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Bishop Paul Swarbrick, the lead bishop for Africa, has called on the UK government to step up its assistance for people affected by the violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and its involvement in peace efforts.

Australian prosecutors announced yesterday that they were dropping charges against individual journalists accused of breaching a gag order over the trial of Cardinal George Pell.

A cardinal has said that this year’s International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest will be “a great sign of hope” amid the pandemic.

Cardinal Péter Erdő, the archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, will host the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress in September after it was delayed for a year because of the coronavirus crisis

On a visit to Cameroon this week, the Vatican secretary of state said he is hoping that peace and reconciliation can be found in the country, which is struggling to resolve the Anglophone crisis amid violent conflict.

People with leprosy suffer not only from physical disease but also from harmful social stigmas which can lead to mental illness, Cardinal Peter Turkson said yesterday.

Portugal’s bishops have expressed “sadness and indignation” after parliament approved a bill approving euthanasia.

The bishops spoke out after MPs cast 136 votes in favor of the bill to 78 against, with four abstentions.

Pope Francis said yesterday that catechists have the vital responsibility of leading others to a personal encounter with Jesus through prayer, the sacraments, and Scripture.

Pope Francis announced today the establishment of an international day to honour grandparents and the elderly to take place each year in July.

Cardinal Vincent Nichols spoke to LBC radio’s Matt Frei on Saturday 30 January 2021 just days after the tragic news that the UK’s death toll from COVID-19 had passed the 100,000 mark.

Canon Giles Goward RIP Canon Giles Goward, the Rector of St Mary’s College Oscott, the Seminary in Birmingham that trains men for the priesthood, died …

Pope Francis encouraged Catholic organizations yesterday to continue to fight against “unacceptable poverty.”

In a message to two Belgian groups released 29 January, the pope said that the coronavirus pandemic had made poverty relief even more difficult. 

In March 2020, Fr. Michael Stack was looking forward to retiring after years of exhausting priestly ministry. He had served for almost a quarter-century as a chaplain in four major hospitals in the archdiocese of Birmingham, England. 

Pope Francis urged Catholics today to engage in a “mission of compassion” to a world ravaged by the coronavirus crisis. 

Writing in his World Mission Day message, released today, the pope warned Catholics not to succumb to the temptation of justifying indifference on the basis of COVID-19 restrictions.

Emeritus Bishop Patrick O’Donoghue of Lancaster who passed away 24 January 2021 Credit: Diocese of Lancaster A tribute to Bishop Patrick O’Donoghue who sadly died …

Pope Francis met yesterday with the head of the World Food Program, as the organization issued a warning that more than 300 million children are going hungry amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A Vatican cardinal has expressed “astonishment” at a statement by a group of Protestant and Catholic theologians in Germany. 

Poland’s constitutional court published on Wednesday the rationale for its declaration that abortion for fetal abnormalities is unconstitutional three months after it made the ruling. 

The Supreme Court of Ireland ruled Friday that a hospital may withhold medical treatment contrary to the wishes of the parents of a child with severe injuries.

A Vatican official has encouraged Catholics to apply the Church’s social teaching to evaluate proposals for a “Green New Deal.”

The organizers of World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon yesterday unveiled the event’s official theme song.

They said that the song, entitled “Há Pressa no Ar” in Portuguese (“There’s a rush in the air”) and released yesterday, invites young people to identify themselves with the Virgin Mary.