Church of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes on the shore of the Sea of Galilee./ Rafael Ben-Ari/Shutterstock Vandals have stolen a cross from the …
Pope Francis: Do not water down the truth of the Eucharist
Pope Francis greets pilgrims during the Angelus on July 25, 2021./ Vatican Media/CNA Pope Francis today encouraged Catholics to not water down the reality of …
Pope Francis urges people to get vaccinated against Covid-19
The Pope has joined his voice to those of Bishops across North and South America to urge people to get jabbed against Covid-19. In a …
Pope Francis: ‘What justifies us is Jesus Christ’
Pope Francis at the general audience on Aug. 18, 2021. / Vatican Media Pope Francis said yesterday that Catholics must observe the commandments with the …
Pope Francis sends message of spiritual closeness to those affected by Plymouth shootings
Pope Francis. Credit: CBCEW In a letter communicated to the Bishop of Plymouth, Bishop Mark O’Toole, from the Secretary of State at the Vatican, Pope …
Bishop Lang: Jesus will never abandon the people of Afghanistan
Bishop Lang celebrating Mass. Credit: CBCEW The Chair of the Bishops’ Conference Department of International Affairs has urged Catholics to pray for the people of …
Pope Francis will not offer a public Mass during Scotland visit
Pope Francis boards his flight to Baghdad, Iraq on March 5, 2021./ Vatican Media/CNA Pope Francis will not offer a public Mass during his short …
Alta Fixsler: Family friend says UK hospital can remove toddler’s life support ‘any time
Alta Fixsler/ EWTN News In Depth / Family Photo The Fixsler family is fighting to keep their 2-year-old daughter, Alta, on life support in the …
Pope Francis urges solidarity with Haiti after devastating earthquake
Pope Francis greets pilgrims from the window overlooking St. Peter’s Square on July 25, 2021./ Vatican Media/CNA Pope Francis has called for international solidarity to …
The fascinating history of the Feast of Mary’s Assumption
Assumption of the Virgin Mary, fresco painting in San Petronio Basilica in Bologna, Italy. / Zvonimir Atletic / Shutterstock. On Aug. 15, Catholics around the …
Pope Francis on Assumption feast: ‘Humility is the way that leads to heaven’
Pope Francis speaks at the at the Grotto of Lourdes in the Vatican Gardens on May 31st, 2021./ Vatican Media/CNA On the Solemnity of the …
Bishop offers prayers and support after Plymouth shootings
The Right Reverend Mark O’Toole, Bishop of Plymouth, has issued a statement on the fatal shootings which took place in the Keyham area of Plymouth …
Pope Francis meets actor who plays Jesus in ‘The Chosen’
“The Chosen” actor Jonathan Roumie meets Pope Francis (right) at the Vatican on Aug. 11./ Vatican Media/CNA Pope Francis on Wednesday, fulfilling a lifelong dream …
Faith gives hope to Cameroon’s suffering people
Church in Cameroon. Credit: CBCEW In recent weeks we’ve been raising awareness of a long-running Anglophone conflict in Cameroon that has seen almost a million …
Report shows Irish teachers’ concern over bullying of practicing Catholic students
GUNDAM_Ai/Shutterstock A report on a survey of 214 religious education teachers in Ireland is raising alarm that students who practice a religion, particularly Catholicism, are …
Cardinal Zen: Traditional Latin Mass should continue, though some critics hope it will ‘disappear’
Source: CNA Cardinal Joseph Zen said Monday he thinks Traditionis custodes may not have a disastrous effect on the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass, …
Italian police say sender of envelope with bullets addressed to Pope Francis has been identified
Pope Francis waves during his Angelus address at the Vatican, Aug. 8, 2021./ Vatican Media. Italian police announced Monday that the sender of the letter …
Catholic priest’s murder in France: List of recent priest killings worldwide
Funeral Mass of murdered seminarian Michael Nnadi, Good Shepherd Seminary, Kaduna, Nigeria, Feb. 11, 2020/ Diocese of Maiduguri The murder of a French priest yesterday …
Global leaders must work for the common good after “grim and disturbing” report on climate change
Cracked earth. Credit: CBCEW Lead Bishop for the Environment, Bishop John Arnold of Salford, has responded to a new report published by the Intergovernmental Panel …
Envelope with three bullets addressed to Pope Francis intercepted
Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address at the Vatican, Aug. 8, 2021./ Vatican Media. An envelope addressed to Pope Francis and containing three bullets was …