Pope Francis with participants in the meeting “Religions and Education: Towards a Global Compact on Education” at the Vatican, Oct. 5, 2021./ Vatican Media. Religious …
Bishop Moth supports seasonal community initiative ‘Love Christmas’
Bishop Richard Moth, Bishop of Arundel and Brighton and Chair of the Bishops’ Conference Department of Social Justice, has offered his support to a community …
Bishop Tom Williams awarded the Freedom of the City of Liverpool
Bishop Tom Williams awarded the Freedom of the City of Liverpool. Credit: CBCEW Liverpool’s long-serving Auxiliary Bishop honoured On Thursday 30 September, Bishop Tom Williams, …
Pre-COP26 Appeal: Action needed to heal our wounded humanity
Francis Assisi Gardens Credit: CBCEW “We have inherited a garden: we must not leave a desert to our children.” Those are the words contained in …
5 things to know about the Vatican finance trial involving Cardinal Becciu
Cardinal (then Archbishop) Giovanni Angelo Becciu aboard the papal flight to Colombo, 2015./ Alan Holdren/CNA The second hearing in a historic Vatican finance trial started …
Vatican finance trial: Judges to rule whether to keep or scrap case in face of procedural missteps
A finance trial involving 10 defendants opens at the Vatican on July 27, 2021./ Vatican Media. The Vatican finance trial involving Cardinal Angelo Becciu continued …
Christian foster agency seeks to appeal to UK Supreme Court after ruling on recruitment policy for carers
The Court of Appeal is based at the Royal Courts of Justice in London./ Anthony M. from Rome, Italy – Flickr via Wikimedia (CC BY …
Respect Life: Pope Francis’ 8 strongest statements against abortion
Pope Francis’ general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Sept. 29, 2021./ Vatican Media. While papal observers may sometimes adopt differing interpretations …
Pope on COP26: Sharing, love, respect should shape efforts for better future
Pope Francis met alongside other religious leaders and scientists from around the world in the Vatican today, to take a common stand for the protection …
Pope’s October prayer intention: ‘May all Christians be missionary disciples’
Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of October, calling on everyone to pray that all Christians might be missionary disciples and open …
Pope Francis thanks Christian disability group for witnessing to ‘the heart of the Gospel’
Pope Francis meets with Foi et Lumière members on Oct. 2, 2021./ Vatican Media/CNA Pope Francis met with people with mental disabilities and their families …
Pope Francis: Greatness is not found in self-sufficiency but in trust in the Lord
Pope Francis gives his Angelus address on Oct. 3, 2021./ Vatican Media/CNA Pope Francis said Sunday that recognizing one’s own frailty allows for the possibility …
Weekly Newsletter 2nd October 2021 (89)
Weekly Newsletter 2nd October 2021 (89). 87 new jobs posted this week.
Safe Spaces marks one year of supporting survivors of Church-related abuse
Safe Spaces Logo Safe Spaces, the independent support service for survivors of Church-related abuse, run by the charity Victim Support, marks its first anniversary this …
Pope Francis to young climate activists: ‘Technical and political solutions are not enough’
Pope Francis sends a video message to participants in Youth4Climate event in Milan, Italy, Sept. 29, 2021./ Screenshot from Vatican News YouTube channel. Pope Francis …
Pope Francis: ‘It is Christ, with his grace, who makes us just’
Pope Francis’ general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Sept. 29, 2021./ Pablo Esparza/CNA. Pope Francis today underlined that “we do not …
Bishop prays for migrants and refugees by the English Channel in Dover
On Saturday, 25 September, the day before the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Bishop Paul McAleenan led a service of reflection and prayer on …
Heroic Catholic priest described as a ‘guardian angel’ in WWII is beatified
The beatification of Fr. Giovanni Fornasini in Bologna, Italy, Sept. 26, 2021./ Antonio Minnicelli and Elisa Bragaglia. As Allied forces bombed the Nazi-occupied Italian city …
Armenian Synod elects new Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia
Image Credit: CBCEW The Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church, meeting this week in Rome, has elected Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian as the 21st Catholicos-Patriarch. …
Pope at Mass for CCEE jubilee: Love alone satisfies the human heart
Pope Francis with Cardinal Vincent Nichols at the CCEE Mass. Credit: CBCEW Pope Francis has celebrated Mass with the Council of Bishops’ Conferences of Europe …