Vatican

CNS photo/Paul Haring

Vatican City

For Catholics, St. Oscar Romero’s canonization a dream come true

ROME (CNS)—For many pilgrims from El Salvador and for many Catholics who focus on the tie between faith and justice, waiting for the canonization of St. Oscar Romero was an exercise in patience. The declaration of the sainthood of the Salvadoran archbishop, who was assassinated while celebrating Mass in 1980, teaches men and women that […] Full Story | En Español

• ‘Watering down’ church teaching won’t attract young people, cardinal says

  

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published October 19, 2018

  VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Just because some young people disagree with Catholic moral teaching, including in the area of sexuality, does not mean the church’s teachings are unclear or should change, Cardinal Robert Sarah told the Synod of Bishops. The church and its pastors should “courageously propose the Christian ideal corresponding to Catholic moral doctrine and not […] Full Story

• Pope accepts Cardinal Wuerl’s resignation as Washington archbishop

  

  By Catholic News Service
  Published October 12, 2018

  VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl as archbishop of Washington but did not name a successor. When the pope’s decision was announced Oct. 12, the Archdiocese of Washington released a letter from Pope Francis to the cardinal, making clear his support for Cardinal Wuerl’s ministry and leadership, but […] Full Story

• Pope names new members, including Atlanta’s archbishop, for Vatican office for laity, family, life

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published October 6, 2018

  VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Less than five months after updating the statutes of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, Pope Francis named a new slate of members of the Vatican office, including U.S. law professor Helen Alvare, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta and Cardinal Gerald Lacroix of Quebec. The Vatican announced the new members […] Full Story