The Cathedral of the Holy Name of Mary in Minsk, Belarus. Credit: A.Savin/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). A Mass broadcast to Catholics across Belarus has …
Updated: New social gathering rules ‘will not apply to churches’ tweets the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury
This article has been updated to include the following tweet from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference (England and Wales) The British government announced new limits on …
Founder of Catholic religious order will be beatified in May
A detail from a portrait of Fr. Francis Mary of the Cross Jordan. Credit: Societas Divini Salvatoris. The Vatican has decreed that Fr. Francis Mary …
Environment Environment Bishop Arnold: We all have a role to play in caring for our common home
This article first appeared on Vatican News. The lead Bishop on the Environment for the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, Bishop John Arnold speaks …
Religious sisters missing after jihadist attack found safe and well
The Cathedral of St. Paul in Pemba, Mozambique. Credit: Rosins/Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0). Two religious sisters missing after jihadists attacked a port town in Mozambique …
Church leaders pray for peace following stabbings in Birmingham, England
Archbishop Bernard Longley of Birmingham. Credit: Mazur/catholicchurch.org.uk. Catholic and Anglican leaders in Birmingham, England, said they were praying for peace yesterday after an attack that …
Pope Francis to sign a new encyclical on human fraternity on 3 October
Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square Oct. 2, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. The Vatican announced yesterday that Pope Francis will sign the third encyclical of …
Bishop Mark Davies prays for canonization of Manchester nun Elizabeth Prout
Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury has encouraged Catholics to pray for the canonization of Mother Elizabeth Prout – a 19th-century religious sister who cared for …
Scotland’s Hate Crime Bill garners large consultation
The flag of Scotland. Credit: Lynx Aqua/Shutterstock Nearly 2,000 submissions have been made to the Scottish Parliament in the course of a 12-week public consultation …
‘Somebody has to make a big move’: Catholic priest who walked Belfast gauntlet on reconciliation
A pupil from Holy Cross Girls’ School with a soldier from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Credit: public domain. Fr. Aidan Troy set off with …
Pope Francis pleads with Catholics not to gossip
Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address on Aug. 6, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA. Pope Francis implored Catholics Sunday not to gossip about one another’s faults, …
Two religious sisters in Mozambique still missing after Islamist attack
The flag of Mozambique. Credit: mhojnik (CC BY 2.0). Two religious sisters in Mozambique are still unaccounted for three weeks after militants linked to the …
Pope Francis: Economics should not ‘sacrifice human dignity to the idols of finance’
Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on Feb. 22, 2017. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Pope Francis told heads of state and business leaders Friday that human …
Cardinal: Pandemic may have accelerated secularization of Europe by 10 years
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg, at the Vatican, Oct. 5, 2019. Credit Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. A cardinal has suggested that the coronavirus pandemic may have …
Cardinal Parolin in Lebanon: The Church, Pope Francis are with you after Beirut explosion
Cardinal Pietro Parolin says Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa, Lebanon Sept. 3, 2020. Credit: Fr. Charbel Obeid/CNA. Cardinal Pietro …
Europe’s Catholic bishops back archbishop blocked from returning to Belarus
Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk-Mohilev, pictured in 2014. Credit: Redaktor01 Remik Kubicki (CC BY 3.0). Catholic bishops across Europe have expressed support for an archbishop …
Pope Francis says Amazon synod was for discernment, not fighting on married priests
Pope Francis celebrates the closing Mass of Amazon synod October 27, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Pope Francis did not approve a proposal to ordain married …
Pope Francis: science and faith together can protect environment
Pope French discusses Laudato si’ with French ecological experts Sept. 3, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. Pope Francis said yesterday that science and faith together can …
Analysis: The art of China’s Vatican deal
Chinese president Xi Jinping. Credit: Gil Corzo/Shutterstock Next month, the 2018 Vatican-China deal expires. Those close to the negotiations, both in Rome and in Beijing, …
German Catholic bishop criticizes ‘Synodal Way’ draft text on role of women
Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer preaches in Regensburg Cathedral June 11, 2020. Credit: Diocese of Regensburg. A Catholic bishop has sharply criticized a text produced by the …