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.
Being a catechist is a vocation, pope says in establishing formal ministry
Federal broadband subsidy to narrow digital divide, homework gap
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.
Bishops warn Britain new asylum system could increase trafficking
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 graduations, like the academic year, have made changes
Catholic college graduation ceremonies happened in-person unlike last year, due to COVID-19 restrictions.
U.S. climate envoy speaks at Vatican conference, will meet pope
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.
U.S. bishop urges end of Holy Land violence between Israelis, Palestinians
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace called on Israelis and Palestinians to end the violence in Jerusalem and Gaza that has claimed dozens of lives and left hundreds of people injured.
Riding the green wave: Momentum for Laudato Si’ gears up for next decade
The message of Pope Francis’ encyclical, “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home,” continues to be prophetic for a pandemic-hit and post-pandemic world, according to the Vatican office responsible for environmental concerns.
Annual collection for USCCB’s Catholic Communication Campaign is May 15-16
The 2021 collection for the campaign is being taken up in many U.S. dioceses during Masses May 15 and 16, which is World Communications Day.