The Palais-Royal in Paris, home of the Council of State. Credit: Olive Titus (CC PDM 1.0). The French Council of State has ruled that a …
Immaculate Conception: Pope Francis cancels traditional act of veneration due to pandemic
Pope Francis visits Rome’s Piazza di Spagna to venerate the statue of the Immaculate Conception overlooking the Spanish Steps on Dec. 8, 2019. Credit: Daniel …
Pell surprised by ‘Technicolor criminality’ of Vatican financial scandals
Cardinal George Pell in the Vatican, 2012. Credit: Matthew Rarey/CNA Cardinal George Pell has spoken of his surprise at the apparent extent of “criminality” involved …
Pope Francis tells Orthodox leader: I am confident we will achieve full unity
Pope Francis with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople outside the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli Oct. 20, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. Pope Francis …
Pope Francis asks for prayer for Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region
Pope Francis at the Wednesday general audience Nov. 11, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA. Pope Francis has asked people to pray for Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where …
Swiss court orders full access to records for Vatican financial investigation
St. Peters Basilica in Vatican City. Credit: Madrugada Verde/Shutterstock Vatican investigators have been granted full access to Swiss banking documentation related to long-time Vatican investment …
Pope Francis: ‘Advent is the season for remembering the closeness of God’
Pope Francis offers Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Dec. 1, 2019. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA. On the first Sunday of Advent, Pope Francis recommended a traditional …
Pope Francis to new cardinals: May the cross and resurrection always be your goal
Pope Francis greets Cardinal Enrico Feroci Nov. 28, 2020. Credit: EWTN-CNA Photo/Daniel Ibáñez/Vatican. Pope Francis created 13 new cardinals today, urging them to remain vigilant …
French bishops launch second legal appeal to reinstate public Masses for all
Archbishop Michel Aupetit, pictured in 2015 at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. Credit: Olivier LPB/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0. The French bishops’ conference announced Friday that …
The woman who lived for 60 years on the Eucharist alone
Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). Servant of God Floripes de Jesús, better known as Lola, was a Brazilian laywoman who lived on the Eucharist alone …
Catholic archbishop: Pray for priest kidnapped in Nigeria
Fr. Matthew Dajo, who was kidnapped Nov. 22 in Nigeria’s Abuja archdiocese. Public Domain A Nigerian archbishop has asked for prayers for the safe release …
Beautiful film shows life of a ‘Priest’
Priest is a beautifully shot film chronicling life in the Bradford parish of ‘Mary, Mother of God’ in non-pandemic times from the beginning of Lent to …
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Cardinal Schönborn deplores attack on rabbi in Vienna
Cardinal Christoph Schönborn at the Vatican April 8, 2016. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Cardinal Christoph Schönborn deplored Friday an attack on a rabbi in the Austrian …
Vatican dicastery urges youngsters to share wisdom of elderly people facing Christmas alone
A detail from a graphic promoting the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life campaign. Credit: Vatican Media. A Vatican dicastery launched a new campaign Friday …
Pro-life student in midwife program receives apology and payout
Julia Rynkiewicz, a student at the University of Nottingham in the UK Credit: ADF International. A pro-life undergraduate student in a midwife program has received an …
Bishop John Sherrington invites Catholics to respond to the Government Consultation on Faith Engagement
Image Source: CBCEW The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has called for individual Catholics to respond to an open consultation on the …
Cardinal Vincent Nichols’ concern regarding overseas aid reduction
Image Source: CBCEW Cardinal Nichols wrote to all MPs expressing his concerns about UK spending cuts on overseas aid. In his letter calls on all …
Vatican diplomat: Lockdowns revealed ‘glaring contradiction’ in attitudes towards migrants
A detail from Timothy P. Schmalz’s sculpture, ‘Angels Unawares.’ Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Coronavirus lockdowns revealed a “glaring contradiction” in attitudes towards migrants, a Vatican diplomat …
Catholic bishops appeal for ‘peaceful solution’ to crisis in Belarus
Protesters in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, Sept. 13, 2020. Credit: Homoatrox/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). The Catholic bishops of Belarus appealed Wednesday for a …