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  • When will Bl. Charles de Foucauld be canonized?
    on October 21, 2021 at 12:05 pm

    A statue of Bl. Charles de Foucauld in Strasbourg, France. / PhotoFires/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Oct 21, 2021 / 06:05 am (CNA). A canonization Mass is a global event, drawing thousands of people to the Vatican — the heart of the Catholic Church — to celebrate the pope’s declaration that a […]

  • Poland commemorates anniversary of Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko’s martyrdom
    on October 20, 2021 at 7:00 pm

    A Mass in honor of Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 19. 2021. / Muzeum, Ośrodka Dokumentacji Życia i Kultu oraz Sanktuarium, Błogosławionego Ks. Jerzego Popiełuszki. Warsaw, Poland, Oct 20, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Catholics in Poland have […]

  • Rector Fr. Peter Harman to end term at North American College seminary in Rome
    on October 20, 2021 at 5:57 pm

    Pope Francis’ with Fr. Peter Harman, rector of the Pontifical North American College, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Sept. 29, 2021. / Pablo Esparza/CNA. Rome, Italy, Oct 20, 2021 / 11:57 am (CNA). Fr. Peter Harman will end his term as rector of the Pontifical North American College, a […]

  • Catholic leader says his archdiocese won’t take part in global synodal process, citing...
    on October 20, 2021 at 3:00 pm

    Archbishop Wolfgang Haas of Vaduz, Liechtenstein. / Monegasque2 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Vaduz, Liechtenstein, Oct 20, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA). A Catholic leader has said that his archdiocese won’t take part in the two-year global synodal process, saying that it would run “the risk of […]

  • Godfather ban: Sicilian Catholic diocese suspends naming of godparents at baptism for 3 years
    on October 20, 2021 at 12:10 pm

    Baptism. / Josh Applegate via Unsplash.com. Rome Newsroom, Oct 20, 2021 / 06:10 am (CNA). There will be no godfathers named in the Sicilian archdiocese of Catania for the next three years due to a decree issued by the archbishop that came into full effect this month.Archbishop Salvatore Gristina […]

  • Assisted suicide counseling via Zoom an even worse idea, foes tell Scottish lawmakers
    on October 20, 2021 at 12:00 am

    Video_Creative / Shutterstock. Edinburgh, Scotland, Oct 19, 2021 / 18:00 pm (CNA). Videophone evaluations are no way to assess someone for assisted suicide, critics have said, also warning that cost-based analyses which claim legal assisted suicide saves money show “callous […]

  • Nun released nearly five years after kidnapping in Mali thanks God
    on October 19, 2021 at 10:39 pm

    Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez / CEC Rome, Italy, Oct 19, 2021 / 16:39 pm (CNA). Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti, a missionary who was abducted in Mali in February 2017 and held for nearly five years, posted Sunday on Twitter thanking God and all those who made possible her liberation.In her […]

  • Spanish prime minister pledges to outlaw prostitution
    on October 19, 2021 at 9:01 pm

    Pedro Sánchez, prime minister of Spain, speaks at a press conference in Madrid, April 13, 2021. / La Moncloa - Gobierno de España via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Madrid, Spain, Oct 19, 2021 / 15:01 pm (CNA). Spain’s prime minister has vowed to end the practice of prostitution in the country, […]

  • ‘I hope that I can join them soon’: Benedict XVI sends condolence message after friend’s death
    on October 19, 2021 at 3:00 pm

    Benedict XVI. / Giulio Napolitano via Shutterstock. Wilhering, Austria, Oct 19, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA). Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has said that he looks forward to joining his friends in heaven in a condolence message following the death of a Cistercian priest. In a letter dated Oct. 2 and […]

  • Sir David Amess death: Catholic bishop calls for last rites to be recognized as ‘emergency...
    on October 19, 2021 at 11:55 am

    Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury, England, pictured on April 4, 2012 / Mazur/catholicchurch.org.uk. Shrewsbury, England, Oct 19, 2021 / 05:55 am (CNA). A Catholic bishop called on Tuesday for greater recognition of the last rites as an “emergency service” in the wake of the killing of British […]