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- Archbishop praises Welsh Parliament’s rejection of motion to legalize assisted suicideon 28. oktober 2024
Archbishop Mark O’Toole of the Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia. / Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk London, England, Oct 28, 2024 / 11:15 am (CNA). A leading archbishop from Wales said he is “pleased” that the Welsh assembly has rejected a motion to legalize assisted suicide, highlighting support for the “most vulnerable.” The motion in the Welsh Parliament, known as the Senedd, proposed a new law to legalize assisted dying in Wales and England, but it was defeated 26-19 on Oct. 23. […]
- St. John of Capistrano: Franciscan priest and missionary who achieved military victoryon 23. oktober 2024
St. John Capistrano and St. Bernardine of Siena. Museum of Fine Arts of Granada. Painting, oil on canvas, by Alonso Cano (1653-1657) for an altarpiece of the disappeared Franciscan convent of San Antonio and San Diego, Granada. / Credit: Jl FilpoC, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Oct 23, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Oct. 23, the Catholic Church celebrates the life of St. John of Capistrano, a Franciscan priest whose life included a political career, extensive missionary journeys, […]
- An atheist for 35 years, she reencountered God at the tomb of St. John Paul IIon 22. oktober 2024
Belén Perales is now host of the YouTube channel “El Rosario de las 11” (“The Rosary at 11 p.m.”), where she streams praying the Holy Rosary every night and shares conversion stories. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Belén Perales ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 22, 2024 / 16:15 pm (CNA). Belén Perales, a 60-year-old Spanish woman, lived for 35 years as an atheist, turning away from the Catholic faith in her teens after a series of traumatic experiences.However, her life changed dramatically on a […]
- French archbishop consecrates city to Sacred Heart of Jesus ahead of ‘Gate of Darkness’ eventon 21. oktober 2024
Operators work on Lilith, the “guardian of darkness,” built for the Hellfest metal festival in Toulouse, southwestern France, on Oct. 15, 2024. “Lilith” is one of the characters in the urban opera of the French company La Machine titled “The Guardian of the Temple Opus II: The Portal of Darkness,” which will be presented on Oct. 25–27, 2024, in Toulouse. / Credit: LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 21, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). The archbishop of […]
- ‘The Dark Charm of Halloween’ is title of new book by International Association of Exorcistson 21. oktober 2024
“The Dark Charm of Halloween” is the title of a new book launched by the International Association of Exorcists (AIE, by its Italian acronym) and written by its vice president, Father Francesco Bamonte, along with Alberto Castaldini, spokesman for the institution. / Credit: Courtesy of the International Association of Exorcists Lima Newsroom, Oct 21, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). “The Dark Charm of Halloween” is the title of a new book launched by the International Association of Exorcists […]
- UK bishop responds to report saying Catholics reduced Mass attendance due to abuse crisison 19. oktober 2024
The Cathedral Church of St. Barnabas in Nottingham, England, U.K. / Credit: Kevin George/Shutterstock London, England, Oct 19, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). A leading U.K. bishop has vowed to make the Church a place of “safety and sanctuary for all” after a report showed a third of Mass-goers reduced their Mass attendance because of concerns about the child sexual abuse crisis.Last week, the Centre for Catholic Studies at Durham University published a study titled “Attitudes of Catholics in […]
- Paris archbishop condemns firing of Catholic school principal accused of violating secular lawson 17. oktober 2024
Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, seen taking part in the International Meeting for Peace in Paris,on Sept. 22, 2024, condemned the firing of a Catholic school administrator accused of violating French laws prohibiting religious expression in educational settings. / Credit: THIBAULT CAMUS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 17, 2024 / 17:40 pm (CNA). The archbishop of Paris spoke out this week against the firing of a Catholic school administrator who was accused of […]
- Over 500 Belgians demand removal from baptismal registry after Pope Francis remarkson 17. oktober 2024
Pope Francis and King Philippe listen to a speech by Belgium Prime Minister Alexander De Croo during the pope’s trip to Belgium in late September 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Brussels, Belgium, Oct 17, 2024 / 14:05 pm (CNA). More than 500 Belgians have demanded to be removed from the baptismal registry (“débaptisation”) in reaction to controversial statements by Pope Francis during his apostolic journey to Luxembourg and Belgium about abortion and the role of women in the Church.After […]
- Italy criminalizes surrogacy sought by Italian citizens abroadon 17. oktober 2024
Palazzo Madama, the seat of the Senate of the Italian Republic in Rome. / Credit: FrDr via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rome Newsroom, Oct 17, 2024 / 09:10 am (CNA). The Italian Senate of the Republic on Wednesday passed a bill making it possible to prosecute surrogacy sought even outside Italy, with violators potentially facing both prison time and a fine as high as 1 million euros (more than $1 million).Surrogacy has been illegal in Italy since 2004. The prohibition is contained within the […]
- St. Ignatius of Antioch: the early Church Father who longed for union with Christon 17. oktober 2024
St. Ignatius of Antioch with the child Jesus. / Credit: Lorenzo Lotto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Oct 17, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Oct. 17, the Roman Catholic Church remembers the early Church Father, bishop, and martyr St. Ignatius of Antioch, whose writings attest to the sacramental and hierarchical nature of the Church from its earliest days. Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate his memory on Dec. 20.In a 2007 general audience on St. Ignatius of […]
