Catholic Journalist killed in DR Congo, possibly for just $5
(Ngala Killian Chimtom. Crux)
A Congolese journalist and coordinator of Radio Maria – a Catholic radio station found in the war-ravaged eastern town of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – has been killed
Pope opens synod urging participants to be humble, open-minded
(Elise Ann Allen. Crux)
Pope Francis Wednesday inaugurated the final session of his Synod of Bishops on Synodality, urging participants to be humble in listening to others and to be open to ideas and positions that are different from their own
Latin American Church discusses protection and promotion of immigrants
(Eduardo Campos Lima. Crux)
Latin American Church leaders will keep putting pressure on all governments in the region – and on the United States – to secure regular and safe crossing points on all borders for immigrants and refugees, said Elvy Monzant, executive secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Church Network CLAMOR on Migration, Refugees and Human Trafficking
Catholic researcher warns Nigerian leader against crackdown on protests
(Ngala Killian Chimtom. Crux)
Nigerians are again taking to the streets on October 1 to protest the government, on their 64th independence Day
Archbishop notes Synod on Synodality opens Feast of Saint Jerome, a ‘difficult man’
As the Synod on Synodality began at the Vatican on Monday, one archbishop said it was Divine Providence it was the Feast of Saint Jerome, a “passionate and difficult man.”
After three years, Synod of Bishops on synodality reaches the end of the road
After three years of discussion, debate and, at times, division, the concluding act of Pope Francis’s Synod of Bishops on synodality kicks off today with the opening of a two-day spiritual retreat before the 368 participants in the second, and final, Roman assembly start their conversations
Catholic Church in Israel helps Christian migrants seeking safety
Christian migrants and asylum seekers struggling in Israel are receiving emergency help from the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Christians arrested for distributing religious literature in North India
(Nirmala Carvalho. Crux)
In India, police arrested 19 Christians for distributing religious literature at two government-run schools without the permission of the school staff
On the ambivalence of ‘journalistic malpractice,’ and a note on Crux reporting
(John L. Allen Jr.. Crux)
(Pope Francis this week approved the expulsions of ten members of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV), a controversial Peruvian lay movement, over various charges of misconduct, including one sanctioned in part for the novel offense of what might loosely be called “journalistic malpractice.”
Peruvians filing criminal charge against Vatican investigator defy excommunication threat
(Elise Ann Allen. Crux)
Two Peruvian laypeople who gave testimony as part of an ongoing Vatican inquiry into a scandal-plagued lay movement announced Friday on social media that they have filed a criminal complaint against one of the Vatican’s investigators, and are refusing to withdraw it even facing a papal threat of excommunication
Pope’s rhetoric on women in Belgium stirs protest
(Elise Ann Allen. Crux)
Pope Francis on Friday met with students at a Catholic university in Brussels, stressing the importance of climate action and of promoting women in the Church, but without the influence of ideology
Catholic groups in India support law weakening power of Islamic charity
(Nirmala Carvalho. Crux)
As India’s parliament debates a controversial law over a traditional Muslim religious endowment, a Catholic archbishop claims the endowment has put Christian-owned property under threat
Pope urges Luxembourg Catholics to be welcoming, steadfast in hardship
(Elise Ann Allen. Crux)
During a brief visit to Luxembourg Thursday, Pope Francis told local Catholics to set an example of welcome and inclusion, and to persevere amid the difficulties of evangelizing in a secularized society
New Zealand Church vows ‘concrete actions’ against abuse in response to Royal Commission
(Charles Collins. Crux)
Church leaders in New Zealand say they are renewing their “sincere and unconditional apology” to people who suffered abuse in Catholic settings, but must “demonstrate our apology by taking responsibility and through concrete actions.”
In meeting Jesuits in Asia, Pope Francis says Synodality ‘is not democracy’
(Charles Collins. Crux)
Just weeks before the beginning of the second session on the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis spoke to Jesuit clergy during his visit to Asia and Oceania
Colombian Church debates Catholic contribution to UN biodiversity conference
(Eduardo Campos Lima. Crux)
As Colombia prepares to host the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (known as COP16) – which will happen between Oct. 21-Nov. 1 in Cali – the South American country’s Church has been reflecting on its role in the upcoming event
How the church’s vast talent pool represents an ironic obstacle to reform
(John L. Allen Jr.. Crux)
Fans of the Roma soccer team, one of the two professional squads in the Eternal City, are in a grumpy mood these days. In part that’s because of the team’s uneven performance, but even more so because of perceived mismanagement by its American owners, Texas billionaire Dan Friedkin and his son Ryan
Vatican real estate deals in Rome stir health care controversy
During the Vatican’s recent “trial of the century,” which pivoted on the star-crossed $400 million purchase of a former Harrod’s warehouse in London, the principal accusation against the ten defendants was that they had fleeced the Vatican, eventually causing losses north of $200 million
Cardinal praises India’s diversity as he marks Season of Creation
(Nirmala Carvalho. Crux)
India’s diversity is a key pillar of the country’s greatness, says Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay
How the church’s vast talent pool represents an ironic obstacle to reform
(John L. Allen Jr.. Crux)
Fans of the Roma soccer team, one of the two professional squads in the Eternal City, are in a grumpy mood these days. In part that’s because of the team’s uneven performance, but even more so because of perceived mismanagement by its American owners, Texas billionaire Dan Friedkin and his son Ryan