Pope Francis has given King Charles III a relic of the True Cross of Jesus as a personal gift ahead of the King’s coronation this month.
The relic has been incorporated into the Cross of Wales, a new processional cross presented by the King as a centenary gift to the Church in Wales
Pope Francis has called for a ‘new revolution’ in today’s way of thinking human sexuality, by refocusing on its connection with the fundamental vocation of each person, which is the ‘gift of self’.
Tactile maps and illustrative panels in braille are planned to be installed in several churches in Rome, for which short videos translated into LIS (Italian Sign Language) will also be available.
The leader of the Irish Church has said more must be done on reconciliation in Northern Ireland and Church leaders must bring people together. In an interview with The Irish Times, the Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin spoke about growing up in Derry during the Troubles and the challenges for the Catholic Church around Republican funerals.
Robert F Kennedy Jr has become the fourth member of his family to run for the Democrat presidential nomination, launching his campaign in Boston to loud cheers from Democrats gathered.
As the UK government pushes controversial legislation banning the settlement of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales is calling on policymakers ‘to recognise migrants and refugees as people’.
The largest study of Catholic women in the Church’s history has found that the majority of women support significant reform within the Church. The study surveyed 17,200 women from 140 countries.
Women and girls are to be admitted to a choir at the Santa Maria de Montserrat monastery near Barcelona, home to the famous Escolania all-boys choir, for the first time in its 700-year history.
The World Values Survey (WVS), which began collecting data in the 1980s, has new data on Mass attendance for 36 countries with large Catholic populations. Which country has the highest Catholic Mass attendance?
Germany’s Catholic bishops and lay representatives have agreed to call for the Church to approve blessings of same-sex unions.