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Bishop Mark O’Toole, Chair of the Bishops’ Conference’s Department for Evangelisation and Discipleship, is supporting the global ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ prayer initiative and encouraging Catholics …

Fr Stan Swamy SJ. Credit: CBCEW Four bishops from our International Affairs department express their prayerful support for Fr Stan Swamy SJ, who turns 84 …

Pope Francis praying. Source: CBCEW Pope Francis invites Catholics and Marian Shrines around the world to dedicate the month of May to a marathon of …

Pope Francis delivers a Regina Coeli address in the library of the Apostolic Palace./ Vatican Media. Pope Francis said Sunday that the recent deaths of …

Pope Francis kisses the hands of a newly ordained priest in St. Peter’s Basilica, April 25, 2021./ Vatican Media. Pope Francis ordained nine men to …

Pope Francis declared a blind 14th-century Italian lay Dominican a saint Saturday using a process known as “equipollent” canonization.

Campaign posters depicting PSOE leader Pedro Sanchez and Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias./ Olaf Speier/Shutterstock. Spain’s bishops have a “troubling disagreement” with the country’s coalition government, …

The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have issued a reflection on post-pandemic recovery and the challenges faced by the Church in encouraging people back to the Church and her Sacraments.

Carlo Acutis./ carloacutis.com A Vatican cardinal has said that Blessed Carlo Acutis’ love for praying the rosary in his “short but full” life exemplified timeless …

A detail from Joseph with the Child and the Flowering Rod, by Alonso Miguel de Tovar (1678–1752). Public Domain. The proclamation of the Year of …

Fr Damian Howard SJ, the Provincial Superior of the Jesuits in Britain, has recorded a message about Father Stan Swamy – a Jesuit priest and human rights activist widely known for his dedicated work with marginalised Dalit and Adivasi communities in India.

The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have sent their “heartfelt greetings and prayers” to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for her 95th birthday – 21 April 2021.

A bust of St. John Paul II was vandalized Monday outside a Polish Catholic church in Paris.

An unidentified perpetrator poured red paint over the sculpture outside Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption Church in the heart of the French capital between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. on April 19.

A view of St. Peter’s Basilica and Vatican flag -/ Bohumil Petrik The Vatican is thinking about selling the London property at the centre of …

The appointment of Robert Cardinal Sarah’s successor as prefect of the Congregation for the Divine Worship and the Discipline of Sacraments may take place before the feast of the Ascension, multiple sources confirmed to CNA in Rome.

Archbishop Eamon Martin./ Northern Ireland Executive CC BY ND 2.0. A senior Catholic archbishop has accused the Irish government of introducing “draconian” new regulations on …

ASL interpretation of Pope Francis’ Sunday Regina Coeli address on April 18, 2021./ YouTube screenshot. Pope Francis’ Wednesday and Sunday speeches to the public will …

Pope Francis prayed yesterday for reconciliation amid rising tensions between Ukraine and Russia.

Bishop Paul McAleenan, the Church’s Lead Bishop for Migrants and Refugees, has welcomed the publication of a new report by Catholic organisation Jesuit Refugee Service UK arguing for a radically new ‘human-centred’ approach to asylum.

Pope Francis waves from the window of the Apostolic Palace on Feb. 7, 2021./ Vatican Media/CNA. In his Regina Coeli address Sunday, Pope Francis applauded …