Catholic News
- 31 Charlotte priests query Vatican about legitimacy of bishop's liturgical directives (Pillar)A group of 31 priests in a North Carolina diocese have submitted to the Dicastery for Legislative Texts a series of dubia about liturgical directives enacted or considered by their bishop, The Pillar reported. Two-thirds of the 31 priests of the Diocese of Charlotte who are questioning the legitimacy of directives of Bishop Michael Martin, […]
- Cardinal Parolin, Secretary of State Rubio discuss Venezuela, religious freedom (US Department of State)The Secretary of State of His Holiness and the US Secretary of State spoke about Venezuela, global religious freedom, and other topics in a phone call yesterday. Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Secretary of State Marco Rubio “discussed pressing challenges, including efforts to improve the humanitarian situation, particularly in Venezuela, as well as the promotion of […]
- Russell Shaw, US bishops' former spokesman, dies at 90 (OSV News)Russell Shaw, who served as a spokesman for the US bishops from 1969 to 1987, died yesterday at the age of 90. The author of thousands of articles and over 20 books, Shaw “gave us the words to understand what was going on in the Second Vatican Council, in the events of the late 60s, […]
- Extraordinary consistory of College of Cardinals begins today (Vatican News)The first extraordinary consistory of the College of Cardinals convoked by Pope Leo XIV begins this afternoon at 4:00 and is scheduled to conclude tomorrow evening at 7:00. “The cardinals especially assist the supreme pastor of the Church through collegial action in consistories in which they are gathered by order of the Roman Pontiff who […]