Catholic News
- USCCB heightens mental health engagement (USCCB)The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops announced that it is “amplifying local engagement on mental health.” “As pastors, we want to emphasize this point to anyone who is suffering from mental illness or facing mental health challenges: nobody and nothing can alter or diminish your God-given dignity,” said Archbishop Borys Gudziak and Bishop Robert […]
- Holy See, Vietnam express satisfaction at progress of relations (Vatican News)The Holy See and Vietnam expressed “satisfaction with the progress in their bilateral relations” since last year, according to a statement issued by participants in the 12th meeting of the Viet Nam – Holy See Joint Working Group. The group is co-chaired by Msgr. Mirosław Wachowski, the Holy See’s undersecretary for relations with states, and […]
- Papal rescript encourages employment of persons with disabilities in the Curia (Vatican News)In an August 4 audience with Cardinal Pietro Parolin (his Secretary of State), Pope Leo XIV approved decisions of the Labor Office of the Apostolic See that promote the hiring of persons with disabilities. Cardinal Parolin, in turn, issued an August 11 rescript that was published over a month later. The General Regulations of the […]
- Papal telegram pays tribute to Carmelite martyrs of Compiègne (Vatican Press Office (French))Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, sent a telegram in the Holy Father’s name to the archbishop of Paris as he celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving for the December 2024 canonization of the Carmelite martyrs of Compiègne, slain during the French Revolution. “The peace of heart that inhabited these daughters of […]