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  • Confronting controversy: German-Polish bishops’ dialogue highlights synodal way tensions
    on 28. november 2023

    Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, Germany, (left) and Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki of Poznań, Poland. / Credit: Bistum Limburg/Episkopat.pl. / Bistum Limburg/Episkopat.pl CNA Newsroom, Nov 28, 2023 / 14:05 pm (CNA). A public dispute between the German Bishops’ Conference president and his Polish counterpart took another turn on Monday when both prelates met in person to discuss what the German bishop called “irritations.”Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, Germany, and Archbishop […]

  • ‘No fear’ among Spanish bishops over upcoming meeting with Pope Francis about seminaries
    on 27. november 2023

    null / Credit: Cathopic ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 27, 2023 / 18:30 pm (CNA). The spokesman for the Spanish Bishops’ Conference (CEE), Bishop Francisco César García Magán, stated at a Nov. 24 press conference that “there is no fear” among the bishops regarding the upcoming meeting of all the bishops with Pope Francis to address the state of the seminaries.The conference spokesman acknowledged that “it is a singular event” for all the bishops of a nation to be called as a group to a […]

  • Giorgia Meloni condemns vandalism of pro-life center in Rome
    on 27. november 2023

    Demonstrators threw smoke bombs, smashed windows, and spray-painted pro-abortion graffiti on the Pro Vita & Famiglia association’s main office in Rome on Nov. 25, 2023, despite the presence of Italian police at the protest. / Credit: Courtesy of Pro Vita & Famiglia Rome Newsroom, Nov 27, 2023 / 12:49 pm (CNA). Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has condemned the vandalism of a pro-life organization’s headquarters in Rome perpetrated during a protest to mark the International Day […]

  • Dublin archbishop responds to stabbing of 3 children that sparked violent riots
    on 24. november 2023

    Flames rise from the car and a bus, set alight at the junction of Bachelors Walk and the O'Connell Bridge, in Dublin on Nov. 23, 2023, as people took to the streets following the stabbings earlier in the day. / Credit: Peter Murphy/AFP via Getty Images Rome Newsroom, Nov 24, 2023 / 06:40 am (CNA). The archbishop of Dublin responded with shock to the “horrific attack” in which three children were stabbed on Thursday afternoon, sparking a night of violent riots in the Irish […]

  • Nationalist Firebrand Geert Wilders wins Dutch election in electoral upset 
    on 23. november 2023

    Geert Wilders, the leader of the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV), celebrates in his party office after his party's victory in yesterday's general election, on November 23, 2023, in The Hague, Netherlands. The Netherlands' far-right, anti-EU leader Geert Wilders won the most votes in parliamentary elections on November 22, dominated by debate around rising immigration in the Netherlands. / Credit: Carl Court/Getty Images Vatican City, Nov 23, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA). Far-right populist Geert […]

  • Pope Francis: The Gospel is universal
    on 22. november 2023

    Pope Francis addresses pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on Nov. 15, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Nov 22, 2023 / 10:06 am (CNA). During his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, Pope Francis highlighted the universal nature of the Church’s mission to proclaim the Gospel, arguing that it is a call for everyone and that no one is excluded. The Holy Father’s Nov. 22 catechesis was a continuation of last week’s lesson […]

  • Catholics call for opening of canonization cause for sacristan slain by jihadist in Spain
    on 22. november 2023

    Image of the campaign for the canonization of the Spanish sacristan Diego Valencia. / Credit: Enraizados ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 21, 2023 / 19:00 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta in southern Spain has begun to receive requests from Catholics asking the diocese to promote the canonization process of Diego Valencia, the sacristan who was murdered by a Muslim extremist last January.Valencia was fatally wounded on Jan. 25 after being struck with a machete wielded by Yassinne Kanjaa, a […]

  • French bishop charged with attempted 2013 rape of adult man
    on 21. november 2023

