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August 2018

August 1

Medieval reform, doctor of the Church, can help current sex abuse crisis, historian says

August 1, 2018

VATICAN – A radical program of reform addressing the widespread problem of abusive clergy and negligent superiors in the 11th century holds some essential insights and lessons for the church today, a church historian has said.

Idolatry is slavery, deprives people of life, Pope says

August 1, 2018

VATICAN – Idolatry is a human inclination that spares neither believers nor atheists and deprives people of life and love in exchange for slavery to unfulfilled dreams, Pope Francis said.

Thousands march in support of Nicaraguan bishops after repeated attacks

August 1, 2018

MANAGUA, Nicaragua – The streets of Nicaragua were filled on July 28 by thousands of demonstrators supporting the country’s bishops and priests after repeated attacks by paramilitaries with ties to the government.

Two Catholic universities rescind Archbishop McCarrick's honourary degrees

August 1, 2018

WASHINGTON – The Catholic University of America announced July 30 that it was withdrawing the 2006 honorary degree awarded to then-Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, in light of recent sexual abuse allegations.

It is morally wrong to withdraw food, water from patients in vegetative state, U.K. bishop says

August 1, 2018

MANCHESTER, England – Britain's highest court has ruled that doctors can withdraw food and fluid from patients who are in a vegetative state or minimally conscious without seeking permission from judges.

Church must address its leaders' 'moral failures of judgment', president of U.S. bishops says

August 1, 2018

WASHINGTON – Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick "will rightly face" a Vatican canonical process regarding sexual abuse allegations against him, but the U.S. Catholic Church must take steps to respond to church leaders' "moral failures of judgment," said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Cardinal Wuerl focuses on next steps in wake of Archbishop McCarrick allegations

August 1, 2018

WASHINGTON – The Catholic Standard, archdiocesan newspaper of Washington, published a question-and-answer interview July 31 with Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl about the next steps for the archdiocese in light of the sexual abuse allegations made against Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, a former cardinal and retired archbishop of Washington.

August 2

1 in 4 Canadians face financial hardship, Angus Reid poll finds

August 2, 2018

A new report from the Angus Reid Institute showing poverty may be a bigger problem than official statistics indicate is ramping up pressure on Ottawa to unveil a federal poverty reduction strategy.

A "courageous creativity" is needed, Pope Francis tells young Jesuits

August 2, 2018

VATICAN – The courage, prayer and creativity that should characterize every Jesuit's ministry must be especially present when ministering to young people who are unemployed and feel hopeless, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis changes catechism to say death penalty is 'inadmissible'

August 2, 2018

VATICAN – Building on the development of Catholic Church teaching against capital punishment, Pope Francis has ordered a revision of the Catechism of the Catholic Church to assert "the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person" and to commit the church to working toward its abolition worldwide.

Nuba Catholic Church 'a sign of hope' after surviving bombings, neglect

August 2, 2018

NUBA MOUNTAINS, Sudan – The Nuba Mountains region in southern Sudan is a land the world has largely forgotten, except for the Catholic Church, which for more than three decades has stood with the people as they endured hunger, bombing and neglect.

New St. Vincent de Paul director puts Canada-wide focus on advocacy for poor

August 2, 2018

The umbrella organization for hundreds of St. Vincent de Paul councils in parishes across Canada is getting ready to step into the national spotlight.

Global study finds Canada has widest gap in religious practice between younger and older generations

August 2, 2018

VANCOUVER – A recent poll has confirmed what most youth ministry workers are already losing sleep over: young people across the globe tend to be less religious than their elders.

Philippine church leaders fear suicide bombing may heighten tensions with Muslims

August 2, 2018

COTABATO, Philippines – Security forces were placed on full alert in the southern Philippine region of Mindanao following a deadly suicide bomb blast in Basilan province that killed 10 people.

Artist Ken Woo puts his unique, traditional stamp on Toronto’s Church of the Holy Family

August 2, 2018

The way artist Ken Woo sees the Mass, it’s a “gateway to Heaven.”

Alberta's One Rock youth festival, 'Catholic Woodstock', changes for digital age

August 2, 2018

EDMONTON – Organizers are making big changes to One Rock, a major Alberta Catholic youth gathering, in the hope of strengthening young people in their faith.

Speaking out: Working through post-grad anxiety

August 2, 2018

If anyone had asked me last summer about my plans after graduation, I would have said that I was going to move to the U.S. to complete a one-year postgraduate fellowship with a giant media company.

August 4

God's word on Sunday: Adversity is a test of faith

August 4, 2018

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug. 5 (Year B) Exodus 16:2-4, 12-16, 31a; Psalm 78; Ephesians 4:17, 20-24; John 6:24-35

August 6

A month after government's 'clean-up,' a Nicaraguan community mourns three dead

August 6, 2018

SUTIABA, Nicaragua – Father Victor Morales was awakened at 5 a.m. by the young men on the barricade outside his church. "They're coming, father. They're here," they told him.

August 7

Faith is a relationship, not a set of rules between slave and master, Pope says at Angelus

August 7, 2018

VATICAN – Doing God's will means first of all believing in Jesus and allowing love for him to translate into love for one's neighbors, Pope Francis said.