Saying they are outraged by growing “antisemitic rhetoric” across the country, members of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs urged Christians to decry hate-filled statements and violence aimed at Jewish individuals, homes and institutions.
USCCB committee decries rising antisemitism in U.S.
Overcoming Christian divisions would give world hope, pope tells patriarch
The pope and the patriarch send delegations to each other’s churches each year for the celebrations of their patron saints’ feast days: the Vatican’s June 29 celebration of the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul and the patriarchate’s celebration of the feast of St. Andrew.
Even a two-minute examination of conscience is helpful, pope says
“Learn to read in the book of our hearts what has happened during the day. Do it. Just two minutes, but it will do you good, I promise,” the pope told visitors at his weekly general audience Nov. 30.
Church’s guidance on social communication dates back some six decades
Some six decades before Elon Musk began fretting over blue checks on Twitter accounts, the Catholic Church issued in-depth guidance on all forms of social communication — including those yet to be invented.
Some U.S. dioceses are lifting restrictions on Communion cup
As many restrictions put in place at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have been lifted, some Catholic dioceses around the country are returning, or already have returned, to offering consecrated wine in the chalice for Communion while others are waiting to do so.
‘Dream big,’ take small steps for peace each day, pope tells students
Pope Francis met Nov. 28 with some 6,000 Italian schoolchildren, teens and their teachers, who have been participating in the program of the National Network of Schools for Peace.
To enrich, clarify doctrine, theologians must risk new studies, pope says
Theologians must explore and “venture” out further to help enrich doctrine while catechists must stick to established, “solid” doctrine, never anything new, Pope Francis told theologians.
Advent watching includes noticing God at work in daily life, pope says
During Advent, Pope Francis said, “Let us be shaken out of our torpor and let us awaken from slumber!”