Pope Francis attends the general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall Oct. 21, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. Pope Francis warned Europe’s leaders Tuesday that …
Pope Francis’ Christmas liturgies to take place without public
Credit: Courtney Grogan/CNA. Pope Francis’ Christmas liturgies at the Vatican will be offered without public participation this year, as countries continue to react to the …
Vatican to discuss parish instructions with German bishops, not Synodal Way committee
Cardinal Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, pictured Oct. 24, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. The Vatican has told the German Bishops’ Conference …
Pope Francis: ‘The times we live in are times of Mary’
Pope Francis meets teachers and students from Rome’s Pontifical Theological Faculty “Marianum” at the Paul VI Audience Hall Oct. 24. Credit: Vatican Media. Pope Francis …
Benedict XVI distances himself from embattled Catholic community
Pope Benedict XVI, pictured on Aug. 28, 2010. Credit: L’Osservatore Romano. Benedict XVI has distanced himself from a Catholic community with which he had maintained …
Polish archbishop speaks out as protesters disrupt Sunday Masses after abortion ruling
Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, president of the Polish bishops’ conference, at the Vatican on Oct. 12, 2015. Credit: Andreas Dueren/CNA. The president of Poland’s bishops’ conference …
Pope Francis prays for peace and justice in Nigeria
Pope Francis waves from his window overlooking St. Peter’s Square during an Angelus address. Credit: Vatican Media. Pope Francis appealed for an end to violence …
The Order of Malta: Serving in a time of crisis
An Order of Malta ambulance in Dublin, Ireland. Credit: Derrick Hudson/shutterstock On October 23, CNA interviewed HE Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager, Grand Chancellor of the …
Context of pope’s ‘civil union’ documentary comment reported
Pope Francis. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. A fuller context of remarks from Pope Francis on civil unions in a recent documentary has emerged, while questions continue …
Down’s syndrome: ‘In all honesty we were offered 15 terminations’
By Charlie Jones BBC News Ninety per cent of women whose unborn babies are diagnosed with Down’s syndrome choose to have an abortion, which is …
Pope Francis meets with Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez
Pope Francis meets with Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at the Vatican Oct. 24, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. Pope Francis met with Spain’s Prime Minister …
Analysis: How the Washington Post is opening the path to use the pope against the Catholic Church
Pope Francis. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. Amid an international fracas over Pope Francis’ words on civil unions in a newly released documentary, the pope’s remarks have …
Vatican extends plenary indulgence for the dead throughout November
The Teutonic Cemetery, a burial site adjacent to St. Peter’s Basilica, on All Soul’s Day, Nov. 2, 2017. Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA. The Vatican has extended …
Former spiritual director of ‘Medjugorje visionaries’ excommunicated
A statue of Our Lady in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Credit: Gnuckx via Flickr (CC BY 2.0). A laicized priest who had been the spiritual …
How to support the Christians of the Holy Land during the COVID-19 pandemic
In many ways, the Christians of the Holy Land rely on pilgrimages for their survival. In 2019 over 4.5 million pilgrims flocked to the holy …
Pope Francis’ homosexuality comments heavily edited in documentary, Vatican has no comment on civil unions
Screenshot documentary “Francesco” with original subtitles. “Francesco,” a newly-released documentary on Pope Francis, contains comments from the pope on homosexuality and civil unions. Some of …
Polish court declares abortion in cases of fetal abnormalities unconstitutional
Baby feet. Credit: 578foot via www.shutterstock.com. Poland’s constitutional court ruled yesterday that a law permitting abortion for fetal abnormalities is unconstitutional. In the highly anticipated …
Where China’s bishops stand as the Sino-Vatican deal is renewed
Flags of China and Vatican City. Credit: FreshStock on Shutterstock. As the Sino-Vatican provisional agreement was renewed yesterday, an article in a Vatican newspaper said …
In grim accounting, Canadian report says assisted suicide saves health care money
Stock photo. Via Shutterstock. A Canadian report has put a dollar figure on legal assisted suicide, claiming that legalization has saved millions of dollars in …
Bishops in Kerala on hunger strike for Catholic education
The Emblem of Kerala. Credit: AlexR.L. via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). Several bishops in Kerala held a day-long hunger strike Tuesday to protest the state …