1+ week, 5+ day ago (706+ words) Amid a decrease in priests and parishioners, the Archdiocese of Detroit is "feeling the strain" of maintaining more buildings, sites and ministries than it can sustain, said Archbishop Edward Weisenburger on Monday. Each parish in the archdiocese will host two listening sessions in the spring after Weisenburger'announced'to Detroit's Catholic community'over the weekend that the organization would enter a two-year restructuring process. The archdiocese has also created'a website'that will provide information and updates on the restructuring process. At a press conference Monday afternoon at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Weisenburger said the archdiocese doesn't know how many parishes might merge or how many buildings may close. The archdiocese now has 209 parishes. "There is no list and no preset number," he said. "The answers to those questions will only come about in time through a shared process of discernment." Weisenburger'said'in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago (573+ words) In a video message played for religious leaders gathered in Belem, Leo said nations had made progress, "but not enough." "One in three people live in great vulnerability because of these climate changes," Leo said. "To them, climate change is not a distant threat, and to ignore these people is to deny our shared humanity." His message came as the talks were moving into their second week, with high-level ministers from governments around the world arriving at the edge of the Brazilian Amazon to join negotiations. Monday was dominated by speeches, with several leaders from Global South nations giving emotional testimony on devastating costs of recent extreme weather and natural disasters. Vulnerable nations have pressed for more ambition at these talks as world leaders have begun to acknowledge that Earth will almost surely go past a hoped-for limit " 1.5 degrees Celsius…...