Catholic News

• Vatican cardinal breaks ranks with Ghana's bishops on criminalization of homosexual acts (Daily Graphic (Accra))
  Cardinal Peter Turkson, the Ghana-born Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, has broken ranks with the bishops of Ghana, who have praised Parliament for passing legislation that criminalizes homosexual acts. “My position is contrary to what has just been passed, to criminalize anybody, if you are able […]
• Plenary indulgence granted for praying before Nativity scene in Franciscan churches (CNA)
  Eight centuries after St. Francis of Assisi created the first crèche in Greccio (Italy), the Apostolic Penitentiary has granted a plenary indulgence for “visiting the churches run by Franciscan families [i.e., religious institutes] throughout the world and stopping in prayer in front of the Nativity scenes set up there.” The plenary indulgence may be gained […]
• US bishops call for climate policy that heeds 'cry of the earth' and the 'cry of the poor' (USCCB)
  In a statement issued ahead of COP28, the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, two bishops who chair USCCB committees said that “climate goals must represent both the ‘cry of the earth’ and the ‘cry of the poor,’ and include the financial support by developed nations for adaptation, resilience, and recovery of the most vulnerable.” […]
• World Youth Day in Lisbon showed 'universal dimensions of God's heart,' Pope says (CNS)
  Pope Francis received members of the World Youth Day Lisbon 2023 Committee and Foundation in a November 30 audience and thanked them for their work in organizing the event, which took place in August. “You have given us a shining example of how it is possible to share a mission without leaving anyone out,” the […]