Catholicism
Ascension adds nine Illinois hospitals to string of sales
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — July 26, 2024
(RNS) — Thursday’s announcement is the latest in a string of other Ascension sale announcements as the system shifts focus to outpatient care and telehealth.
As Olympics get underway, French Catholics hold prayer vigil for athletes
By Fiona André — July 26, 2024
Catholic Rio Grande Valley migrant shelter wins victory against Texas AG
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — July 25, 2024
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African faith leaders call for debt forgiveness in 2025 Jubilee year
By Fredrick Nzwili — July 24, 2024
(RNS) — ‘We urgently need a new debt jubilee to bring hope to humankind, and to bring the planet back from the brink of becoming uninhabitable,’ said 27 religious leaders from 13 countries.
The Democratic convention is looking more like a papal conclave
By Thomas Reese — July 23, 2024
(RNS) — The convention delegates are now free to vote their consciences like the cardinals in conclave.
Catholic Christian nationalism is having a moment
By Ruth Braunstein — July 23, 2024
(RNS) — Christian nationalism has long been associated with white evangelicals. Now Catholics are emerging as some of Christian nationalism’s most muscular champions.
Bishops close National Eucharistic Congress with challenge to ‘change our society’
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — July 22, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — Minnesota Bishop Robert Barron told attendees, 'This great revival will have been a failure if we don't change our society.'
Single Catholics talk struggles of dating at National Eucharistic Congress event
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — July 21, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — Dating while discerning religious vocations was just one topic discussed at an event that also included conversations about the best place to meet other single Catholics and today’s gender dynamics.
Traditional Latin Mass at National Eucharistic Congress draws enthusiastic crowd
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — July 19, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — Despite restrictions, hundreds of Catholics came out to the first of two traditional Latin Masses offered at the National Eucharistic Congress, which will also feature four Masses in English, three Masses in Spanish and for youth, a Mass in Vietnamese and three separate Eastern Rite liturgies.
Kenyan youth protesters hold Christian leaders to account as they force economic changes
By Fredrick Nzwili — July 19, 2024
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — 'It is a wakeup call for the churches,' said an Anglican priest. 'The churches should remain independent, and I think the youth are angry that this is not the case.'
What is Catholic Integralism?
By Mathew Schmalz — July 19, 2024
(The Conversation) — Catholic Integralists believe that religious values – specifically Christian ones – should guide government policies. They oppose liberalism, which they view as valuing individualism and liberty.
Pope urges religious orders to pray for new priests and nuns as their numbers continue to fall
By Nicole Winfield — July 19, 2024
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis urged religious orders on Monday to work and pray harder for new priests and nuns to join, as he acknowledged the congregations’ futures are at risk with the numbers of men and women entering Catholic religious life plummeting in parts of the world.
Catholics pray for unity as the National Eucharistic Congress begins
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — July 18, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — ‘'We ask that through us a spirit of unity and peace would reign in our country,’ Crookston, Minnesota, Bishop Andrew Cozzens prayed.
What the Catholic Church says about political violence and the need to forgive – even would-be assassins
By Joanne M. Pierce — July 18, 2024
(The Conversation) — At a time when so much violence and war are ravaging the world, a scholar of medieval Christianity explains Catholic views on the morality of warfare and the value of forgiving enemies.
In Hiroshima, the Vatican joined religious leaders to change the narrative on AI
By Claire Giangravé — July 18, 2024
(RNS) — Muslims, Jews, Catholics and religious leaders from Eastern traditions gathered to call for an ethical use of artificial intelligence.
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