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Gertrude Barber is pictured with children in an undated photo in Erie, Pa. Bishop Lawrence T. Persico of Erie announced Dec. 17, 2019, the opening of the canonization cause for Barber, founder of what is now called the Barber National Institute for adults and children with intellectual disabilities and behavioral health challenges. (CNS photo/courtesy Barber National Institute)

Cause opened for Catholic educator dedicated to those with disabilities

Catholic News Service
December 22, 2019
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Bishop Lawrence T. Persico Dec. 17 announced the opening of the canonization cause for Gertrude Barber, a renowned Erie educator and Catholic woman of faith who dedicated her life to serving children and adults with intellectual disabilities/autism and their families.

Pope Francis greets Cardinal Angelo Sodano, now dean emeritus of the College of Cardinals, during his annual audience to give Christmas greetings to members of the Roman Curia at the Vatican Dec. 21, 2019. The pope has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Sodano as dean of the College of Cardinals. The pope changed the norms to specify that the dean would be elected to a five-year term, renewable once, instead of being elected for life or until choosing to resign. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope sets term of office for dean of College of Cardinals

Cindy Wooden
December 21, 2019
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After accepting the resignation of 92-year-old Cardinal Angelo Sodano as dean of the College of Cardinals, Pope Francis changed the norms of the office so that the dean would be elected to a five-year term renewable only once.

Pope Francis speaks during his annual audience to give Christmas greetings to members of the Roman Curia at the Vatican Dec. 21, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

‘Christendom no longer exists,’ pope says, explaining need to revamp Curia

Cindy Wooden
December 21, 2019
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The ongoing reform of the Roman Curia is a necessary part of the Catholic Church’s fidelity to its mission to proclaim the Gospel, recognizing that very few countries today can be described as “Christian” and that new ways of evangelizing are necessary, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis meets with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during a private audience at the Vatican Dec. 20, 2019. (CNS photo/Filippo Monteforte, pool via Reuters)

Pope, U.N. chief record video with their Christmas wishes for peace

Cindy Wooden
December 21, 2019
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Pope Francis and the secretary-general of the United Nations said that, like millions of people around the world, during the Christmas season their thoughts turn to yearnings for peace and for the well-being of those in need.

St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church is seen on a New York City street in this May 2, 2019, photo. The parish currently houses the Media Review Office of Catholic News Service, which evolved from the National Legion of Decency and the National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth)

Catholic press continues mission to reach contemporary film audiences

Chaz Muth
December 20, 2019
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The once influential Catholic film office had been able to get Hollywood studios to change content in movies it deemed morally offensive for decades, but that power was extinguished as the 1970s rolled into the 1980s.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Dec. 18, 2019, to take up the combined cases of two California Catholic schools that were sued by fired teachers who claimed they had been victims of job discrimination. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters)

Supreme Court to hear cases of fired Catholic school religion teachers

Carol Zimmermann
December 20, 2019
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The Supreme Court will take a deeper dive into laws governing church and state next year when it examines two Catholic school teacher firings.

Pope Francis meets in the apostolic palace Dec. 19, 2019, with six new ambassadors to the Vatican who were presenting their letters of credential to the pope. The new ambassadors represented Kenya, Niger, Mali, Latvia, Andorra and Seychelles. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Set aside indifference, fear in order to build peace, pope tells diplomats

Carol Glatz
December 19, 2019
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Peace requires setting aside indifference and fear so that a feeling of mutual respect may grow and flourish, Pope Francis told diplomats.

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