Catholic News
- DR Congo priest recounts massacre at parish (L'Osservatore Romano (Italian))The parochial vicar of the Congolese parish targeted in a terrorist attack discussed the massacre in an interview with the Vatican newspaper. Father Dieudonné Liringa said that families of Catholic Action and Eucharistic Crusade members spent the night in a parish hall following a Mass marking the 25th anniversary of the Eucharistic Crusade in the […]
- Talitha Kum leader calls for increased prayer, advocacy for human trafficking victims (UISG)In a statement for the the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons (July 30), Sister Abby Avelino, MM, the coordinator of Talitha Kum, called for increased education, advocacy, prayer, and accompaniment of survivors. Founded in 2009, Talitha Kum is an international network of women religious working against trafficking in persons. In its newly released annual […]
- Let us be 'influenced' and changed by the love of Christ, Cardinal Tagle preaches to influencers (Fides)Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, one of the two pro-prefects of the Dicastery for Evangelization, celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on July 29 for participants in the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers. “Jesus is not a face or voice generated by a digital program,” he preached. “He is the image of the Invisible […]
- USCCB migration chairman welcomes bipartisan Dignity Act (USCCB)The chairman of the US bishops’ Committee on Migration expressed his appreciation for the Dignity Act, introduced by Reps. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) and María Elvira Salazar (R-FL). “At a time when instances of bipartisan cooperation seem to be few and far between, especially related to immigration, I am deeply grateful ... for this sustained commitment […]