Cardinal Christian Tumi, pictured after his liberation on Nov. 6, 2020. Credit: Kumbo Diocese in Cameroon. Cardinal Christian Tumi, who was kidnapped by gunmen Thursday …
UK health secretary: traveling abroad for assisted suicide permitted under lockdown
U.K. health secretary Matt Hancock. Credit: Andrew Parsons/No 10 Downing Street via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). UK health secretary Matt Hancock said Thursday that people …
Analysis: Pope Francis’ ‘long game’ of Vatican financial reform comes full circle
Pope Francis during the Wednesday general audience inside the San Damaso Courtyard of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, Sept. 30, 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Yesterday morning, …
Pope Francis transfers financial administration out of Secretariat of State
Cardinal Pietro Parolin celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on April 27, 2017. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Pope Francis has requested that responsibility for financial funds …
Lawyer downplays suspended Vatican official’s role in London property deal
The flag of Vatican City with St. Peter’s Basilica in the background on May 29, 2015. Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA A lawyer for Msgr. Mauro Carlino …
Pope Francis offers Mass for souls of 169 deceased bishops, cardinals
Source: CNA Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to pray for the dead and remember Christ’s promise of the resurrection at a Mass offered yesterday for the …
Plymouth Diocese calls parishes to be “outward looking” as it reflects on the future renewal of parish life and structures
Image Credit: CBCEW Bishop Mark O’Toole and his Bishop’s Council – a group of priests who assist him in the Governance of the Diocese of …
Bishop joins UK Faith Leaders in calling on Prime Minister to deliver a world-leading plan on climate change
Image Source: CBCEW Bishop John Arnold, Environment Lead for the Bishops’ Conference, has joined over 60 UK faith leaders in writing to the Prime Minister …
Vatican Museums to close again amid tightening coronavirus restrictions
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 …