Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, Belgium. Credit: Alvesgaspar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Catholics in Belgium are seeking to take legal action against …
Pope Francis will travel to Iraq in 2021
Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square May, 23, 2018. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. The Vatican announced today that Pope Francis will travel to Iraq in March …
Report: Two-child limit on UK tax benefits pushes some women to abortion
Credit: Africa Studio/Shutterstock. Nine months after UK Catholic leaders called for the abolition of a two-child limit on tax credits and other benefits for children, …
Pope Francis: Ask God for the gift of conversion in Advent
Pope Francis delivers an Angelus address overlooking St. Peter’s Square. Credit: Vatican Media. We should ask God for the gift of conversion this Advent, Pope …
Pope Francis approves overhaul of Vatican’s financial watchdog
The agency will now be called the Supervisory and Financial Information Authority. Credit: Vatican News.
Gethsemane church targeted in arson attack
Damage inside the Church of All Nations in Jerusalem from a Dec. 4, 2020 arson attack. Photo courtesy of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. The …
Swiss court suspends public worship ban in Geneva
The challengers to the ban on public worship in the Swiss canton of Geneva. Credit: ADF International. A court suspended Thursday a ban on public …
Effort to buy and preserve Tolkien house in Oxford
20 Northmoor Road, Oxford, where JRR Tolkien lived with his family from 1930 to 1947. Credit: Jpbowen via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). Actors from the …
Notre-Dame choir to return to fire-damaged cathedral for Christmas concert
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the day after a massive fire damaged parts of the roof and structure in April 2019. Credit: UlyssePixel / Shutterstock. …
New Vatican guide for bishops addresses common challenges to Christian unity
Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, in Rome on Oct. 23, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. The Vatican published Friday …
Weekly Newsletter 5th December 2020 (47)
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Pope Francis establishes worldwide prayer network as Vatican body
Pope Francis, pictured on April 17, 2013. Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk. Pope Francis has established the global network that promotes his monthly prayer intentions as a Vatican …
Christian aid group applauds investigation into forced conversions, marriages in Pakistan
A young girl lights a candle at a Marian Grotto in Pakistan. Credit: Magdalena Wolnik/CNA. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered an investigation into …
CBCEW: Issue updated statement on COVID-19 and vaccination
Image Source: CBCEW On behalf of the Bishops, the Department for Social Justice of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has issued a …
Catholic bishops welcome ‘realistic’ new measures for public Masses in France
Sainte-Chapelle, the 13th-century chapel built by French King Louis IX to house Christ’s crown of thorns. Credit: Chris Chabot via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0). Bishops …
Polish Catholic leader to European Parliament: There can be no compromise on the right to life
Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, president of the Polish bishops’ conference, pictured in Warsaw Feb. 12, 2020. Credit: episkopat.pl. A Catholic archbishop spoke out Wednesday after the …
Pope Francis: Disabled people must have access to the sacraments, Catholic parish life
Pope Francis, pictured on Oct. 19, 2014. Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk. People with disabilities must have access to the sacraments and, as missionary disciples, the ability to …
Catholic priest in Nigeria released after being held captive for 10 days
Fr. Matthew Dajo, who was kidnapped Nov. 22 in Nigeria’s Abuja archdiocese. Public Domain. A priest who was kidnapped in Nigeria has been released after …
Pope Francis prays for victims of Islamist attack in Nigeria that left 30 beheaded
Pope Francis touches a statue of Our Lady of Luján at his general audience in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace Dec. 2, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. …
Rome’s Franciscans to provide ‘blessing from afar’ on Immaculate Conception feast
The statue of the Immaculate Conception overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Conventual Franciscans said they will be present at a statue …