England is to be placed under stricter nationwide restrictions from Thursday in an attempt to slow down the spread of coronavirus. Prime Minister Boris Johnson …
Pope Francis says more action coming in fight against Vatican corruption
Pope Francis at the General House of the Society of Jesus in Rome, Dec. 13, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Pope Francis has said more changes …
Italian ‘security consultant’ freed from jail until Vatican extradition request decided
The Palace of Justice in Milan, Italy. Credit: Paolobon140 CC BY-SA 4.0 An Italian woman under investigation by Vatican authorities for suspected embezzlement was released …
Spooky, scary, saintly? How Catholics can see Halloween at its best
A memento mori at the Teutonic Cemetery in the Vatican. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. Whether you dress up as a ghost, a hero, or a saint, …
French police make second arrest in Nice attack
Notre-Dame de Nice, the site of an Oct. 29, 2020 terrorist attack. Credit: LimeWave Photo (CC BY 2.0). An unnamed French official told the New …
Irish bishops petition government to lift ban on religious gatherings
Credit: smilla4 via Flickr (CC BY NC 2.0). Irish bishops met with the prime minister this week to petition the government to lift the current …
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Bishops join Cameroon in prayers after school attack
Bishops Cameroon in prayer after Cameroon school attack. Image Source: CBCEW Bishop Declan Lang, Chair of the Bishops’ Conference department for international affairs, has joined …
Catholic church halls at the centre of the community serving meals and offering companionship during Covid-19
Image Source: CBCEW Aina Omo-Bare welcomes everyone at Idia’s Kitchen. Three times a week Aina cooks for up to 40 people at St Monica’s RC …
Pope Francis’ general audience again moves behind closed doors
Pope Francis waves to pilgrims at his general audience at the Paul VI Audience Hall Oct. 28. 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. After nine weeks of …
Controversy continues over Scotland’s hate crime bill
Humza Yousef, Scottish Justice Secretary, speaks with police officers, August 2018. Credit: Scottish Government via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0). Amid a contentious debate in Scotland …
Cardinal Sarah says West must wake up to threat of Islamism after three killed at French Catholic church
Cardinal Robert Sarah, Prefect for the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Credit: Paul Badde/CNA. Vatican Cardinal Robert Sarah said yesterday …
Becciu: ‘No communication’ from Vatican investigators over Cecilia Marogna
Cardinal Angelo Becciu. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Lawyers for Cardinal Angelo Becciu released a statement late Wednesday contradicting an Italian news report that the former curial …
Pope Francis prays for victims of terrorist attack at French basilica
Pope Francis at the general audience in St Peters Square on January 31 2018 Credit Daniel Ibanez/CNA After three people were killed in a terrorist …
Nice basilica terrorist attack: Who were the victims?
Basilica of Notre-Dame in Nice, France. Credit: Victor Kiev/shutterstock. Bells tolled in Catholic parishes across France in memory of the three people killed in a …
Cardinal Nichols ‘horrified’ by the ‘senseless’ killing of three people in Notre-Dame Basilica, Nice
Cathedral of Nice Image Source: CBCEW Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster said: “I am horrified to hear of the fatal attacks in the …
Paris’ Sacre-Coeur Basilica to be classified as a protected historic monument
A night view of Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Paris, France. Credit: Berlinuno (CC BY-SA 4.0). Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Paris is expected to be classified as a protected …
Pope Francis recognizes martyrdom of Lebanese priests killed under Ottoman Empire
Fr. Leonard Melki, pictured in Lebanon in 1911. Credit: Fares Melki (CC BY-SA 4.0). Pope Francis yesterday advanced the sainthood causes of nine men and …
Pope Francis bestows pallium on new Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
Pope Francis bestows the pallium on newly appointed Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa Oct. 28, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. Pope Francis yesterday bestowed the pallium on …
Pope Francis appeals for peace in Cameroon after deadly school attack
Pope Francis at his general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Oct. 28, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. Pope Francis appealed for …