Author: Rose Miller

Pope Francis has published a note calling on local churches to accept and implement proposals from the final document of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality. 

More than two and a half years after the Russian invasion, the Church in Ukraine has lost more than half of the parishes in the occupied regions, says the new Greek Catholic bishop of the Donetsk exarchate. 

United States Catholic organisations have reiterated their ‘solidarity with immigrants’ and shared what the first 100 days of a second Trump administration may bring on immigration policy. 

London’s Westminster Cathedral will be featured on a Christmas stamp from Britain’s Royal Mail.

The leading church of the Diocese of Westminster is the only Catholic representative of a series of five stamps featuring cathedrals in the United Kingdom.

The Vatican has issued new rules to simplify papal funerals, reflecting Pope Francis’ years-long commitment to reducing papal pageantry.

While the exact breakdown of the Catholic vote in the 2024 United States election remains unclear, one expert notes exit polling data that is available suggests in future elections, white Catholics can be pencilled in as a significant GOP voting bloc.

Twenty-seven religious institutions have announced their decision to divest from fossil fuel companies, calling for an end to the fossil fuel era, and sent a clear and bold message to the leaders and negotiators gathered at COP29 in Baku last month.

As the Church’s 2025 Jubilee celebrations rapidly approach, much of the city of Rome remains a building site. Key monuments are hidden by scaffolding, while statues are covered with plastic sheeting as the city undergoes a facelift.

Pope Francis called for an investigation into accusations of genocide in Gaza, in a new book published in November. ‘According to some experts, what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a genocide,’ the Pope said in Hope Never Disappoints, a book for the 2025 Jubilee.

In the lead-up to the Irish election on 29 November, The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference reiterated its total rejection of legalised assisted suicide in restricted circumstances.