Funeral prayers for Msgr Stanley Urbanoski will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 20 and the funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 21; both celebrations will be held at Holy…
By Catholic News Agency staff [Vatican City – CNA] – Catholics can obtain a plenary indulgence by visiting an elderly person on the second World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly July 24, 2022. A…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Vatican City – CNS] – Asking for prayers ahead of his visit to Canada July 24-29, Pope Francis described the trip as a “penitential pilgrimage” as part of a…
By Frederick Nzwili, Catholic News Service [Nairobi, Kenya – CNS] — A continuing siege of Tigray by Ethiopian government forces is frustrating church efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to millions of people in need in…
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service [Vatican City – CNS] – The Vatican has released a new policy consolidating the investment portfolios of all offices and keeping all current and future investments in line…
By Catholic News Service staff [Mandalay, Myanmar – CNS] — Archbishop Marco Tin Win of Mandalay has called for human dignity and property to be respected following attacks on civilians in several villages by Myanmar’s…
By Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service [Washington – CNS] – Texas Catholic bishops are urging immigration reform, saying it is necessary to prevent what happened to 53 migrants discovered dead and dying inside a trailer…
By Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops staff [Ottawa – CCCB] – The Indigenous Reconciliation Fund Board of Directors has announced that a national fund is officially accepting proposals and distributing funds for projects in support…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Vatican City – CNS] – Pope Francis said all the speeches he has prepared for his trip to Canada “begin and end” with asking forgiveness. In an early July…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Vatican City – CNS] – When Pope Francis travels to Canada to apologize to Indigenous communities for the way the Catholic Church joined efforts to uproot them from their…