Saint Joseph Catholic Church

A priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago who became a Sulpician in 2021, Father Gould was previously director of the Blessed Michael J. McGivney Propaedeutic House of Formation in Baltimore.

“It doesn’t need to be this way,” said the retired archbishop of Philadelphia. “And that poses a challenge for all of us as Catholics ... We make the future; nothing in this world is inevitable.”

Archbishop Chaput added:

The vocation of a Christian disciple is to feed the soul of the world as well as its mind; to offer a vision of men and women made whole by the love of God, the beauty of creation, and the reality of things unseen; to see the world in the light of eternity; to recapture the nobility of the human story and the dignity and destiny of the human person. This is the work that sets fire to the human heart.

“If enacted, this Bill would introduce assisted suicide into law and represent a profound change in how society responds to those who are terminally ill,” Archbishop Mark O’Toole and Bishop Peter Brignall wrote in their statement, issued January 15.

“In our view, it would place many vulnerable people at greater risk,” they continued. “International experience shows that where assisted suicide is legalized, eligibility criteria tend to expand over time, the number of deaths increases, and subtle but real pressure is placed on people who are elderly, disabled, or who fear becoming a burden on others.”

“This rebrand is not simply about a new name or a new website—it reflects a deeper alignment of mission, editorial vision, and operations,” said Montse Alvarado, president of EWTN News.

CNA, founded in 2004, was acquired by EWTN in 2014.

In the most prominent front-page article in its January 15 edition, L’Osservatore Romano reported on the dire situation of Congolese refugees who have fled the brutal advance of the rebel March 23 Movement.

Bishop Michael Burbidge said yesterday that “we face serious legislative proposals that threaten the dignity of human life at its most vulnerable stages. Among these is the resolution to amend the state constitution in a way that will enshrine abortion up to the very moment of birth, along with the potential removal of parental involvement in minors’ decisions regarding abortion and gender-rejecting medical interventions.”

“These threats to the Commonwealth of Virginia are serious and would represent a serious moral and social regression,” he continued. “These threats would contribute to a cultural mentality that views human life as disposable when others are dependent, experiencing treatable forms of suffering, or are simply seen as inconvenient.”

In an address yesterday in Holy Family Co-Cathedral, Cardinal Pietro Parolin encouraged priests in the officially Muslim nation to be “priests of love, not of perfection; priests who are joyful because we know we are chosen and loved by the Lord.”

Cardinal Parolin encouraged priests and religious to be “prophets of peace and unity,” adding, “You have the mission of making visible true fraternity and unity in Christ.”

The Holy See and Kuwait also issued a joint statement yesterday in which Kuwait affirmed its commitment to peaceful coexistence among religions.