May 2021

Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds in London, England, May 6, 2021./ Ilyas Tayfun Salci via Shutterstock. Church authorities said that “all necessary steps were taken, …

On the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Pope Francis said unity is essential to Christian life because God is a communion of love.

“This mystery of the Trinity was revealed to us by Jesus himself,” Pope Francis said in his Angelus address on May 30.

A Swiss Catholic bishop has announced that he is appointing lay people in place of episcopal vicars in his diocese.

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah has been working to secure the release of a priest from his Sokoto diocese who was kidnapped six days ago.

Archbishop Arthur Roche. Credit: CBCEW Pope Francis appoints Archbishop Arthur Roche as the new Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, and Archbishop Vittorio Francesco …

Cardinal Vincent Nichols presents a relic of Bl. Carlo Acutis to Fr. Pat Ryall at Archbishop’s House, Westminster, May 21, 2021./ Mazur/cbcew.org.uk. Two parishes in …

Image Credit: CBCEW Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, has written a letter, translated into English, appealing for an end to the violent conflict in …

Pope Francis today launched the Vatican’s seven-year Laudato si’ action plan to implement environmental sustainability in different sectors of the Church from religious orders to Catholic schools and hospitals.

“We need a new ecological approach that can transform our way of dwelling in the world, our styles of life, our relationship with the resources of the Earth and, in general, our way of looking at humanity and of living life,” Pope Francis said in a video message May 24.

Bishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues, has issued a statement outlining the Catholic Church’s opposition to a Bill that could make assisted dying legal in England and Wales.

The Assisted Dying Bill, a Private Member’s Bill introduced by Baroness Meacher, is due to be debated in the House of Lords on Wednesday 26 May 2021.

St. Dominic Guzman/ Public Domain Pope Francis praised the Dominican charisms of preaching and missionary discipleship in a letter marking the 800th anniversary of the …

The Archdiocese of Yangon has released an English-language version of Cardinal Bo’s homily that he preached on the great Feast of Pentecost.

Describing Pentecost as offering a “great message to Myanmar’s people,” the Cardinal focused on the three symbols of hope: unity – in particular the use of a common language to bring people together, wind – a manifestation of the Holy Spirit – to allow the oxygen of peace to flow freely, and fire – the fire of justice.

A 16th-century painting of St. Ignatius in armor./ Public domain. Pope Francis said Sunday that the cannonball that wounded Ignatius of Loyola 500 years ago …

Pope Francis today appealed for prayers for Christians in China on the eve of the feast of Our Lady of Sheshan.

Speaking after the recitation of the Regina Coeli this afternoon, the pope noted that Chinese Catholics mark Monday’s feast at the national shrine of Our Lady Help of Christians at Sheshan, 25 miles south of Shanghai.

Here is the full text of Pope Francis’ Pentecost Sunday homily, delivered May 23, 2021, at the Basilica of St. Peter.

Pope Francis today urged those who feel trapped by loneliness, despair, and pain to open themselves to the Holy Spirit.

Celebrating Pentecost Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica May 23, the pope said that people could find true consolation by invoking the third Person of the Holy Trinity.

A Palestinian man looks at a destroyed building in Gaza City, following a series of Israeli airstrikes on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip early on May …

The Vatican Secretary of State said Tuesday that the Holy See is committed to doing everything it can to help end the Israel-Gaza conflict.

“This conflict is bringing destruction and death,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin told journalists in Rome May 18.

Pope Francis acknowledged todau that praying is hard, but suggested ways to overcome common obstacles.

Speaking at the general audience this morning, the pope identified three enemies of prayer: distractions, spiritual aridity, and sloth.