Catholic News
- Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople meets with Pope (Rome Reports)Born in 1940, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was installed in 1991 as Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch; he holds a primacy of honor among the Orthodox churches. He participated in an interfaith peace gathering on October 20 and met with Pope Francis for 50 minutes on October 22.
- Cardinal Czerny: Pope's social teaching inspires a Church 'going out' (Vatican News)Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ, is Undersecretary of the Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
- Texas bishop says Francis' support of civil unions is 'dangerous,' papacy lacks clarity (National Catholic Reporter)In a Catholic Answers webinar (video), Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler said, “It is evil that [the Vatican’s McCarrick] report is still not out there, and if I get fired for saying that, for not being politically correct, go ahead and fire me” (12:35). The prelate weighed in other topics, from the Church in Germany […]
- Kerala bishops: Catholic teaching on homosexuality has not changed (New Indian Express)The southwestern Indian state of Kerala (map) is 55% Hindu, 27% Muslim, and 18% Christian. Two Eastern Catholic churches (the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church) have their headquarters there.