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Thomas Sternberg speaking at a press conference for the German "Synodal Way" on Sept. 30, 2021, in Frankfurt. / Synodaler Weg/Maximilian von LachnerCNA Newsroom, Dec 2, 2022 / 07:10 am (CNA).The German Synodal Way was designed from the outset to avoid legal sanctions while simultaneously creating "pressure" on the Church to change Catholic teaching, one of the founders of the process told German media Friday.Thomas Sternberg, former president of the Central Committee of Germa...

HERRNHUT, Germany (CNS) — Almost 800,000 Moravian stars in various sizes and colors will leave...

NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — As the international community marked World AIDS Day Dec. 1, some...

Charles de Foucauld / Public domainVatican City, Dec 1, 2022 / 05:00 am (CNA).Today is the feast day of St. Charles de Foucauld who was canonized by Pope Francis on May 15, 2022.Who was Charles de Foucauld?De Foucauld, also known as Brother Charles of Jesus, was a soldier, explorer, Catholic revert, priest, hermit, and religious brother, who served among the Tuareg people in the Sahara desert in Algeria.He was assassinated by a band of men at his hermitage in the Sahara on Dec. 1, 1916.De Foucau...

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life...

ST. LOUIS (CNS) — Ukrainian Americans and newly arrived Ukrainian immigrants in the Midwest spent...

Null / Oleg Zabielin via www.shutterstock.com.Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 1, 2022 / 08:00 am (CNA).Islamist terrorist groups are unleashing a new wave of violence and persecution to build a "transnational caliphate" stretching from west Africa to the Pacific, according to a new report on religious persecution. The report, released earlier this month by the international Catholic pastoral aid organization Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), found that as a result of increased jihad...

Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI greet each other at the 65th priestly ordination of Pope Emeritus XVI at the Clementine Hall. / © LOsservatore RomanoCNA Newsroom, Dec 1, 2022 / 05:06 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Thursday praised the role of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and his theology for the Church.Speaking at the 2022 Ratzinger Prize award ceremony at the Vatican, Pope Francis said: "We all feel his spiritual presence and his accompaniment in prayer for the whole Church.&quot...

Father Silverio Ernesto Suárez, Major General of the National Police of Colombia / Father Silverio SuárezRome Newsroom, Dec 1, 2022 / 08:40 am (CNA).A Catholic priest has been named the second in command of the National Police of Colombia.In his three-decade-long career in the police force, Major General Silverio Ernesto Suárez has often found himself in perilous situations on the front lines of Colombias battle against illegal drug trafficking.Once he was in a police helicopter that was near...

HOUSTON (CNS) — Casa Juan Diego and Catholic Charities, recuperating from an overflow of Venezuelans...