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French Catholic bishops announce ‘vast program of renewal’ after abuse report

November 09, 2021

Rome Newsroom, Nov 8, 2021 / 08:00 am Catholic bishops in France announced Monday that they have agreed to “a vast program of renewal” of governance practices in response to a landmark report on clerical sex abuse. Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, president of the French bishops’ conference, said Nov. 8 that the bishops had decided

Pope Francis asks Catholics to pray in November for people suffering depression

November 04, 2021

Vatican City, Nov 3, 2021 / 09:00 am Pope Francis has asked Catholics around the world to pray in November for people suffering from depression or burnout, that they might find the support they need. He made the appeal in his November prayer intention, shared with an accompanying video on Nov. 3. “We pray that

Vatican to open contemporary art gallery in historic papal library

November 04, 2021

Vatican City, Nov 3, 2021 / 14:00 pm The Vatican’s historic library has created a new space for hosting temporary art exhibitions. Pope Francis will inaugurate the gallery and visit its first exhibit on Nov. 5. The Vatican’s librarian Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça said in a Nov. 3 press release: “The Vatican Apostolic Library

Four martyrs of Spanish Civil War beatified

November 01, 2021

Tortosa, Spain, Oct 31, 2021 / 08:00 am A Vatican cardinal beatified four martyrs of the Spanish Civil War on Saturday. Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, declared Francesco Cástor Sojo López and three companions blessed at a Mass on Oct. 30 in Tortosa Cathedral, Catalonia. In his homily, Semeraro

Cardinal Burke: Bishops have ‘sacred duty’ to apply canon law to pro-abortion Catholic politicians

October 29, 2021

Rome Newsroom, Oct 29, 2021 / 04:25 am On the eve of President Joe Biden’s meeting with Pope Francis, a U.S. cardinal said that Catholic bishops have a “sacred duty” to apply canon law by advising pro-abortion politicians not to receive Holy Communion. In a 2,800-word statement issued on Oct. 28, Cardinal Raymond Burke recalled his efforts

Catholics can get an indulgence for the dead by praying at a cemetery any day this November

October 29, 2021

Vatican City, Oct 28, 2021 / 07:12 am This year, the Vatican has decided once again to grant a plenary indulgence to Catholics who visit a cemetery to pray for the dead on any day in the month of November. In a typical year, the Church only grants this plenary indulgence for the souls in

Bishop: Discrimination law could force Guernsey’s Catholic schools to close

October 29, 2021

Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, Oct 28, 2021 / 12:00 pm An English bishop has said that a proposed anti-discrimination law could force an island’s Catholic schools to close. In a letter dated Oct. 23, Bishop Philip Egan said that the new policy “puts all Catholic schools in Guernsey under threat.” The island in the English Channel, which

Italian Senate blocks controversial ‘anti-homophobia’ bill

October 28, 2021

The Vatican Secretariat of State has raised concerns about the bill