Cardinal Vincent Nichols has echoed Pope Francis’ call for peace in Nagorno Karabakh and offered his prayers for all those affected by the conflict. In …
Becciu ‘vigorously’ denies interference in Cardinal Pell trial
Cardinal Angelo Becciu. Credit: Alan Holdren/CNA. Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu again denied having interfered in any way with the trial of Cardinal George Pell, after …
Pope Francis: God is supreme
Pope Francis gives the Angelus address Aug. 30, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. Catholics, by virtue of their baptism, must affirm to the world God’s primacy …
World Mission Sunday: number of Catholics continues to rise worldwide
St. Peter’s Basilica seen through a bubble on Dec. 3, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. The number of Catholics worldwide increased by almost 16 million in …
World Mission Sunday: Catholics urged to support evangelization as pandemic spreads
St. Peter’s Basilica. Credit: feliks/Shutterstock. Vatican officials invited Catholics to participate in the 2020 World Mission Sunday with increased prayers and financial support, as local …
Pope Francis laments that tons of food is thrown away as people starve
Pope Francis greets pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 18, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. In a video message for World Food Day yesterday, Pope …
New Vatican coin depicts ‘mother carrying the earth in her womb’
Vatican City State Mint’s 10 euro coin marking the 50th Anniversary of World Earth Day. Credit: Ufficio Filatelico Numismatico Vaticano. A new coin minted by …
Pope Francis to attend interreligious peace event in Rome
Pope Francis greets pilgrims after the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square, Nov. 27, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Pope Francis will attend an ecumenical …
Blessed Carlo Acutis’ doctors recall his last days in hospital
The tomb of Blessed Carlo Acutis in Assisi, Italy. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Fifteen-year-old Carlo Acutis died within a week of being diagnosed with acute promyelocytic …
‘It’s quite sad at the moment’: coronavirus curbs deprive part of border parish of public Masses
St. Brigid’s, Glassdrummond, one of the three churches of the Parish of Upper Creggan. Credit: uppercreggan.co.uk. As the clock struck midnight on 6 October, Fr. …
Pope Francis: Family is ‘the first and essential place of education’
Pope Francis speaks in video message to participants in the launch of the Global Compact on Education Oct. 15, 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Pope Francis …
Cardinal tells diplomats: 11 million Syrians need humanitarian aid
Cardinal Mario Zenari in St. Peter’s Basilica on Nov. 19, 2016. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. The apostolic nuncio to Syria met with diplomats accredited to the …
Pope Francis names new prefect of congregation for saints’ causes
Bishop Marcello Semeraro, the new prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Credit: Syrio (CC BY-SA 4.0). Pope Francis named a new prefect …
Virtual Retreats From Turvey Abbey
The pandemic has made it impossible for many people to spend time with our Lord on retreat this year. Sister Judith who is a Olivetan Benedictine …
Campaign seeks to unite a million children in praying the rosary
Children pray the rosary. Credit: KOBRYN TARAS/Shutterstock. A Catholic charity hopes to bring together a million children worldwide to pray the rosary this Sunday. Aid …
World Mission Sunday 18 October 2020: Here I am, send me!
World Mission Sunday – the one day in the year when the entire global Church comes together in support of mission – is happening this …
Public veneration of Blessed Carlo Acutis’ tomb extended as pilgrims flock to Assisi
The tomb of Blessed Carlo Acutis in Assisi, Italy. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. The Diocese of Assisi announced Wednesday that the period of public veneration of …
‘Security consultant’ linked to Vatican’s Becciu scandal arrested
Vatican police car. Credit: AM113/Shutterstock The woman at the centre of a Vatican financial scandal involving Cardinal Angelo Becciu has been arrested, according to Italian …
As evaluation ends, Vatican says Moneyval inspection was ‘constructive’
The flag of Vatican City with St. Peter’s Basilica in the background. Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA. Moneyval, the Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering watchdog, concluded its …
Archdiocese prepares beatification cause of anti-Nazi White Rose member
Wili Graf (1918-1943). Credit: Wikimedia/(Csedition). A German archdiocese said that it is preparing to open the beatification cause of a member of the White Rose …