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- Vatican publishes first report on Church safeguarding efforts worldwideon 29. oktober 2024 at 14:00 in Vatican
Pope Francis joines the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors in prayer at the Vatican on March 7, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 29, 2024 / 10:00 am (CNA). The Vatican issued its first annual report Tuesday assessing the Catholic Church’s policies and procedures to prevent abuse in dioceses worldwide from Africa to Oceania.The 50-page report by the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors is the first in an annual series that aims to provide analysis […]
- Black legend of Spanish conquest is ‘profoundly anti-Catholic,’ historian sayson 29. oktober 2024 at 13:00 in Americas
Painting by Dióscoro Puebla depicting the arrival of Christopher Columbus in America, on Oct. 12, 1492. / Credit: Dióscoro Puebla, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Puebla, Mexico, Oct 29, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). For renowned historian Jorge Traslosheros, who holds a doctorate in Latin American studies, the so-called “black legend” of the Spanish conquest of lands in the Americas arose “essentially and fundamentally as a profoundly anti-Catholic narrative.”Traslosheros, a professor […]
- Mexican Catholics gather in shopping center to pray rosary in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupeon 29. oktober 2024 at 12:00 in Americas
Image of the Virgin of Guadalupe at Andares Shopping Center, located in the city of Zapopan in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. / Credit: Courtesy of Andares Shopping Center Puebla, Mexico, Oct 29, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). A group of the faithful gathers every Wednesday of the year in front of an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe located in the garden area of the Andares Shopping Center in the city of Zapopan in Jalisco state, Mexico, to pray the rosary. The initiative began with the purpose of […]
- Seminary rector kidnapped during evening prayers at Nigerian minor seminaryon 29. oktober 2024 at 11:00 in Middle East - Africa
Father Thomas Oyode, the rector of the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary of Nigeria’s Diocese of Auchi, was abducted on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, when gunmen attacked the seminary located in Edo State in the country’s embattled central southern region. / Credit: Nigerian Catholics ACI Africa, Oct 29, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The rector of the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary of Nigeria’s Diocese of Auchi was abducted on Sunday, Oct. 27, when gunmen attacked the seminary located in Edo […]
- Nearly 60,000 join call for UK prime minister to safeguard right to pray silentlyon 29. oktober 2024 at 10:00 in US
Isabel Spruce-Vaughn was arrested twice for praying outside abortion clinics. / Credit:ADF UK Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 29, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). A petition calling for the U.K.’s prime minister to protect the right of British citizens to engage in silent prayer has garnered nearly 60,000 signatures following recent arrests of pro-life advocates outside of abortion clinics. The open letter urges Prime Minister Keir Starmer to refrain from naming silent prayer as a criminal offense. […]
- Pope Francis cuts salaries of Vatican cardinals againon 28. oktober 2024 at 22:40 in Vatican
Cardinals outside the Paul VI Hall. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 28, 2024 / 18:40 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has decided to cut the salaries of the cardinals working at the Vatican again, a measure that will take effect Nov. 1.According to the Italian ANSA news agency, layman Maximino Caballero Ledo, the prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, informed the cardinals of the Holy Father’s decision in a letter dated Oct. 18, almost a month after another letter from Pope […]
- Archbishop Broglio invites faithful to pray with Pope Francis’ encyclical on Sacred Hearton 28. oktober 2024 at 22:00 in US
The Sacred Heart is at the center of a rose window in Santa Ifigênia Church, São Paulo, Brazil. / Credit: Wilfredor/Wikimedia Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 28, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA). The president of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops (USCCB) has issued a statement inviting U.S. Catholics to pray with Pope Francis’ latest encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Holy Father’s fourth encyclical, Dilexit Nos (“He Loved Us”), issued on Oct. 24, calls for a renewed […]
- Court rules in favor of Jewish families regarding special education funding in Californiaon 28. oktober 2024 at 21:20 in US
null / Credit: RasyidArt/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2024 / 17:20 pm (CNA). The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously Monday in favor of a group of Jewish parents who argued that California is discriminating against religious parents and schools by excluding them from receiving funds from its special education programs.Becket, the public-interest law firm that represented the parents, said in a press release that the Oct. 28 ruling makes it clear that California cannot continue to […]
- Cardinal Renato Martino, longtime Vatican diplomat, dies at 91on 28. oktober 2024 at 20:45 in Vatican
Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, who served for 16 years as the top Vatican diplomat to the United Nations and headed up two key pontifical councils in Rome for several years, died Oct. 28, 2024, at age 91. / Credit: Ninocento at Italian Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2024 / 16:45 pm (CNA). Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, who served for 16 years as the top Vatican diplomat to the United Nations and headed up two key pontifical councils in Rome for several […]
- Storm leaves scores dead and widespread damage in the Philippineson 28. oktober 2024 at 20:05 in Asia - Pacific
