Happy Friday! As always, your weekly roundup:
Today, along with the rest of our home archdiocese of Chicago, U.S. Catholic mourns the death of Cardinal Francis George. He died at 10:45 this morning after a long battle with cancer.
The Vatican on Thursday officially ended a controversial seven-year investigation of American nuns with a face-saving compromise that allows Pope Francis to close the book on one of the more troubled episodes that he inherited from his predecessor, Benedict XVI.
Pope Francis sparked a diplomatic row on Sunday by calling the massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians 100 years ago “the first genocide of the 20th century,” prompting Turkey to accuse him of inciting hatred.
More than 100 prominent Catholic donors and church members signed a full-page ad in The San Francisco Chronicle that calls on Pope Francis to replace San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone following months of dissent over Cordileone’s emphasis on traditional, conservative church doctrine.
The U.S. Catholic bishops have welcomed the Obama administration’s tentative agreement aimed at limiting Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and bluntly warned Congress against doing anything to undermine it.
The Vatican is set to host a major conference on climate change this month that will feature leading researchers on global warming and an opening address by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
The cardinals advising Pope Francis on reforming the church’s central bureaucracy have discussed the issue of accountability for Catholic bishops who mishandle cases of clergy sexual abuse, the Vatican spokesman said Wednesday.
A new campaign sweeping through American churches has worshipers wearing orange to draw attention to Christians executed by ISIS.
A Catholic high school teacher from New Jersey who was suspended for anti-gay Facebook posts, will be reinstated immediately, according to the school’s principal.
A St. Louis boy battling cancer got his wish to be a “Priest for a Day.”
Retired Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his 88th birthday Thursday with a party and a pint of beer.
And now for the papal rapid fire roundup
This week, Pope Francis:
- Made a phone call.
- Met with Kenyan bishops.
- Might go to Cuba.
- Tried on a headdress.
