The spiral staircase at the Vatican Museums on Nov. 12, 2015. Credit: Gianluca Gangemi/CNA. The Vatican announced Wednesday that the Vatican Museums will close until …
Statement on the Four-Week National Lockdown in England and a Call to Prayer
Image Credit: CBCEW Today, Parliament passed into law the Regulations governing many aspects of activity in the whole of England until Wednesday, 2 December. These …
Pope Francis requires bishops to have Vatican permission for new diocesan religious institutes
Pope Francis at his general audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace Nov. 4, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. Pope Francis has changed canon law …
Pope Francis: Consistent prayer strengthens us in times of tribulation
Pope Francis gives a general audience address in the library of the Apostolic Palace. Credit: Vatican Media. Jesus teaches us that we must be consistent …
The human cost of N Ireland’s abortion regulations: over 700 unborn lives
Credit: Eleonora_os / Shutterstock. Seven months after Northern Ireland’s expansive legal abortion law took effect, pro-life advocates have lamented the lives lost and called for …
Pope Francis: Pray that robotics and AI always serve humankind
SIMO, a humanoid robot created by Honda in 2000 (CC BY-SA 3.0). Pope Francis has invited Catholics around the world to pray that robotics and …
Vatican Christmas display to be ‘a sign of hope’ during pandemic
A detail from the monumental Nativity scene of the Castelli. Credit: YouTube. The Vatican announced the details of the 2020 edition of the annual Christmas …
French bishops say public Mass ban violates freedom of worship
French bishops’ conference president Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, pictured in May 2015. Credit: Peter Potrowl (CC BY-SA 4.0). As France begins its second lockdown this …
Government to delay publication of Poland abortion ruling
Abortion rights supporters protest in Wroclaw, Oct. 26, 2020. Credit: Marek Polewski/Shutterstock In the face of country-wide protests, the government of Poland is delaying the …
Only director of Vatican’s London property has business ties to deal’s broker
London. Credit: Shutterstock. The Vatican Secretariat of State’s holding company, through which it controls a London property at 60 Sloane Avenue, has only one registered …
Public Worship is Covid-19 secure, say faith leaders ahead of four-week lockdown in England
Image Source: CBCEW Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has joined UK faith leaders in writing to Prime …
Death isn’t an isolated, terminal moment that marks the extinction of life, says Archbishop Longley
Image Source: CBCEW All Souls Day – or the ‘Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed’ as we know it – fell just days before a …
Update Vienna shooting: Austria hunts suspects after ‘Islamist terror’ attack
Image Source: AFP Austrian police have urged people to stay indoors as they hunt for suspects after a multiple gun attack in the capital Vienna …
Vatican bishop: Peter’s Pence not used to cover London investment losses
Bishop Nunzio Galantino, pictured in 2016. Credit: Alexey Gotovsky/CNA., president of APSA A Vatican bishop said Saturday that the Holy See did not use money …
French police make six arrests over Nice terror attack
Police seal off the street after the attack at the basilica in Nice, France, Oct. 29, 2020. Credit: Martino C. (CC BY-SA 4.0). French police …
Shooting in Vienna ‘apparent terrorist attack’
Austrian police. Credit: pixabay. Exchanges of gunfire tonight between police and unknown assailants in Vienna come after several days of apparently Islamist attacks and demonstrations …
Pope Francis on All Souls’ Day: Christian hope gives life meaning
Pope Francis celebrates Mass at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy in the Teutonic Cemetery in Vatican City Nov. 2, 2020. Credits: Vatican Media. …
Vatican Secretariat of State provides context of Pope Francis civil union remark
Pope Francis (left), with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA The Vatican’s Secretary of State has asked papal representatives to share …
Catholic bishops fight for public Masses as England prepares for second lockdown
Cardinal Vincent Nichols celebrates Mass at Westminster Cathedral, London, Oct. 1, 2020.Credit: Mazur/cbcew.org.uk. Bishops in England have urged the government to permit Catholics to attend …
Pope Francis names Archbishop Tomasi delegate to Order of Malta
Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. Pope Francis this morning named Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi his special delegate to the Order of Malta, following …