Bishops’ conferences will need to determine the “process of formation and the normative criteria for admission to this ministry” and devise “the most appropriate forms for the service which these men and women will be called to exercise,” the pope said.
“Has there been an erosion in Catholic belief about the Real Presence, and what does this mean for the Church?”
As more Americans see internet connectivity for their homes every bit as essential as water, heat, electricity and telephone service, Congress has stepped in to give some of the nation’s most cash-strapped households a hand.
Catholic bishops have warned the British government that post-Brexit plans to tighten the asylum system would drive more immigrants into the hands of human trafficking gangs.
Catholic college graduation ceremonies happened in-person unlike last year, due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Given that “Spiral: From the Book of Saw” (Lionsgate) is the ninth installment — albeit, technically, a reboot — in the soul-coarsening “Saw” franchise, its release prompts reflection on who would find these films entertaining.
John Kerry, U.S. President Joe Biden’s special envoy for climate, gave a keynote address at a closed-door meeting of the Pontifical Academy for Sciences and the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences at the Vatican May 14.
Two Jesuit priests who minister to some of the most marginalized population groups in the United States are the subject of separate documentaries that make their debut later this year.
