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May 17, 2021 CWN Editor's Note: Pope Francis devoted his 2015 encyclical Laudato si’ to care for our common home. “Today ‘Laudato Si’ Week’ begins, to educate more and more to listen to the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor,” the Pope said on May 16. “I thank the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, the Global Catholic Climate Movement, Caritas Internationalis and the numerous member organizations, and I invite everyone to participate.” The above note supplements, highlights, or corrects details in the original source (link above). About CWN news ...

May 07, 2021 CWN Editor's Note: The US bishops’ conference is expected to vote in June on a statement regarding the reception of Communion by prominent Catholics who reject Church teachings on the dignity of human life. But Cardinal Michael Czerny, the undersecretary of the Dicastery for Integral Human Development, remarked that as a matter of canon law, each diocesan bishop has the authority to make his own determination on that question. “It’s not up to the bishops in general to make these decisions; it’s up to the bishop of the person,” he said. While several American prelates ha...

Pope Francis, the imperfect reform 05/03/2021 at 2:00 AM Posted by Kevin Edward White By Andrea Gagliarducci, Monday Vatican, April 23, 2021 Without an announcement in the official bulletin,  Pope Francis has made a small reform that could have a significant impact: he included, among the members of the three new dicasteries created as such, laypeople and monsignors alongside cardinals and archbishops. It is a small thing, since also before there were lay members in some of the dicasteries. However, it can have some meaning. According to  the proper members of a Congregation are cardi...

The Tablet May 3, 2021 A woman wearing a protective mask and face shield prays during Easter Mass outside St. Peter Parish: Shrine of Leaders in Manila, Philippines, April 4, 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Vatican released a new document “Accompanying People in Psychological Distress in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Members of One Body, Loved by One Love,” which was summoned by Pope Francis to try to imagine a post-pandemic world. (Photo: CNS/Lisa Marie David, Reuters) By Inés San Martín ROME (Crux) — One of the less documented challenges of the COVID-19 pandem...

Vatican tackles psychological fallout from Covid pandemic May 1, 2021 rome bureau chief Catholics facing mental health issues often struggle with how to reconcile psychology with spirituality. (Credit: Lolostock via Shutterstock.) One of the less documented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the impact of lockdowns, uncertainties and restrictions on the mental health of the millions who’ve had a first-hand experience of the virus, either due to the loss of a loved one, as first responders or as newly unemployed workers. ROME – One of the less documented challenges of the COVID-1...