Catholic News
- USCCB: Black Catholic young adults are concerned about gerontocracy, 'LGBTQ+ issues' (USCCB)The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has published “Advancing the Needs of Black Catholic Young Adults,” a 16-page report that resulted from listening sessions with black Catholic young adults. The report, posted on the US bishops’ website on December 3, identifies ten “issues within the national Catholic Church” and ten “issues within the black […]
- 'Rethink trade,' Holy See urges UN trade organization (Holy See Mission)Addressing a recent meeting of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva called for a rethinking of international trade. After discussing international financial debt, “the concept of ‘ecological debt,’” and the digital divide, the Holy See mission stated: In […]
- Vatican foreign minister prods European security organization on peace, religious freedom (Vatican News)Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, called on the leaders of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to work to foster peace in Ukraine. In his remarks, made yesterday in Vienna, Archbishop Gallagher “welcomed OSCE guidance on combating hate crimes against Christians and […]
- Roberto Benigni, Pope Leo meet ahead of actor's St. Peter monologue broadcast (Vatican News)Italian actor and director Roberto Benigni, best known for his 1997 film Life Is Beautiful, met yesterday with Pope Leo XIV. Together, they watched excerpts of Peter: A Man in the Wind, a monologue on St. Peter the Apostle produced in collaboration with Vatican media. The monologue will air on Italian state TV. Before the […]