Vatican expresses concern about proposed Italian law on homophobia
By Cindy Wooden – The Vatican has informed Italy that a draft law to fight homophobia and discrimination and violence...
June 2021
Catholic Named as Deputy Admin of NASA
By Mike Latona – Pamela Melroy, an alumna of a Catholic high school in the Diocese of Rochester and one...
United Nations to Church: Do More to Stop Abuse
By Cindy Wooden – While acknowledging Vatican-mandated reforms in the handling of clerical sexual abuse, four U.N. special rapporteurs urged...
Holy Family College Mass: Jesus, Light of the World
Holy Family College Durban’s Closing Mass on Friday, 18th June 2021, was led by Father Callistus and attended by Grade...
Ss Thomas More & John Fisher
The feast of Saints John Fisher and Thomas More is observed as an optional memorial on June 22. So that...
Irish bishops choose woman to head steering group for synodal pathway
By Michael Kelly – The Irish Catholic bishops have chosen a laywoman to head preparations for a national synod, due...
Pope Advances Sainthood Causes, Including Martyred Polish Nuns
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Pope Francis recognised the martyrdom of 10 nuns who were brutally murdered by Soviet soldiers in...
Offering Sacraments and Support, Archbishop Pizzaballa visits Gaza
By Judith Sudilovsky – A day that started with heavy hearts visiting homes damaged in May violence between Hamas and Israel...
Vatican, Italian media cover US bishops’ debate on Eucharist document
By Cindy Wooden – While the US bishops authorised the drafting of a teaching document on the Eucharist and insisted its...
