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Leader of Order of Malta dies after sudden illness
June 09, 2022
The Order of Malta has announced the death of Fra’ Marco Luzzago, who had led the 1,000-year-old institution since 2020. The order said that the 71-year-old died after a “sudden illness” at Villa Ciccolini in the Italian province of Macerata. The Italian medical doctor, who was related to Pope St Paul VI, was elected as
Pope congratulates Queen Elizabeth II on 70th anniversary of her reign
June 02, 2022
Pope Francis sent a congratulatory message to Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday coinciding with the United Kingdom’s joyous celebration of the 70th anniversary of her reign. “On this joyful occasion of your Majesty’s birthday, and as you celebrate this Platinum Jubilee year, I send cordial greetings and good wishes, together with the renewed assurance of
Holy Communion given to Muslim and Protestant politicians at Mass celebrated by German bishops
June 01, 2022
A Muslim politician and at least one Protestant politician have received Communion at Masses celebrated by bishops during a multi-day Catholic event in Germany. The same event, held on May 25-29, reportedly barred organisers of the German March for Life from holding a stall. Muhterem Aras, a Turkish-born Muslim and prominent state parliamentarian of Germany’s
Pope Francis gives red hat to Archbishop Arthur Roche
May 29, 2022
Pope Francis said on Sunday that he will create 21 new cardinals, including Arthur Roche, the former Bishop of Leeds, at a consistory on Aug. 27. The 85-year-old pope made the announcement from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square after reciting the Regina Coeli prayer on May 29. This is the full list: Arthur Roche,
Bishop of Portsmouth urges Jersey Catholics to fight against euthanasia proposals
May 24, 2022
The Catholic bishop overseeing the island of Jersey has called on clergy and parishioners to “speak out” and mobilise against proposals to legalize assisted suicide there. Jersey, located in the English Channel near the French coast, is under the purview of the Diocese of Portsmouth. Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth has spoken out repeatedly in
Cardinal Zen arrested by China for alleged ‘collusion with foreign forces’
May 11, 2022
Cardinal Joseph Zen has been arrested by the authorities in Hong Kong, according to local media reports. The 90-year-old former Catholic bishop of Hong Kong was reportedly detained on May 11 in his role as a trustee of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which helped pro-democracy protesters to pay their legal fees. The Standard newspaper
U.S. Catholic churches attacked following Roe vs Wade court leak
May 10, 2022
Criminal acts targeting Catholic churches and pro-life advocates were reported after a weekend marked by unrest in multiple locations in the U.S. tied to anger over a possible Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. In one of the latest incidents, the pastor a Catholic church in Katy, Texas, reported on May 9 that its
Cardinal Becciu: Pope paid kidnap ransom to free missionary
May 06, 2022
At the Vatican’s finance trial, Cardinal Angelo Becciu said that Pope Francis had allowed spending up to 1 million euros ($1.05 million) toward the liberation of a missionary abducted in Mali. Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti (pictured with the Holy Father after her release) was kidnapped in February 2017 and held until Oct. 9, 2021.
U.S. Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade abortion ruling
May 03, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide, according to draft opinion cited in a news report released Monday evening. “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. writes in the purported 98-page draft document, obtained by Politico,
Pope names new Archbishop of Paris
April 26, 2022
Pope Francis has named Archbishop Laurent Ulrich as the new Catholic archbishop of Paris. Ulrich, the archbishop of Lille, northern France, succeeds Archbishop Michel Aupetit, who resigned in December. The new Paris archbishop was born in 1951 and ordained a priest of the diocese of Dijon, eastern France, in 1979. He was appointed archbishop of
Priest stabbed repeatedly at church in France
April 25, 2022
A 72-year-old religious sister has been praised for her “extraordinary courage” after she sought to disarm a man stabbing a priest at a Catholic church in Nice, southeastern France. Sister Marie-Claude reportedly intervened after a 31-year-old man entered the Saint-Pierre d’Arene church before Sunday Mass on April 24 and repeatedly stabbed Father Krzysztof Rudziński. She
Pope Francis shares ‘apprehension’ over German synodal path, says senior Vatican cardinal
April 20, 2022
A top cardinal at the Vatican has confirmed Pope Francis’ apprehension about Germany’s “Synodal Path,” Cardinal Kurt Koch  said that critics have raised “legitimate concerns” about the controversial re-assessment of Church teaching on sexual morality and other critical issues. “I very much hope that the German bishops will not simply defend themselves but really enter
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