The president of the Polish bishops' conference has bitterly criticized demands for liberal change by the church in neighboring Germany and urged the pope not to allow them to dominate the Rome Synod on Synodality.
In the month Catholics traditionally honor the dead, the Vatican Museums opened a new entrance to an ancient necropolis where carved marble sarcophagi sit near open graves filled with bones.
Catholics are still forbidden from joining Masonic organizations and, with an increasing number of Catholics joining Masonic lodges in the Philippines, the Vatican has urged the nation's bishops to find a way to make clear the Church's continued opposition to Freemasonry.
Excitement about the impacts of the National Eucharistic Revival in local dioceses, support for the nomination of St. John Henry Newman as a doctor of the church, and the approval of supplements to the bishops' teaching document on "Faithful Citizenship" featured strongly on the second day of the U.S. bishops' annual fall plenary assembly in Baltimore.
The first public day of the U.S. Catholic bishops' fall plenary assembly in Baltimore saw elections to important posts, while public presentations chiefly centered on synodality, the use of technology in the liturgy and advancing the cause for canonization of a champion of evangelizing through media.
After Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., announced Nov. 12 that he is suspending his 2024 campaign for his party's presidential nomination, Catholic political scientists told OSV News that the senator ran a campaign out of sync with the Republican primary electorate.
The chairman of the U.S. bishops' migration committee has sent a letter to lawmakers in Congress urging enhanced protections be put in place for migrant children.