Austrian police. Credit: pixabay. Exchanges of gunfire tonight between police and unknown assailants in Vienna come after several days of apparently Islamist attacks and demonstrations …
Pope Francis on All Souls’ Day: Christian hope gives life meaning
Pope Francis celebrates Mass at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy in the Teutonic Cemetery in Vatican City Nov. 2, 2020. Credits: Vatican Media. …
Vatican Secretariat of State provides context of Pope Francis civil union remark
Pope Francis (left), with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA The Vatican’s Secretary of State has asked papal representatives to share …
Catholic bishops fight for public Masses as England prepares for second lockdown
Cardinal Vincent Nichols celebrates Mass at Westminster Cathedral, London, Oct. 1, 2020.Credit: Mazur/cbcew.org.uk. Bishops in England have urged the government to permit Catholics to attend …
Pope Francis names Archbishop Tomasi delegate to Order of Malta
Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. Pope Francis this morning named Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi his special delegate to the Order of Malta, following …
Pope Francis: The saints are ‘authoritative witnesses of Christian hope’
Pope Francis gives the Angelus address Nov. 1, 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. On the Solemnity of All Saints, Pope Francis encouraged everyone to follow the …
Bishop David Oakley remembers Covid-19 victims across the world on visit to local cemetery
Bishop David Oakley remembers Covid-19 victims at Kingsthorpe Cemetery in Northamptonshire 01 November 2020. Image Source:CBCEW On a visit to Kingsthorpe Cemetery in Northamptonshire, the …
Coronavirus: Statement from the President and the Vice-President of the Bishops Conference on the Prime Minister’s Statement
Image Source: CBCEW This evening, the Prime Minister announced further widespread restrictions in England beginning on Thursday 5 November. The Government have published their New …
Coronavirus: Public worship restrictions after England goes into second lockdown
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 …
Weekly Newsletter 31st October 2020 (42)
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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 …