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2 weeks ago | 
cathstan.org | Mihoko Owada |Jenna Cooper |Wilton D. Gregory |Msgr. John Enzler
Photo Gallery: Cardinal McElroy's 40 Hours Devotion Closing Mass At the conclusion of March 29 closing Mass for the “24 Hours for the Lord: 40 Hours Devotion” Lenten observance at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy leads a solemn procession of the Most Blessed Sacrament through the basilica, and then returns to the main altar of the Great Upper Church for Benediction.
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2 weeks ago | 
cathstan.org | Jenna Cooper |Wilton D. Gregory |Msgr. John Enzler
(OSV News) – Here is a timeline of key events in the life of the late Theodore E. McCarrick, beginning with his ordination as a priest for the Archdiocese of New York more than 60 years ago. The timeline includes information on his episcopal appointments to dioceses and archdioceses and covers allegations of abuse lodged against him up to his death April 3, 2025. 1958, June 15 – Father McCarrick is ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of New York by Cardinal Francis J. Spellman.
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2 weeks ago | 
cathstan.org | Jenna Cooper |Wilton D. Gregory |Msgr. John Enzler
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – During his second week back at the Vatican after a long hospitalization, Pope Francis continued to follow his doctors’ orders to stay home, avoid visitors and keep up with respiratory and physical therapy, the Vatican press office said. The 88-year-old pope prayed as he watched the memorial Mass celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica on the 20th anniversary of the death of St. John Paul II April 2, the press office told reporters April 4.
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3 weeks ago | 
cathstan.org | Jenna Cooper |Wilton D. Gregory |Msgr. John Enzler
Theodore McCarrick – the former archbishop of Washington who resigned as a cardinal and was later dismissed from the priesthood following a Vatican investigation that found that he had engaged in abuse of minors and sexual misconduct with adults – died on April 4, 2025 at the age of 94. Reacting to McCarrick’s death, Cardinal Robert W.
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3 weeks ago | 
cathstan.org | Jenna Cooper |Wilton D. Gregory |Msgr. John Enzler
Thirty-five years after her death, the witness of Sister Thea Bowman – a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, scholar, cultural advocate, and joyful daughter of the Church – continues to inspire a growing movement calling for her canonization.
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3 weeks ago | 
cathstan.org | Paulina Guzik |Jenna Cooper |Wilton D. Gregory |Msgr. John Enzler
POZNAN, Poland (OSV News) -- For Ukrainian Catholics, St. John Paul II’s voice brought a "taste of freedom," something that still drives defenders of the country following the full-scale Russian invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, said Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
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3 weeks ago | 
cathstan.org | Jenna Cooper |Wilton D. Gregory |Msgr. John Enzler
WASHINGTON (OSV News) – A joint report between organizations affiliated with different Christian churches found that a significant share of people impacted by the Trump administration's pursuit of what it has called "the largest deportation in U.S. history," are Christian.
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3 weeks ago | 
cathstan.org | Junno Arocho Esteves |Jenna Cooper |Wilton D. Gregory |Msgr. John Enzler
(OSV News) -- As the death toll following the massive earthquake in Myanmar is expected to reach 3,000, humanitarian organizations in the region, like Catholic Relief Services, are working round the clock to get essential supplies to those in need.
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3 weeks ago | 
cathstan.org | Jenna Cooper |Wilton D. Gregory |Msgr. John Enzler
People in Myanmar are in desperate need of humanitarian supplies and medical support as the death toll from the devastating earthquake that rocked central Myanmar March 28 continues to rise. The president of Myanmar’s bishops’ conference called for an immediate ceasefire in a country already experiencing civil war and now hit with a new tragedy. As the number of deaths exceeded 2,000, according to Reuters news agency, some 3,900 were injured.
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3 weeks ago | 
cathstan.org | Jenna Cooper |Wilton D. Gregory |Msgr. John Enzler
Pope Francis has cleared the way for the canonizations of three Blesseds: an Armenian Catholic archbishop martyred during the Armenian genocide, a lay catechist from Papua New Guinea killed during World War II and a Venezuelan religious sister who dedicated her life to education and the poor. The Vatican announced March 31 that the pope authorized the decrees March 28.
