People pass in front of St. Peter’s Basilica at the end of May 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Christians should respond to the coronavirus pandemic by …
Catholic archbishop calls for investigation after riot police block church entrance in Belaru
Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz. Credit: Raviaka Ruslan/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). A Catholic archbishop in Belarus protested today after riot police blocked the entrance to a …
Pope Francis to resume general audiences with the public
Pope Francis gives his general audience address in the library of the Apostolic Palace Aug. 26. Credit: Vatican Media. Members of the public will be …
Pope Francis: Catholics should combat ‘dismal’ economic inequality with hope
Pope Francis yesterday encouraged Catholics to work to address the injustice of wealth inequality and its effects in the world, which he condemned as a …
Vatican rules that Benedictine abbot should not return to his community at Ampleforth Abbey
Ampleforth Abbey and College in North Yorkshire, England. Credit: Elliott Simpson (CC BY-SA 2.0). The Vatican has ruled that the abbot of Ampleforth Abbey in …
European Church bodies: COVID highlights need for conditions of sustainable life throughout the earth
The presidents of CEC, the Conference of European Churches, and CCEE, the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences, have released a joint statement ahead of the …
Burial place of medieval Catholic monks uncovered at Westminster Abbey
The Pre-Construct Archaeology team works on the Great Sacristy site. Photo credits: Westminster Abbey. Archaeologists excavating a lost medieval sacristy at Westminster Abbey in London …
Pope Francis asks for prayers from cardinal on pilgrimage to Lourdes
The grotto at Lourdes where Our Lady appeared. Credit: Alessio Di Cintio/CNA Pope Francis called an Italian cardinal heading to Lourdes on pilgrimage Monday to …
Pope Francis: ‘Christian charity is not simple philanthropy’
Pope Francis waves from his window overlooking St. Peter’s Square during an Angelus address. Credit: Vatican Media. Christian charity is more than simple philanthropy, Pope …
Healthcare Bishop argues for more loving attitude to people with dementia in care homes
In an article published in The Tablet online, the Lead Bishop for Health and Social Care, Bishop Paul Mason stresses that we must look at those …
Turkey turns second historic Istanbul church into mosque
The apse of the 700-year-old Chora Church in Istanbul, Turkey. Credit: Dosseman (CC BY-SA 4.0). A month after the former cathedral Hagia Sophia was converted …
Rare discoveries shed light on secret Catholic life in Tudor house – Oxburgh Hall Norfolk
Curator Anna Forest examines a 15th-century illuminated manuscript discovered under the floorboards of Oxburgh Hall. Credit: National Trust/Mike Hodgson. A restoration project at a country …
Renewed effort to preserve mural at Church of the Holy Rosary in Oldham
George Mayer-Marton’s The Crucifixion (1955) as it originally appeared in the Church of the Holy Rosary in Oldham, England. Credit: George Mayer-Marton Estate. A conservationist …
ACN: Don’t miss ACN live link to Beirut TONIGHT 6PM
The scale of the destruction from the explosion in Beirut on 4th August shook the world. It has left over 300,000 people homeless and destroyed …
Pope Francis: Make coronavirus vaccine available to all
Pope Francis gives his general audience address in the library of the Apostolic Palace Aug. 19. Credit: Vatican Media A potential coronavirus vaccine should be …
Arrested Hong Kong Catholic ‘chose those handcuffs,’ for justice, godfather says
The godfather of an arrested Hong Kong Catholic entrepreneur and pro-democracy advocate says he hopes Jimmy Lai’s courageous example will inspire more calls for justice amid …
Catholic archbishop: Let priests visit detained Belarus protesters
Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz. Credit: Raviaka Ruslan/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). A Catholic archbishop urged the embattled government of Belarus Tuesday to allow priests to visit …
Pope Francis tells Brazil’s consecrated Catholics: Jesus must be your ‘first and only love’
Pope Francis pictured in St. Peter’s Square Oct. 2, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Pope Francis has urged consecrated men and women in Brazil to remember …
Pope Francis calls for justice and dialogue in Belarus
Pope Francis prays the Angelus on June 21, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA. Pope Francis offered a prayer for Belarus this morning asking for respect for …
What’s the Assumption, anyway?
Assumption of the Virgin Mary, fresco painting in San Petronio Basilica in Bologna, Italy. Credit: Zvonimir Atletic / Shutterstock. On 15 August, Catholics around the …