2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (591+ words) Ilva Myriam Hoyos Castañeda is a former adviser to the Pontifical Council for the Family. Ilva Myriam Hoyos Castañeda has been tapped to lead Colombiaʼs Ministry of Education following the resignation of Vivian Morales for personal reasons. The announcement was…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (598+ words) This past Sept. 7, the “Creed of the Ecclesial Base Communities” was included as part of a Mass marking Brazil’s annual “Cry of the Excluded” event. On Sept. 7, Bishop José Valdeci Santos Mendes of Brejo, Maranhão, Brazil, celebrated Mass as part…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (816+ words) The Holy Father received 147 bishops from five continents, participants in a formation course in Rome for new bishops. Pope Leo XIV said the first task bishops must place before every other responsibility is to “remain with Jesus,” because, he emphasized,…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (813+ words) The final report also proposes a greater role for women religious in selecting bishops who oversee consecrated life and clearer agreements between dioceses and religious institutes. The General Secretariat of the Synod on Tuesday, Sept. 8, published the final report of…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (463+ words) The University of Notre Dame partners with the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Ave Maria celebrates Ireland campus milestone, and more in this week’s Catholic education news roundup. The University of Notre Dame and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem are launching…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1129+ words) Archbishop Andrew Ding Yang’s episcopal ordination is the eighth held during Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, though not all eight bishops were appointed by him. Father Andrew Ding Yang was ordained Tuesday, Sept. 8, as archbishop of Chongqing in southwestern China, a…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (437+ words) The Catholic Church celebrates the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary on its traditional fixed date of Sept. 8, nine months after the Dec. 8 celebration of her immaculate conception as the child of Sts. Joachim and Anne. The circumstances of the…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (391+ words) The pope celebrates Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Genazzano ROME — It was shortly after 5 p.m. local time when Pope Leo XIV arrived at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel, awaited by thousands…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (438+ words) More than 3,000 people have joined a growing Catholic Bible study initiative in Lebanon as organizers launch more days and times throughout the country and beyond. A year ago, three young Lebanese men started a small Bible study group in their…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (465+ words) The bishops argued that allowing the baptized to erase their records would encroach on religious liberty and negatively affect internal Church matters. The European bishops’ conference is warning authorities of the dangers of allowing baptized individuals to erase the records…...