    Bishop Georges Colomb of La Rochelle and Saintes was reportedly charged on Nov. 17, 2023, with attempted rape of an adult man in 2013. / Credit: Diocèse de La Rochelle et Saintes|Wikipedia|CC BY-SA 4.0 CNA Staff, Nov 21, 2023 / 12:26 pm (CNA). A French bishop has been charged with the attempted rape of an adult man that allegedly took place more than a decade ago. Bishop Georges Colomb of La Rochelle and Saintes was reportedly charged on Friday with the 2013 attempted rape of an adult man. […]

  • Pope Francis appoints coadjutor to French diocese where ordinations were halted
    on 21. november 2023

    Bishop François Touvet of Châlons (right) will serve alongside the current bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, 71-year-old Dominique Rey, and will automatically succeed him upon his resignation at age 75, Pope Francis announced Nov. 21, 2023. / Credit: Claude Truong-Ngoc via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) and G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Rome Newsroom, Nov 21, 2023 / 11:35 am (CNA). Pope Francis has appointed a coadjutor bishop to a French diocese whose priestly ordinations were suspended […]

  • Pope Francis calls for applause for 20 martyrs of Spanish Civil War beatified in Seville
    on 20. november 2023

    Pope Francis at the Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, Angelus and martyrs beatified in Seville on Nov. 18, 2023. / Credit: Youtube Vatican News / Archdiocese of Seville ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 20, 2023 / 18:30 pm (CNA). At Sunday’s Angelus, Pope Francis called for applause for the 20 martyrs beatified in the Seville cathedral, priests and laypeople who were murdered out of hatred for the faith during the beginning of the Spanish Civil War in 1936.“Yesterday in Seville, Manuel González Serna, a […]

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  • Some pro-life lawmakers urge new approach amid electoral results
    on 28. november 2023 at 21:40 in US

    Voting booths on Election Day. / Credit: vesperstock/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 28, 2023 / 16:40 pm (CNA). Amid electoral struggles since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, some pro-life lawmakers are considering changing how they approach the issue of abortion — but many of them are still divided on what the best strategy is.This November, the pro-life movement suffered a string of losses in an election cycle that was heavily focused on abortion policy: They […]

  • When an Oregon town told a church to limit its meals to the homeless the DOJ stepped in
    on 28. november 2023 at 20:55 in US

    Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 28, 2023 / 15:55 pm (CNA). The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) this month signaled its support for an Oregon Episcopal church in a legal dispute over a homeless meals program that the church has run for years. St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Brookings, Oregon, has for years regularly provided meals for homeless people in the area up to six days per week, but the city in 2021 ordered that it could only do so up to two days per week. The church […]

  • Catholic actor Jonathan Roumie partners with child sponsorship charity for special milestone 
    on 28. november 2023 at 20:25 in US

    Catholic actor Jonathan Roumie during a visit to Unbound's headquarters in November 2023. / Credit: Danika Wolf/Unbound CNA Staff, Nov 28, 2023 / 15:25 pm (CNA). The Catholic child sponsorship charity Unbound announced Tuesday that Jonathan Roumie, the actor who portrays Jesus in “The Chosen” TV series, has partnered with them to sponsor their 1 millionth child currently living in poverty. Roumie, a devout Catholic, was cast as Jesus in the Christian-produced hit TV series “The […]

  • Vatican cancels Pope Francis’ trip to climate conference in Dubai, citing ongoing illness
    on 28. november 2023 at 19:53 in Vatican

    Pope Francis pictured on Nov. 27, 2023. The pope felt well enough to keep his scheduled appointment with the president of Paraguay on Monday morning as he recovers from the flu. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Nov 28, 2023 / 14:53 pm (CNA). Pope Francis will not attend the United Nations COP28 climate conference in Dubai this week due to his continuing struggles with lung inflammation stemming from influenza, the Vatican said on Tuesday.The Holy See Press Office announced on Tuesday that […]

  • Confronting controversy: German-Polish bishops’ dialogue highlights synodal way tensions
    on 28. november 2023 at 19:05 in Europe

    Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, Germany, (left) and Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki of Poznań, Poland. / Credit: Bistum Limburg/Episkopat.pl. / Bistum Limburg/Episkopat.pl CNA Newsroom, Nov 28, 2023 / 14:05 pm (CNA). A public dispute between the German Bishops’ Conference president and his Polish counterpart took another turn on Monday when both prelates met in person to discuss what the German bishop called “irritations.”Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, Germany, and Archbishop […]

