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April 26, 2022
CNA Staff

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

On the Church and Sexuality

January 31, 2022
Karl Gustel Wärnberg

Karl Gustel Warnberg examines the doctrinal implications of sexuality as German Bishops give their support to an initiative seeking to change Church teaching on it

EU ruling over abortion harms us all

November 25, 2021
The Catholic Herald

The birth of the Christ child is an occasion to reflect on other babies and on life in the womb that precedes birth. The most dispiriting development recently in respect of prenatal human life is the European Parliament’s vote last month, directed mainly at Poland, but having far wider implications. Andrew Tettenborn examines its implications

Catholic priest guillotined by Nazis is beatified in Poland

November 22, 2021
Luke Coppen CNA

A Catholic priest guillotined by the Nazis in 1942 was declared blessed on Saturday. Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, presided at the beatification of Fr. Jan Macha at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Katowice, southwest Poland, on Nov. 20. Preaching at the live-streamed Mass, the Italian cardinal said: “The witness

Monuments to a shared humanity

October 22, 2021
Robert Gray

Robert Gray reviews Europe’s 100 Best Cathedrals,  by Simon Jenkins

EU Parliament calls for legal action against Hungary over controversial LGBT law

July 08, 2021
Staff Reporter

The European Parliament on Thursday approved a resolution calling for legal action in response to a new law in Hungry banning the portrayal or promotion of homosexuality to minors under the age of 18. The new Hungarian legislation would affect the teaching of sex education in schools, by forbidding the use of materials seen as

Vatican Intervenes in Proposed ‘Anti-Homophobia’ Law in Italy

June 22, 2021
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Local media have called the Vatican’s action “unprecedented” in the history of the relationship between the two states.

Pope in face of demographic winter: without an improved birth rate, Italy has no future

May 14, 2021
Tommaso Pozzi

In his address for the opening of the General States of Birth, Pope Francis confronted the issue head on, noting that the Italy has long had the lowest birth rate in Europe. In 2020, Italy saw the fewest number of births since national unification in the 19th century. Although young people want to have children, the Pope said, “their dreams of life, buds of rebirth for the country, clash with a demographic winter that is still cold and dark: only half of young people believe they will be able to have two children in their lifetime.”

Spanish Bishops admit 220 cases of clerical sexual abuse since 2001

April 26, 2021
Tommaso Pozzi

The Nuncio to Spain says "no one can doubt the credibility of the Church in its statements and activities" with regard to clerical sexual abuse.

German cardinal takes further action in wake of independent abuse report

March 26, 2021
CNA Staff

Asked by reporters if he intended to resign, Woelki said: “To simply accept moral responsibility and go -- to protect the standing of the episcopate and the Church -- would be too easy and is, in my view, wrong.”

Cardinal Schönborn: Same-sex blessings “will not be denied”

March 26, 2021
Staff Reporter

A leading theologian and member of the CDF – not to mention the principal architect of John Paul II’s Catechism of the Catholic Church – Cardinal Schönborn was speaking to Vienna’s archdiocesan newspaper, Der Sonntag.

Pope Francis blesses Carlo Acutis statue for orphanage in Egypt

March 19, 2021
Courtney Mares/CNA

The pope received the family of Carlo Acutis in a private audience at the Apostolic Palace on March 18 after his general audience. Acutis’ parents, Andrea and Antonia, were present for the blessing of the statue of their recently beatified son, as were Carlo’s younger twin siblings, Francesca and Michele.

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