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  • Vatican unveils official image of 2022 World Meeting of Families
    on July 28, 2021 at 7:00 pm

    Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik, S.J., with the official image of the 10th World Meeting of Families in Rome. / Screenshot from Diocesi di Roma YouTube channel. Rome, Italy, Jul 28, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA). The Vatican unveiled Thursday the official image of the 2022 World Meeting of Families in Rome.The […]

  • Irish Jesuits apologize for ‘shameful’ mishandling of abuse case
    on July 28, 2021 at 4:07 pm

    Belvedere College, Dublin / Pjposullivan via Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0) Denver Newsroom, Jul 28, 2021 / 10:07 am (CNA). Following the leak of the Irish Jesuits’ draft inquiry into sexual abuse committed by a deceased member, the order on Monday acknowledged its “shameful” mishandling of the […]

  • Catholic bishops: New N Ireland abortion intervention is ‘gravely disquieting’
    on July 28, 2021 at 12:35 pm

    Ray Dumas via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0). Belfast, Northern Ireland, Jul 28, 2021 / 06:35 am (CNA). Catholic bishops said on Tuesday that the British government’s direction to make abortion services available in Northern Ireland by March 2022 is “gravely disquieting.”In a statement issued on July […]

  • Fire engulfs 163-year-old Catholic church in Scotland
    on July 28, 2021 at 10:05 am

    St. Simon’s, Partick, in Glasgow, Scotland. / Lirazelf via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). Glasgow, Scotland, Jul 28, 2021 / 04:05 am (CNA). More than 30 firefighters tackled a devastating fire at a Catholic church in Glasgow, Scotland, in the early hours of Wednesday. One person was rescued after the […]

  • Catholic priest attacked with glass bottle while praying at cathedral in Scotland
    on July 27, 2021 at 6:00 pm

    St. Mary’s Catholic Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland. / Gastao at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). Edinburgh, Scotland, Jul 27, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA). A Catholic priest escaped without injury on Monday after he was attacked by a man wielding a glass bottle as he prayed at a cathedral in […]

  • Dutch Catholic bishop: Traditionis custodes appears to be a ‘declaration of war’
    on July 27, 2021 at 12:00 pm

    Bishop Rob Mutsaerts, auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch, in the Netherlands. / Danny Gerrits - wikiportret.nl via Wikimedia (CC-BY-SA 4.0). ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, Jul 27, 2021 / 06:00 am (CNA). A Dutch Catholic bishop has launched a strongly worded attack on Pope […]

  • Cardinal Marx won’t rule out offering resignation for a 2nd time
    on July 27, 2021 at 10:30 am

    Cardinal Reinhard Marx. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Munich, Germany, Jul 27, 2021 / 04:30 am (CNA). Cardinal Reinhard Marx has said that he cannot rule out asking Pope Francis to accept his resignation for a second time. The Catholic archbishop of Munich and Freising discussed the possibility of a […]

  • The Vatican finance trial begins today. Here’s what you need to know
    on July 27, 2021 at 7:55 am

    Cupola of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City / CNA Vatican City, Jul 27, 2021 / 01:55 am (CNA). On Tuesday, the Vatican court is holding the first hearing in a trial against 10 people charged with committing financial crimes against the Holy See.The Vatican finance trial is unprecedented in modern […]

  • Fr. Jacques Hamel: Catholic priest honored 5 years after he was killed at Mass in terrorist attack
    on July 26, 2021 at 3:00 pm

    Fr. Jacques Hamel. / Diocese of Rouen via Wikipedia. Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, France, Jul 26, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA). Catholic Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen celebrated a Mass on Monday marking the fifth anniversary of the murder of Fr. Jacques Hamel in a terrorist attack.The Mass took […]

  • Benedict XVI laments lack of faith within Church institutions in Germany
    on July 26, 2021 at 12:30 pm

    Pope Benedict XVI on Aug. 28, 2010. / L'Osservatore Romano. Freiburg, Jul 26, 2021 / 06:30 am (CNA). Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has expressed concern about the lack of faith within Church institutions in Germany.The retired pope made the comments in a written conversation in the August issue of […]