Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg, at the Vatican, Oct. 5, 2019. Credit Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. A cardinal has suggested that the coronavirus pandemic may have …
Cardinal Parolin in Lebanon: The Church, Pope Francis are with you after Beirut explosion
Cardinal Pietro Parolin says Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa, Lebanon Sept. 3, 2020. Credit: Fr. Charbel Obeid/CNA. Cardinal Pietro …
Europe’s Catholic bishops back archbishop blocked from returning to Belarus
Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk-Mohilev, pictured in 2014. Credit: Redaktor01 Remik Kubicki (CC BY 3.0). Catholic bishops across Europe have expressed support for an archbishop …
Pope Francis says Amazon synod was for discernment, not fighting on married priests
Pope Francis celebrates the closing Mass of Amazon synod October 27, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Pope Francis did not approve a proposal to ordain married …
Pope Francis: science and faith together can protect environment
Pope French discusses Laudato si’ with French ecological experts Sept. 3, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. Pope Francis said yesterday that science and faith together can …
Analysis: The art of China’s Vatican deal
Chinese president Xi Jinping. Credit: Gil Corzo/Shutterstock Next month, the 2018 Vatican-China deal expires. Those close to the negotiations, both in Rome and in Beijing, …
German Catholic bishop criticizes ‘Synodal Way’ draft text on role of women
Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer preaches in Regensburg Cathedral June 11, 2020. Credit: Diocese of Regensburg. A Catholic bishop has sharply criticized a text produced by the …
Pope Francis calls for day of prayer and fasting for Lebanon
Pope Francis with Lebanese priest Fr. Georges Breidi at his general audience Sept. 2, 2020. Photo credits: Vatican Media. At the end of his general …
Belarusian archbishop surprised to be barred from his homeland
Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk-Mohilev prays outside the Akrestsin Street pre-trial detention center in Minsk, Aug. 19, 2020. Credit: Catholic.by. Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk-Mohilev, …
Tourists in Rome surprised by chance to see Pope Francis
Pope Francis arrives for his general audience in the San Damaso Courtyard at the Vatican, Sept. 2, 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA. Other photos: Vatican Media. …
Pope Francis calls for solidarity at first audience with pilgrims after lockdown
Pope Francis arrives for his general audience in the San Damaso Courtyard at the Vatican, Sept. 2, 2020. All photos: Daniel Ibañez/CNA. In his first …
UK looking at making at-home medical abortion permissions permanent
Credit: Mike Rogal/Shutterstock. A temporary measure allowing UK women up to 10 weeks pregnant to take both abortion pills at home following a tele-conference with …
Abbot: monks are leaving historic Benedictine abbey in ‘very positive spirit
Downside Abbey in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset, England. Credit: D.O.G.A./Rabanus Flavus (CC BY-SA 3.0). An English Benedictine community’s decision to leave their home for the past two …
Polish bishops concerned by rise in acts of desecration
Socially distanced bishops attend the Polish bishops’ plenary assembly at Jasna Góra, Aug. 27-29, 2020. Credit: Polish Bishops’ Conference. Poland’s bishops expressed concern Saturday about …
Pope Francis says pandemic is ‘a wake-up call’ to care for creation
Pope Francis pictured in St. Peter’s Square March 16, 2016. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Pope Francis released a message Tuesday for the World Day of Prayer …
Catholic archbishop blocked at Belarus border calls for prayers
Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz. Credit: Raviaka Ruslan/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). A Catholic archbishop appealed for prayers today, a day after he was blocked from entering …
Border guards stop Catholic archbishop from returning to Belarus
Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz prays outside of the Akrestsin Street pre-trial detention center in Minsk, Belarus, Aug. 19. Credit: Catholic.by. Border guards blocked a Catholic archbishop …
Priest punched during Sunday Mass in Berlin
The interior of St. Joseph’s Church in Wedding, Berlin, Germany. Credit: Ansgar Koreng/CC BY-S.A 3.0 (DE) An unknown assailant punched a priest during Sunday Mass …
Pope Francis: The cross reminds us of the sacrifices of the Christian life
Pope Francis gives the Angelus address June 21, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. Pope Francis said Sunday the crucifix we wear or hang on our wall …
Bishop Barron defends Junipero Serra: Evangelization is not ‘cultural aggression’
St. Junipero Serra. public domain. Bishop Robert Barron this week delivered a homily in support of St. Junipero Serra, an 18th century Franciscan missionary whose …