German bishop suspends sainthood cause for founder of Schonstatt movement
By CNS – Bishop Stephan Ackermann of Trier has suspended the proceedings for the sainthood cause of Father Joseph Kentenich,...
May 2022
Catholic News Service to Cease Domestic Operations at Year’s End
By CNS – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced to staff May 4 a dramatic reorganisation of its communications department,...
Over 500 Superiors of Women’s Religious Orders Meet in Rome
By Cindy Wooden – With prayer and laughter, songs and furrowed brows, more than 500 superiors of women’s religious orders...
Pope: Like Mary, Take Risks to Build a Better World
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Pope Francis encouraged young men and women to look to Mary as a model of...
Pope tells Russian Patriarch they are not ‘Clerics of the State’
By Carol Glatz – Warning that the Russian Orthodox patriarch should not “turn himself into Putin’s altar boy,” Pope Francis...
Interview with “Jesus”
On May 14, the famous Oberammergau Passion Play begins its 2022 season. Günther Simmermacher spoke to one of the two actors...
Leaked Draft of Supreme Court Opinion Indicates Overturn of Roe v Wade Decision
By Carol Zimmermann – The Supreme Court appears set to overturn its Roe v Wade decision, which legalised abortion for...
Mass Readings: 1 May – 8 May, 2022
Liturgical Calendar Year C – Weekday Cycle Year 2 Sunday May 1, Third Sunday of Easter Acts 5:27-32, 40-41/ Ps...
Newly-formed Central Asian bishops’ Conference Elects First President
By CNS – The newly created Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia elected Spanish-born Bishop José Luis Mumbiela Sierra of the...
