Assumption of the Virgin Mary, fresco painting in San Petronio Basilica in Bologna, Italy. / Zvonimir Atletic / Shutterstock. On Aug. 15, Catholics around the …
Pope Francis on Assumption feast: ‘Humility is the way that leads to heaven’
Pope Francis speaks at the at the Grotto of Lourdes in the Vatican Gardens on May 31st, 2021./ Vatican Media/CNA On the Solemnity of the …
Weekly Newsletter 14th August 2021 (82)
Weekly Newsletter 14th August 2021 (82). 25 new jobs posted this week
Bishop offers prayers and support after Plymouth shootings
The Right Reverend Mark O’Toole, Bishop of Plymouth, has issued a statement on the fatal shootings which took place in the Keyham area of Plymouth …
Pope Francis meets actor who plays Jesus in ‘The Chosen’
“The Chosen” actor Jonathan Roumie meets Pope Francis (right) at the Vatican on Aug. 11./ Vatican Media/CNA Pope Francis on Wednesday, fulfilling a lifelong dream …
Faith gives hope to Cameroon’s suffering people
Church in Cameroon. Credit: CBCEW In recent weeks we’ve been raising awareness of a long-running Anglophone conflict in Cameroon that has seen almost a million …
Report shows Irish teachers’ concern over bullying of practicing Catholic students
GUNDAM_Ai/Shutterstock A report on a survey of 214 religious education teachers in Ireland is raising alarm that students who practice a religion, particularly Catholicism, are …
Cardinal Zen: Traditional Latin Mass should continue, though some critics hope it will ‘disappear’
Source: CNA Cardinal Joseph Zen said Monday he thinks Traditionis custodes may not have a disastrous effect on the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass, …
Italian police say sender of envelope with bullets addressed to Pope Francis has been identified
Pope Francis waves during his Angelus address at the Vatican, Aug. 8, 2021./ Vatican Media. Italian police announced Monday that the sender of the letter …
Catholic priest’s murder in France: List of recent priest killings worldwide
Funeral Mass of murdered seminarian Michael Nnadi, Good Shepherd Seminary, Kaduna, Nigeria, Feb. 11, 2020/ Diocese of Maiduguri The murder of a French priest yesterday …
Global leaders must work for the common good after “grim and disturbing” report on climate change
Cracked earth. Credit: CBCEW Lead Bishop for the Environment, Bishop John Arnold of Salford, has responded to a new report published by the Intergovernmental Panel …
Envelope with three bullets addressed to Pope Francis intercepted
Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address at the Vatican, Aug. 8, 2021./ Vatican Media. An envelope addressed to Pope Francis and containing three bullets was …
Catholic priest murdered in France
Fr. Olivier Maire, French provincial superior of the Montfort Missionaries (the Company of Mary)/ Olivier Faure on Twitter France’s Interior Minister announced today that a …
Pope Francis: Jesus’ Bread of Life discourse renews ‘our amazement for the gift of the Eucharist’
Pope Francis waves during his Angelus address at the Vatican, Aug. 8, 2021./ Vatican Media. Pope Francis said today that Jesus’ declaration that he is …
Weekly Newsletter 7th August 2021 (81)
Weekly Newsletter 7th August 2021 (81). 22 new jobs posted this week
Anniversary of the Nuclear Bombing of Hiroshima
Hiroshima Credit: CBCEW The Chair of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference Department for International Affairs has called for prayers on the anniversary of the dropping of …
Vatican announces launch of Catholic ‘global compact’ on the family
Pixabay The Vatican is launching a research project on the family to be carried out by Catholic universities around the world. The results of the …
European court rejects parents’ appeal against removal of 2-year-old’s life-support treatment
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France./ CherryX via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). The parents of a two-year-old girl lost their appeal to …
Dublin’s Catholic archbishop pays tribute to priest who ‘sacrificed himself to save his secretary’
Fr. Con Cronin/ Courtesy of the Harbour Parishes of Passage West and Monkstown The Catholic archbishop of Dublin paid tribute on Wednesday to an Irish …
Benedictine monks return to historic Solignac Abbey for first time since French Revolution
Solignac Abbey in west-central France./ Courtesy of the Diocese of Limoges. On Aug. 1, Benedictine monks moved into the emblematic Solignac Abbey in west-central France …