Catholic News

• 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 […]
• Amid protests, Vatican announces Christmas tree ceremony in St. Peter's Square (Zenit)
  The Vatican has announced that the ceremony inaugurating this year’s Christmas tree and crèche in St. Peter’s Square will take place on December 7. The crèche hails from Grado, a town of 8,000 in northeastern Italy. The tree, from the small town of Ledro in northern Italy, is 95 feet high and 200 years old. […]
• US bishops' anti-poverty program lost $11.4M in 2023 (USCCB)
  The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has released the 2023 annual report for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), its national anti-poverty program. CCHD had $7,284,574 in revenue and $18,696,903 in expenses in 2023, leading to an operating deficit of $11,412,329. CCHD’s net assets, which stood at nearly $8.5 million at the beginning […]