Katerina Sakellaropoulou, the first female president of Greece. Credit: Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 4.0 The president of Greece called Pope Francis Monday urging the pope to advocate …
Vatican says Pope Francis did not intervene in Franco exhumation in Spain
Family members carry the coffin of Francisco Franco out of the basilica of the Valley of the Fallen, Oct. 24, 2019. Credit: Mariscal/POOL/AFP via Getty …
Pope Francis makes surprise visit to Vatican sports camp
Pope Francis greets children in the Paul VI Audience Hall July 20, 2020. Credit: Play It S.S.D. a.r.l. Pope Francis made a surprise visit Monday …
Vatican issues new guidelines for parishes: 5 things you need to know
Pope Francis with pilgrims from the Italian dioceses of Bologna and Cesena-Sarsina in St. Peter’s Square, April 21, 2018. The Congregation for Clergy on Monday published …
Vatican publishes instructions on parish reform and diocesan restructuring
St. Peter’s Basilica. Credit: vvo via Shutterstock. The Vatican’s Congregation for Clergy published instructions Monday on reforming parishes and restructuring dioceses to better serve their …
Australian Catholic students urge bishops to ‘reject unambiguously’ women’s ordination
City skyline in Sydney, Australia. Credit: Irina Sokolovskaya/Shutterstock Australian Catholic students have sent an open letter to the country’s bishops ahead of the upcoming Fifth …
Police release volunteer questioned over Nantes Catholic cathedral fire
The Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul cathedral in Nantes, France, before a July 18 fire now being investigated for arson. Credit: public domain A volunteer questioned by French police …
After Nantes cathedral fire, volunteer detained but not called a suspect
A 39-year-old cathedral volunteer has been detained as part of the arson investigation after a major fire at the Cathedral at Nantes on Saturday. French …
Pope Francis calls for peaceful resolution to clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Pope Francis yesterday said he is praying for the families of victims of clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and hopes differences can be resolved peacefully. …
Pope Francis sends condolences after death of Cardinal Grocholewski
The late Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, pictured in 2012. Credit: Matthew Rarey/CNA. Pope Francis offered his condolences after Polish Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski died early Friday at …
CDF issues manual for bishops on how to handle reports of clerical abuse of minors
Cardinal Luis Ladaria, now the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, at a Vatican press conference, Sept. 8, 2015. Credit: Daniel …
German archdiocese plans to cut parishes from 1,000 to 40
Archbishop Stephan Burger of Freiburg. Credit: Archdiocese of Freiburg. A German archdiocese is pressing ahead with plans to dramatically reduce the number of its parishes …
Statement from the Presidents of Churches Together in England on the Hagia Sophia
The Presidents of Churches Together in England (CTE), representing the full breadth of Christian traditions across the country, are saddened at the decision of the …
Public Masses resume in Scotland with ‘irksome’ 50-person limit
Bishop Hugh Gilbert, president of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland. Credit: Scottish Catholic Media Office. Preview(opens in a new tab) Public Masses in Scotland resumed …
‘The situation is truly dreadful’: Church choirs struggle to survive pandemic
Choristers pictured before the pandemic at Westminster Cathedral in London, England. Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk Musicians in England are warning that the coronavirus pandemic is likely to …
Lourdes offers digital pilgrimage as shrine struggles without pilgrims
The statue of Our Lady of Lourdes in the grotto in the French shrine. Credit: Alessio Di Cintio/CNA. As global coronavirus cases have surpassed 13 …
New Ebola outbreak in DRC prompts Catholic aid
Ebola epicentre with workers in Africa. Credit: EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations CC BY NC ND 2.0. Caritas Spain has announced that it …
BBC Radio 4 to broadcast “A Word for All Seasons” from Yorkshire
As the ‘God Who Speaks‘ Scripture initiative is extended through 2021 to take into account the cancellation of many non-digital events planned for this year, …
CAFOD joins DEC Coronavirus Appeal to save lives as COVID-19 spreads in refugee camps and conflict areas
CAFOD has joined forces with the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) to help millions of vulnerable people whose lives are at risk as the coronavirus pandemic …
Cancel rather than suspend debt payments from the world’s poorest countries to help COVID recovery
Catholic Bishops and other representatives from the UK’s faith communities have written to the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to urge him to push for debt cancellation …