Sr. Wanda Boniszewska (1907-2003). Credit: episkopat.pl. Sr. Wanda Boniszewska led an extraordinary life. The Polish nun was a reputed stigmatist tortured by Stalin’s secret police. …
Swiss Catholic diocese reportedly rejects Pope Francis’ candidates for new bishop
Chur Cathedral in Switzerland. Credit: Adrian Michael (CC BY-SA 3.0). A Swiss Catholic diocese that elects its own bishop from a shortlist drawn up by …
Twitter criticized as ‘Burn the clergy’ hashtag trends in Spain
Credit: Twin Design via Shutterstock. On the same day that Pope Francis approved the beatification of 127 Catholics killed in Spain in hatred of the …
French bishops press government to review 30-person Mass limit
A medical mask on a gargoyle of Notre-Dame in Paris. Credit: Viacheslav Lopatin via Shutterstock. After a strong reaction by French Catholics to the government’s …
Bishops welcome a return to public worship
Image Source: CBCEW The government has confirmed that collective worship can resume in churches and other places of worship when the national lockdown expires on …
Pope Francis: ‘The Church is the work of the Holy Spirit’
Pope Francis speaks during a general audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace. Credit: Vatican Media. Catholics risk going astray if they neglect the …
Call for abortion clinic buffer zones throughout Scotland
Pro-life prayer outside an abortion clinic. Credit: Diocese of Saginaw. Pro-choice activists are calling on the Scottish government to ban prayer and public discussion of …
Pope Francis advances sainthood causes of priests with early and late vocations
Pope Francis. Credit: Vatican Media Pope Francis advanced yesterday the sainthood causes of several men and women, including two Italian priests of the 20th century …
Iraqi Christians ‘living with hope’ as stability slowly returns to Nineveh Plains
First Communion at at St. George Chaldean Catholic Church in Telskuf, Iraq. Courtesy of Fr. Karam Shamasha. Iraqi Christians are trying to face challenges with …
Benedict XVI’s former ‘Vatileaks’ butler Paolo Gabriele dies at age 54
Paolo Gabriele sits in front of Pope Benedict XVI in the popemobile in St. Peter’s Square Oct. 24, 2011. Credit: Alan Holdren/CNA. The papal butler …
Cardinal Becciu launches second defamation lawsuit since resignation
The then Archbishop Angelo Becciu blesses the Pilgrimage Information Center for the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy on Dec. 1, 2015. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Cardinal Angelo …
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Franciscan friar named cardinal says he is taking a leap into the deep
Franciscan friar Mauro Gambetti is consecrated a bishop in the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi 22 November 2020. Credit: Press office of the Basilica …
Pope Francis and NBA players discuss social justice in Vatican meeting
Pope Francis meets a delegation from the National Basketball Players Association at the Vatican Nov. 23, 2020. Photo credits: Vatican Media. Pope Francis met with …
German Catholic archbishop asks Vatican to review his handling of abuse allegations
Archbishop Stefan Heße of Hamburg. Credit: Raimond Spekking (CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons). A German Catholic archbishop asked the Vatican Friday to review his …
Vatican confirms that two cardinals-designate will be absent from consistory
Pope Francis creates new cardinals at a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 5, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. The Vatican confirmed today that two …
Pope Francis appoints new Sistine Chapel Choir director
The Sistine Chapel Choir sings at Westminster Cathedral in London, England, May 6, 2012. Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk. Pope Francis appointed a new director of the Sistine …
World Youth Day cross given to Portuguese youth ahead of international gathering
Young people hold the World Youth Day cross in Panama in January 2019. Credit: Vatican Media.
Pope Francis on Christ the King: Make choices with eternity in mind
Pope Francis waves during the Angelus Nov. 15, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. On Christ the King Sunday, Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to make choices with …
Pope Francis encourages young economists to learn from the poor
Pope Francis in the Vatican’s apostolic library Nov. 11, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA. In a video message yesterday, Pope Francis encouraged young economists and entrepreneurs …