Pope Francis meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the Vatican, July 2, 2021. | Vatican Media. Pope Francis is praying for Iraq’s Prime …
How Vatican City State’s government is changing under Pope Francis
Source: CNA The recent appointment of new leaders at the Vatican City State shows Pope Francis’ determination to break some circuits of power but at …
Joint group established to examine priests’ access to scenes of traumatic violence
Policeman in Catholic Church. Credit: CBCEW Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick have agreed to work together to establish a joint …
Vatican calls on Christians and Sikhs to build a ‘culture of care’
Catholic and Sikh Clerics. Credit: CBCEW As Sikhs around the world prepare to celebrate Guru Nanak Jayanti – the birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak …
Vatican liturgy chief: Traditional Latin Mass ‘abrogated by Pope St. Paul VI’
Archbishop Arthur Roche at the Vatican press office on Feb. 10, 2015. | Bohumil Petrik/CNA. The Vatican’s liturgy chief has said that the Traditional Latin …
Polish health ministry clarifies abortion law after death of 30-year-old mother
Chaikom/Shutterstock. Poland’s Ministry of Health issued a statement Sunday clarifying that an abortion may be performed when the mother’s life is at risk. The statement …
The global climate emergency has a human face, say Bishops
Image credit: CBCEW As COP26 starts its second week of discussions, the Church’s Lead Bishop for International Affairs, Bishop Declan Lang, joins Bishop John Arnold, …
Guernsey scraps proposal for discrimination law that could have led to Catholic schools’ closure
Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth. Catholic schools in Guernsey will be permitted to appoint only Catholics as headteachers following a vote on 3 November rejecting …
Pope Francis: ‘Free the sacred from its ties with money’
Pope Francis gives his weekly Angelus message on Nov. 7, 2021 | Vatican Media The sacred things of our Catholic faith must be freed from …
COP26: Catholic schools and colleges forming the next generation of stewards of God’s creation
School pupils climate assembly. Credit: CBCEW As we near the end of the first week of the COP26 UN climate summit, two Catholic bishops have …
Cardinal Pell: ‘Resistance’ in the Secretariat of State cost Vatican money in London deal
Cardinal George Pell gives an interview to EWTN News in Rome, Italy, on Dec. 9, 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican’s former …
Pope Francis meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at Vatican
Pope Francis meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at Vatican on Nov. 4, 2021. Vatican Media. | Vatican Media. Pope Francis met Thursday with Palestinian President …
COP26 presents last opportunity to reclaim title of “responsible stewards of creation”, say Catholic bishops
Christian climate protest. Credit: CBCEW Archbishop Malcolm McMahon and Bishop John Arnold, our Lead Bishops for Vocations and the Environment respectively, have issued a joint …
Bishop Mark O’Toole becomes Member of the International Council for Catechesis
Bishop Mark O’Toole, Chair of the Bishops’ Conference’s Department for Evangelisation and Discipleship. Credit: CBCEW The Bishop of Plymouth, the Right Reverend Mark O’Toole, Chair …
Pope Francis asks Catholics to pray in November for people suffering depression
Pope Francis’ general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Nov. 3, 2021. | Vatican Media. Pope Francis has asked Catholics around the …
Vatican to open contemporary art gallery in historic papal library
The Vatican Apostolic Library, pictured on Feb. 24, 2016. | Alexey Gotovskiy/CNA. The Vatican’s historic library has created a new space for hosting temporary art …
Guidelines released to help Catholic dioceses measure a baseline carbon footprint
Carbon emissions skies. Credit: CBCEW ‘Guardians of Creation’ project releases guidance to help Catholic dioceses achieve ‘net zero’. Guidance has been released for the Catholic …
Pope Francis to COP26: ‘Now is the time to act, urgently, courageously, and responsibly
Pope Francis, pictured on April 17, 2013. | Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk. Pope Francis told world leaders attending a United Nations climate summit on Tuesday that “now is …
How to get a plenary indulgence any day this November 2021
Andrey Kuzmin/Shutterstock. Did you know that you can get a plenary indulgence any day this November? It’s true. The Vatican has decided to grant Catholics …
Appeal: Can YOU help the Tyburn nuns re-roof their Benedictine Monastery, Largs, Scotland?
The sisters are in dire need of funds to repair their leaking roof, damaged ceilings and walls, and improve their heating by installing double glazed windows.