Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, Belgium. Credit: Alvesgaspar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Catholics in Belgium are seeking to take legal action against …
Pope Francis will travel to Iraq in 2021
Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square May, 23, 2018. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. The Vatican announced today that Pope Francis will travel to Iraq in March …
Report: Two-child limit on UK tax benefits pushes some women to abortion
Credit: Africa Studio/Shutterstock. Nine months after UK Catholic leaders called for the abolition of a two-child limit on tax credits and other benefits for children, …
Pope Francis: Ask God for the gift of conversion in Advent
Pope Francis delivers an Angelus address overlooking St. Peter’s Square. Credit: Vatican Media. We should ask God for the gift of conversion this Advent, Pope …
Pope Francis approves overhaul of Vatican’s financial watchdog
Pope Francis approved today sweeping changes to the Vatican’s financial watchdog authority. The Holy See press office announced this morning that the pope had ratified …
Gethsemane church targeted in arson attack
Damage inside the Church of All Nations in Jerusalem from a Dec. 4, 2020 arson attack. Photo courtesy of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. The …
Swiss court suspends public worship ban in Geneva
The challengers to the ban on public worship in the Swiss canton of Geneva. Credit: ADF International. A court suspended Thursday a ban on public …
Effort to buy and preserve Tolkien house in Oxford
20 Northmoor Road, Oxford, where JRR Tolkien lived with his family from 1930 to 1947. Credit: Jpbowen via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). Actors from the …
Notre-Dame choir to return to fire-damaged cathedral for Christmas concert
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the day after a massive fire damaged parts of the roof and structure in April 2019. Credit: UlyssePixel / Shutterstock. …
New Vatican guide for bishops addresses common challenges to Christian unity
Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, in Rome on Oct. 23, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. The Vatican published Friday …
Weekly Newsletter 5th December 2020 (47)
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Pope Francis establishes worldwide prayer network as Vatican body
Pope Francis, pictured on April 17, 2013. Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk. Pope Francis has established the global network that promotes his monthly prayer intentions as a Vatican …
Christian aid group applauds investigation into forced conversions, marriages in Pakistan
A young girl lights a candle at a Marian Grotto in Pakistan. Credit: Magdalena Wolnik/CNA. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered an investigation into …
CBCEW: Issue updated statement on COVID-19 and vaccination
Image Source: CBCEW On behalf of the Bishops, the Department for Social Justice of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has issued a …
Catholic bishops welcome ‘realistic’ new measures for public Masses in France
Sainte-Chapelle, the 13th-century chapel built by French King Louis IX to house Christ’s crown of thorns. Credit: Chris Chabot via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0). Bishops …
Polish Catholic leader to European Parliament: There can be no compromise on the right to life
Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, president of the Polish bishops’ conference, pictured in Warsaw Feb. 12, 2020. Credit: episkopat.pl. A Catholic archbishop spoke out Wednesday after the …
Pope Francis: Disabled people must have access to the sacraments, Catholic parish life
Pope Francis, pictured on Oct. 19, 2014. Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk. People with disabilities must have access to the sacraments and, as missionary disciples, the ability to …
Catholic priest in Nigeria released after being held captive for 10 days
Fr. Matthew Dajo, who was kidnapped Nov. 22 in Nigeria’s Abuja archdiocese. Public Domain. A priest who was kidnapped in Nigeria has been released after …
Pope Francis prays for victims of Islamist attack in Nigeria that left 30 beheaded
Pope Francis touches a statue of Our Lady of Luján at his general audience in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace Dec. 2, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. …
Rome’s Franciscans to provide ‘blessing from afar’ on Immaculate Conception feast
The statue of the Immaculate Conception overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Conventual Franciscans said they will be present at a statue …