
William Wilberforce would be scandalized by the pro-factory farming EATS Act
By Charles C. Camosy — December 1, 2023
(RNS) — It's a diabolical end-run around laws that attempt to respect God’s created order.
Pilgrims yearn to visit isolated peninsula where Catholic saints cared for Hawaii’s leprosy patients
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher — December 1, 2023
KALAUPAPA, Hawaii (AP) — The pilgrimage to Kalaupapa, defined by its natural isolation in northern Molokai, is logistically challenging and restricted under normal circumstances.
Pope Francis asks theologians to ‘demasculinize’ the church
By Claire Giangravé — November 30, 2023
(RNS) – ‘Women have a way of reflecting on theology that is different from us men,’ Francis told the International Theological Commission.
Cardinal Tobin: Faith leaders can influence the world on climate change
By Joseph W. Tobin — November 30, 2023
(RNS) — We must align our spiritual values with our actions toward the planet and each other.
In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis
By Lea Skene and Tiffany Stanley — November 30, 2023
BALTIMORE (AP) — Cases of clergy abuse among African Americans are underreported, experts say, and the U.S. Catholic Church generally does not publicly track the race or ethnicity of victims.
Argentina’s new president takes spiritual pilgrimage toward radical political change
By Eduardo Campos Lima — November 29, 2023
(RNS) — The country’s president-elect, who overcame the opposition of the Catholic left, talks of converting to Judaism as he awaits his inauguration. But political observers say the country’s economic crisis will soon make him too busy to dally with religious questions, personal or public.
In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis
By Lea Skene and Tiffany Stanley — November 29, 2023
BALTIMORE (AP) — Cases of clergy abuse among African Americans are especially underreported, according to experts.
Pop singer Sabrina Carpenter’s music video spurs outrage for using NY Catholic church as a setting
By Associated Press — November 29, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) — Carpenter's use of a Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn as a backdrop for parts of a music video led to a pastor being stripped of his administrative duties after its release.
Pope cancels trip to Dubai for UN climate conference on doctors’ orders while recovering from flu
By Nicole Winfield — November 29, 2023
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The pope revealed Sunday that he had lung inflammation but said at the time that he still planned to go to Dubai.
Pope Francis cancels trip to Dubai for COP28 upon doctor’s advice
By Claire Giangravé — November 28, 2023
(RNS) — On Saturday, the Vatican had announced that the pope was sick with the flu.
‘Modern Saints’ book offers more relatable, sometimes provocative icons
By Kathryn Post — November 28, 2023
(RNS) — The book, out Dec. 5, includes reflections from 50 ‘saints of tomorrow,’ including Jesuit priest James Martin and public theologian Christena Cleveland.
Vatican legal expert backs Pope Francis’ recent disciplining of dissident bishops
By Claire Giangravé — November 28, 2023
(RNS) — Pope Francis has been addressing hostility or defiance by bishops in countries such as Germany and the United States.