  • Pope Francis reportedly takes Vatican apartment, salary from Cardinal Burke
    on 28. november 2023 at 18:34 in Vatican

    Cardinal Raymond Burke at EWTN's studio in Rome during the canonization of St. John Paul II and St. John XXIII. / Credit: Steven Driscoll/CNA Vatican City, Nov 28, 2023 / 13:34 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has stripped one of his top American critics, Cardinal Raymond Burke, of his Vatican housing and salary privileges, the Associated Press is reporting.According to the AP report, which is based on conversations with two anonymous sources briefed on the measures, the pope discussed his planned […]

  • 5 things to know about the debate on euthanasia in Ecuador
    on 28. november 2023 at 17:15 in Americas

    null / Credit: Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 28, 2023 / 12:15 pm (CNA). The discussion about the decriminalization of euthanasia in Ecuador started Nov. 20 when the country’s constitutional court began to evaluate the arguments for and against the request of a woman with an incurable disease who seeks to end her life.Here are the key points to understand in the debate:1. In Ecuador, euthanasia is illegal.Euthanasia is illegal in Ecuador. The country’s constitution establishes in […]

  • Here are Pope Francis’ liturgies for Christmas 2023 at the Vatican
    on 28. november 2023 at 14:03 in US

    Christmas Mass in St. Peter's Basilica Dec. 24, 2022. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Nov 28, 2023 / 09:03 am (CNA). As the preparatory season of Advent draws near, the Vatican has published the schedule of Pope Francis’ liturgies for Christmas 2023 through the Jan. 7 feast of the Baptism of the Lord.Most of the liturgies will take place in St. Peter’s Basilica.Following his custom in recent years, Pope Francis will preside over a Christmas Eve “Mass at Night” at 7:30 p.m. […]

  • Here are 14 Catholic organizations to support this GivingTuesday
    on 28. november 2023 at 9:00 in US

    Outside a homeless shelter. / Credit: Adrian Fallace via Flickr CC BY NC ND 2.0 CNA Staff, Nov 28, 2023 / 04:00 am (CNA). GivingTuesday, annually held on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, is a “global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity.” First created in 2012, GivingTuesday is a day that encourages people around the world to do something good for others — whether donating to a worthy cause or simply helping your neighbors take out their garbage.In honor of […]

  • ‘No fear’ among Spanish bishops over upcoming meeting with Pope Francis about seminaries
    on 27. november 2023 at 23:30 in Europe

    null / Credit: Cathopic ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 27, 2023 / 18:30 pm (CNA). The spokesman for the Spanish Bishops’ Conference (CEE), Bishop Francisco César García Magán, stated at a Nov. 24 press conference that “there is no fear” among the bishops regarding the upcoming meeting of all the bishops with Pope Francis to address the state of the seminaries.The conference spokesman acknowledged that “it is a singular event” for all the bishops of a nation to be called as a group to a […]

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  • Vatican cancels Pope Francis’ trip to climate conference in Dubai, citing ongoing illness

    Pope Francis pictured on Nov. 27, 2023. The pope felt well enough to keep his scheduled appointment with the president of Paraguay on Monday morning as he recovers from the flu. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Nov 28, 2023 / 14:53 pm (CNA). Pope Francis will not attend the United Nations COP28 climate conference in Dubai this week due to his continuing struggles with lung inflammation stemming from influenza, the Vatican said on Tuesday.The Holy See Press Office announced on Tuesday that […]

  • Pope Francis reportedly takes Vatican apartment, salary from Cardinal Burke

    Cardinal Raymond Burke at EWTN's studio in Rome during the canonization of St. John Paul II and St. John XXIII. / Credit: Steven Driscoll/CNA Vatican City, Nov 28, 2023 / 13:34 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has stripped one of his top American critics, Cardinal Raymond Burke, of his Vatican housing and salary privileges, the Associated Press is reporting.According to the AP report, which is based on conversations with two anonymous sources briefed on the measures, the pope discussed his planned […]

