Catholic News

• Pope Francis: Pass along treasure of Poland's faith, tradition to the young (Vatican Press Office (Italian))
  Pope Francis encouraged Polish pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pass along the treasures of their nation’s culture to the young. The Pope said: I cordially greet the Poles. During my apostolic journey in Asia and Oceania, I was able to experience that the true wealth of every nation is its children. You too, […]
• Papal appeals for World Alzheimer's Day, prayer for peace (Vatican Press Office (Italian))
  At the conclusion of his September 18 general audience, Pope Francis issued appeals for World’s Alzheimer’s Day and for prayer for peace. “Next Saturday, September 21, we celebrate World Alzheimer’s Day,” the Pope said. “Let us pray that medical science may soon offer prospects for a cure for this disease and that increasingly appropriate interventions […]
• Tight secrecy imposed on Synod participants, even after Synod's conclusion (General Secretariat of the Synod)
  Following a recent press conference, the General Secretariat of the Synod has released the calendar, list of participants, and regulations for the upcoming session of the Synod on synodality—including an imposition of tight secrecy on Synod participants, even after the Synod’s conclusion, and even with respect to their own words at the Synod. Article 24 […]
• Notre Dame theologian wins prestigious Ratzinger Prize (National Catholic Register)
  The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation has announced that Cyril O’Regan, an Irish theologian, and Etsurō Sotoo, a Japanese sculptor, have won the 2024 Ratzinger Prize. O’Regan, a professor at the University of Notre Dame, has written about the relation between the late Swiss theologian Father Hans Urs von Balthasar and the influential German philosophers […]