Catholic News

• Details announced for 2024 World Youth Day in Rome (Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life)
  The Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life has announced the details of the Roman celebration of the 39th World Youth Day (WYD), held on November 24, the feast of Christ the King. Pope Francis will preside a Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, and youth from Portugal (where the last international WYD was held) will […]
• Pope Francis expresses closeness to Iran's Catholics, says Church is not against the Iranian government (Vatican Press Office)
  Pope Francis received participants in a colloquium, jointly organized by the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue and a Tehran-based dialogue center, devoted to “The Education of Young People, particularly in the Family: A Challenge for Christians and Muslims.” Referring to Archbishop Dominique Joseph Mathieu, a Belgian Conventual Franciscan, the Pope said, “I plan to elevate the […]
• Extend US bishops' zero-tolerance policy to universal Church, survivor advocates urge (Our Sunday Visitor)
  Members of the abuse prevention institute at the Pontifical Gregorian University, joined by the organization Ending Clergy Abuse, have called for the extension of the US bishops’ zero-tolerance policy for the sexual abuse of minors to the universal Church. The US bishops’ Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, in effect since 2002, […]
• Ukraine's first lady meets with Pope, visits patients at Vatican children's hospital (Vatican News)
  Olena Zelenska, Ukraine’s first lady, met with Pope Francis for 30 minutes on November 20 and visited the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital. “I am grateful to His Holiness for his prayers for peace for Ukraine,” she tweeted after the meeting. “I hope that the authority of the Holy See will help save more innocent lives […]