  • Pope Francis’ health: Here’s a timeline of his medical issues in recent years

    A cannula for intravenous treatment on Pope Francis’ right hand is visible as he gives the Angelus blessing on Nov. 26, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 27, 2023 / 15:45 pm (CNA). Pope Francis is being treated with antibiotics intravenously and has postponed some of his meetings this week as he recovers from a “mild flu,” according to the Vatican. A CT scan at a Rome hospital over the weekend “ruled out pneumonia, but it showed lung inflammation causing some breathing […]

  • Pope Francis’ health ‘stable’ despite breathing difficulties, Vatican says

    Pope Francis pictured on Nov. 27, 2023. The pope felt well enough to keep his scheduled appointment with the president of Paraguay on Monday morning as he recovers from the flu. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 27, 2023 / 06:05 am (CNA). Pope Francis’ lung inflammation has caused him some breathing difficulties, but his condition is stable and “clearly improving,” the Vatican said on Monday.The 86-year-old pope is being treated with antibiotics intravenously and is in “good and […]

  • Pope adds married couples, Church movement reps to Vatican’s laity and family office

    Margaret Karram, the third president to lead the Focolare Movement, was among several members of ecclesial movements who were appointed to the Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life by Pope Francis on Nov. 25, 2023. / Credit: CSC Audiovisivi Rome Newsroom, Nov 25, 2023 / 10:07 am (CNA). Pope Francis has added 11 new members to the Vatican office that focuses on the lay apostolate and family life, with two married couples and four figures affiliated with ecclesial movements highlighting the […]

  • UPDATE: Pope Francis has ‘mild flu,’ went to hospital for precautionary testing

    Pope Francis at his general audience earlier this week on Nov. 22, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Nov 25, 2023 / 09:32 am (CNA). Pope Francis went to the hospital this afternoon for precautionary testing after coming down with the flu earlier in the day, according to the Vatican.“In the early hours of the afternoon, Pope Francis underwent a CT scan at the Gemelli Isola Hospital in Rome, to exclude the risk of pulmonary complications,” the Holy See Press Office said in a […]

  • Bishop Barron in ‘frank disagreement’ with Synod on Synodality’s report on ‘development of moral teaching’

    Bishop Robert Barron. Photo courtesy of DeChant-Hughes Public Relations. / null Rome Newsroom, Nov 24, 2023 / 11:45 am (CNA). Bishop Robert Barron has said that he is in “frank disagreement” with the final report of the Synod on Synodality’s claim that advances in the sciences require an evolution in the Church’s moral teaching on human sexuality.In a reflection published this week, the bishop of Winona–Rochester, Minnesota, said it is “troubling” to see how members of the German […]

  • Pope Francis: More sustainable cities can help with population decline

    Pope Francis on Nov. 24, 2023, met with representatives, mayors, and religious leaders from areas in central Italy hit by devastating earthquakes between August 2016 and January 2017. / Credit: Vatican Media. Vatican City, Nov 24, 2023 / 11:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis said Friday one of the ways to address population decline is to make cities more sustainable, increasing the quality of life for those who live there.“Adopting appropriate criteria for sustainability is an important act of […]

  • Vatican draws line on women’s ordination and homosexuality in new letter to German bishops

    Cardinal Pietro Parolin. / Claude Truong-Ngoc via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). CNA Newsroom, Nov 24, 2023 / 11:00 am (CNA). The Vatican has informed German bishops in writing that the ordination of women and changes in the Church’s teaching on homosexuality cannot be subjects of discussion in the upcoming meetings with delegates of the German Synodal Way in Rome.The letter, dated Oct. 23, also reminded the bishops of potential disciplinary consequences for anyone defying the teaching of […]

  • Pope Francis meets with relatives of Palestinians living in Gaza

    Pope Francis meets with relatives of Palestinians living in Gaza on Nov. 22, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 22, 2023 / 17:30 pm (CNA). Pope Francis received at the Vatican on Wednesday, separately and privately, a delegation of relatives of Israeli hostages held by Hamas terrorists and another delegation of relatives of Palestinians who live in Gaza.The delegations consisted of 12 Israelis and 10 Palestinians who met with the Holy Father. In the meetings, each lasting 20 […]