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 …
Pope Francis: The saints are ‘authoritative witnesses of Christian hope’
Pope Francis gives the Angelus address Nov. 1, 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. On the Solemnity of All Saints, Pope Francis encouraged everyone to follow the …
Bishop David Oakley remembers Covid-19 victims across the world on visit to local cemetery
Bishop David Oakley remembers Covid-19 victims at Kingsthorpe Cemetery in Northamptonshire 01 November 2020. Image Source:CBCEW On a visit to Kingsthorpe Cemetery in Northamptonshire, the …
Coronavirus: Statement from the President and the Vice-President of the Bishops Conference on the Prime Minister’s Statement
Image Source: CBCEW This evening, the Prime Minister announced further widespread restrictions in England beginning on Thursday 5 November. The Government have published their New …
Coronavirus: Public worship restrictions after England goes into second lockdown
England is to be placed under stricter nationwide restrictions from Thursday in an attempt to slow down the spread of coronavirus. Prime Minister Boris Johnson …
Pope Francis says more action coming in fight against Vatican corruption
Pope Francis at the General House of the Society of Jesus in Rome, Dec. 13, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Pope Francis has said more changes …
Italian ‘security consultant’ freed from jail until Vatican extradition request decided
The Palace of Justice in Milan, Italy. Credit: Paolobon140 CC BY-SA 4.0 An Italian woman under investigation by Vatican authorities for suspected embezzlement was released …
Spooky, scary, saintly? How Catholics can see Halloween at its best
A memento mori at the Teutonic Cemetery in the Vatican. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. Whether you dress up as a ghost, a hero, or a saint, …