Three Catholic bishops in Switzerland have issued a reminder that only ordained presbyters can preside at the Eucharist, following a laywoman’s ‘concelebration’ at a retirement Mass. The Catholic bishops of the three German-speaking dioceses in Switzerland – Basel, Chur and Sankt Gallen – have published a letter calling for compliance with liturgical rules regarding the […]
At least 12 priests and five religious sisters were murdered during 2022 while carrying out their mission. According to information collected by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Nigeria was the country with the highest number of victims, with four priests killed. Three priests were brutally murdered in Mexico by members of drug cartels […]
The Pool of Siloam, the site in Jerusalem where the Gospels say Jesus healed a man born blind, will be soon open to the public. The Israel Antiquities Authority, the Israel National Parks Authority and the City of David Foundation has announced that excavations first begun in the 19th century will be relaunched at the […]
A 39-year-old Spaniard known as the ‘skateboard hero’ for his acts of valour during the 2017 London Bridge attack is on the path to sainthood.
Catholics ‘must act’ for racial justice, starting with personal conversion, to honour Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s struggle and eliminate racial injustices in society, says the president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
In his statement, Archbishop Timothy P Broglio immediately referred to the call to action from Servant of God Sr Thea Bowman, one of six Black Catholic women and men proposed for sainthood.
It has been reported that Cardinal George Pell was the author of an anonymous memo that branded Pope Francis’ pontificate a catastrophe. Last year, respected Italian journalist Sandro Magister published an anonymous memo circulating in the Vatican condemning Pope Francis’ papacy as a ‘disaster’ and a ‘catastrophe’. Magister disclosed on his widely read blog Settimo […]
Pope Francis has condemned the criminalisation of homosexuality and backed the repeal of such legislation in countries where it exists, saying the Catholic Church must work towards an end to what he described as ‘unjust’ laws. ‘Being homosexual is not a crime,’ he said in an interview with Vatican Media. ‘Yes, but it’s a sin…First […]
Four international aid groups have halted their operations in Afghanistan following the governing Taliban’s December decree to ban women from working in national and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The United Nations said the move violated fundamental rights and is negotiating to reverse the decree. After the ban, the International Rescue Committee, Save the Children, the […]
Europe’s Catholic bishops warn against training workers solely through the lens of employability, without fostering the integral development of the person. The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) has proposed a programme for educating, training and reskilling of the workforce to foster the integral development of the person, rather than just […]
Cardinal George Pell, who died in Rome in January of a cardiac arrest following hip surgery, has been remembered as ‘a man of God and a man of the Church’ during his funeral Mass at St Peter’s Basilica. The death of Cardinal Pell was a shock because just five days earlier he had concelebrated the […]