Archive for November 12, 2024

José and Lupe Jiménez with family members.?w=200&h=150

By Diego López Marina

U.S. Latino Catholic family receives award for exemplary faith and service

The family of José and Lupe Jiménez was recently awarded the Iskali Inspired Award, which honors those whose life and... Read more

Servant of God Michelle Duppong.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Film tells story of Michelle Duppong, FOCUS missionary who ‘evangelized through friendship’

“Radiating Joy: The Michelle Duppong Story” is being released for one day only in theaters nationwide on Tuesday, Nov. 12. Read more

Endow launched the “Quinceañera Created for God: Creada para Dios” program in Denver on Nov. 7, 2024, as part of its Hispanic outreach program, Magnifica.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

Group launches quinceañera program designed to form young Catholic women

“Quinceañera Created for God: Creada para Dios” is a new bilingual formation program that is designed to prepare young women... Read more

Participants in a recent In Altum program in Washington, D.C.?w=200&h=150

By Andrés Henríquez,Madalaine Elhabbal

International Catholic professional formation program grows in DC

The Washington, D.C.-based Catholic young professional formation programs of the In Altum Foundation reached the milestone of 1,000 graduates this... Read more

The Sistine Hall of the Vatican Library, the library of the Holy See, currently located in Vatican City, is one of the oldest libraries in the world.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis moves part of Vatican library and archive to Rome seminary

The pope declared that part of the archives and library be moved to a building on extraterritorial Vatican property at... Read more

Bishop-elect Philip Moger from the Archdiocese of Southwark was due to be installed Nov. 9, 2024, but suddenly announced the “delay” to his installation just days before it was due to take place.?w=200&h=150

By Andy Drozdziak

Installation of new bishop in England deferred for a second time

For the second time in less than a year, the installation of a bishop has been deferred in the Diocese... Read more

Pope Francis raises his glass at the start of a lunch with poor and economically disadvantaged people in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall on Nov. 19, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Pope Francis to have Sunday lunch with 1,300 guests on World Day of the Poor

This year’s lunch, organized by the Dicastery for the Service of Charity in collaboration with the Italian Red Cross, will... Read more

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the primate of all England and leader of the Anglican Communion, announced his resignation on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, saying he takes “personal and institutional responsibility” for the mishandling of a number of high-profile abuse cases in the Anglican Church since taking the reigns in 2013.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Archbishop of Canterbury resigns over handling of abuse cases

Though not accused of abuse himself, Archbishop Justin Welby was criticized for his response to a number of abuse cases... Read more

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By Daniel Payne

Report: Hundreds of Canadian euthanasia violations not reported to police

Alexander Raikin wrote that since 2018 “euthanasia regulators” in Ontario have identified over 400 “issues with compliance” with the country’s... Read more

The U.S. bishops gather in Baltimore on Nov. 12, 2024, for their fall plenary assembly.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Archbishop Broglio calls bishops to insist on human dignity, aid migrants after election

“As the successors of the apostles and vicars of Christ in our dioceses, we never backpedal or renounce the clear... Read more

The bishop of Santa Clara, Arturo González Amador (center) was elected as the new president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba. He is accompanied in the photo by the conference's vice president, Matanzas Bishop Juan Gabriel Díaz Ruiz (left) and the conference's new secretary general, Auxiliary Bishop of Havana Eloy Ricardo Domínguez Martínez (right).?w=200&h=150

By Andrés Henríquez

In midst of island’s travails, Cuba’s bishops elect new leadership

The Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba met in Havana Nov. 4–7 for its 164th Ordinary Assembly and chose new... Read more

USCCB president Archbishop Timothy Broglio (left); Bishop Mark Seitz, head of the USCCB migration committee (center); and Bishop Michael Burbidge, chairman of the USCCB’s pro-life committee, speak to media at the USCCB fall plenary assembly on Nov. 12, 2024.  ?w=200&h=150

By Jonathan Liedl

U.S. bishops will speak out ‘loudly’ if Trump’s mass deportation rhetoric becomes reality

USCCB leadership also addressed the potential pro-life opportunities and challenges of the incoming Trump administration. Read more

Cardinal Christophe Pierre, Pope Francis’ apostolic nuncio to the United States, addresses the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis in July 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Shannon Mullen

U.S. nuncio: Bishops must foster missionary zeal

Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the Holy See’s U.S. ambassador, delivered his remarks Nov. 12 at the opening of the bishops’ annual... Read more

Archbishop Bernard Hebda of St. Paul-Minneapolis.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Bishops elect new treasurer, committee chairs at Baltimore meeting

Archbishop Bernard Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis was elected the next treasurer of the United States Conference of Catholic... Read more