An aerial view shows a long line of trucks stranded along a flooded highway caused by heavy rains brought about by Tropical Storm Trami in Nabua town, Camarines Sur province, South of Manila, Philippines, on Oct. 23, 2024. / Credit: CHARISM SAYAT/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2024 / 16:05 pm (CNA). Tropical Storm Trami (also known as Typhoon Kristine) moved over the Philippines in recent days leaving more than 150 people dead and entire communities ravaged by flooding and […]
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- Vatican publishes first report on Church safeguarding efforts worldwide
Pope Francis joines the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors in prayer at the Vatican on March 7, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 29, 2024 / 10:00 am (CNA). The Vatican issued its first annual report Tuesday assessing the Catholic Church’s policies and procedures to prevent abuse in dioceses worldwide from Africa to Oceania.The 50-page report by the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors is the first in an annual series that aims to provide analysis […]
- Pope Francis cuts salaries of Vatican cardinals again
Cardinals outside the Paul VI Hall. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 28, 2024 / 18:40 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has decided to cut the salaries of the cardinals working at the Vatican again, a measure that will take effect Nov. 1.According to the Italian ANSA news agency, layman Maximino Caballero Ledo, the prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, informed the cardinals of the Holy Father’s decision in a letter dated Oct. 18, almost a month after another letter from Pope […]
- Cardinal Renato Martino, longtime Vatican diplomat, dies at 91
Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, who served for 16 years as the top Vatican diplomat to the United Nations and headed up two key pontifical councils in Rome for several years, died Oct. 28, 2024, at age 91. / Credit: Ninocento at Italian Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2024 / 16:45 pm (CNA). Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, who served for 16 years as the top Vatican diplomat to the United Nations and headed up two key pontifical councils in Rome for several […]
- Pope Francis to open Holy Door in Roman prison on feast of St. Stephen for 2025 Jubilee
Pope Francis opens the Holy Door in L’Aquila, Italy. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 28, 2024 / 13:25 pm (CNA). Pope Francis will open a Holy Door in Rome’s Rebibbia prison on Dec. 26, the feast day of St. Stephen. It will be the second of five Holy Doors the Holy Father will open during the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope taking place from Dec. 24, 2024 — Christmas Eve — to Jan. 6, 2026, the feast of the Epiphany.The opening of the Holy Door in the Roman prison will be a “symbol […]
- Meet ‘Luce’: The Vatican’s cartoon mascot for Jubilee 2025
The official mascot for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year is named “Luce,” which is Italian for “light.” / Credit: Simone Legno/tokidoki/Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 28, 2024 / 12:55 pm (CNA). Ahead of the 2025 Jubilee, the Vatican has launched a cartoon mascot unveiled Monday as the cheerful face of the Catholic Church’s upcoming holy year.The mascot, named Luce — which means “light” in Italian — is intended to engage a younger audience and guide visitors through […]
- Why is St. Jude the patron saint of lost causes?
A candle of St. Jude. / Credit: Francesca Pollio/CNA CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Oct. 28, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Jude, also known as Thaddeus, one of Jesus’ 12 apostles. He is believed to have written the Letter of Jude, one of the shortest books of the Bible, and is thought to have been martyred in Beirut around 65 A.D. He is typically depicted with a club or axe, symbolizing the way he died, as well as with a flame above his head, which refers to […]
- Pope Francis in Angelus address mourns Catholic priest murdered in Mexico
Pope Francis delivers his Sunday Angelus message from a window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 27, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 27, 2024 / 11:40 am (CNA). In his Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Francis remembered Father Marcelo Pérez, a priest recently murdered in the violence-stricken region of Chiapas, Mexico.The pope called the slain priest “a zealous servant of the Gospel and God’s faithful people” and said he joined the local […]
- Live updates: Synod on Synodality concludes with Pope Francis forgoing apostolic exhortation
Pope Francis speaks at a Mass and canonization of 14 new saints in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Oct 27, 2024 / 09:10 am (CNA). On Sunday, Oct. 27, the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which began on Oct. 2 and focused on the theme “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission,” comes to a close.At Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis says that a synodal Church must be “on the move” […]
- In synod closing Mass, Pope Francis calls for ‘a Church that hears the cry of the world’
Pope Francis addresses bishops gathered in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican for the Synod on Synodality closing Mass on Oct. 27, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 27, 2024 / 08:55 am (CNA). Pope Francis closed the global Synod on Synodality’s final assembly on Sunday with a call for a Church that “hears the cry of the world” without being “blind” to the urgent issues facing our time.At the synod’s closing Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis said that a […]
- 10 questions (and answers) about the Synod on Synodality’s final document
Pope Francis gives a blessing to participants at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican, Oct. 26, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Oct 27, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). On Saturday, Pope Francis made the unprecedented decision to accept the final document from the Synod of Synodality as authoritative Church teaching. The 52-page text includes a theological reflection on the nature of synodality, which it says is the fulfillment of the reforms of Vatican II, as well as […]