As Pope Francis prepares to visit Iraq this week, Davide Bernocchi, head of Catholic Relief Services in the country, explains why the apostolic journey to the war-torn country is so crucial. Bernocchi writes: “After decades ...
The German bishops' conference elected a woman as general secretary during a virtual assembly that turned into a crisis meeting focused on the church's handling of sex abuse. Beate Gilles, a 50-year-old theologian, became the first ...
The need for "deep, spiritual conversion of all members of the church stands out" as a key theme of the "instrumentum laboris," the working document for Australia's Plenary Council, due to begin in October, said ...
Used at the Easter vigil and at baptisms and funerals, the paschal candle symbolizes Christ who brings light and hope to a world lost in the darkness of sin and death. However, in an Italian prison ...
A priest related to Princes William and Harry took a major step closer to sainthood when Pope Francis declared him venerable. Like St. John Henry Newman, Passionist Father Ignatius Spencer is considered one of the towering ...
Pope Francis hopes to embark on the first-ever papal visit to the biblical land of Iraq in early March in a spiritual pilgrimage of sorts to the place known in Arabic as the "land of ...
The Council of European Bishops' Conferences announced the launch of a prayer network during Lent to pray for the victims of COVID-19 and for the families of those who died of the coronavirus. The council, known ...
Two days after the Iraqi government announced stringent COVID-19 precautions, including the closure of mosques and churches "until further notice," the prime minister met with the Vatican nuncio to discuss "the preparation for the scheduled ...
U.S. President Joe Biden ordered new sanctions against the military regime in Myanmar to prevent six generals from accessing $1 billion in Myanmar government funds in the United States. Biden said Feb. 10 the new sanctions ...
The largest Syriac Catholic congregation in the world is preparing physically and spiritually for Pope Francis' upcoming visit to Qaraqosh, Iraq. "Words can't describe how happy we are," Syriac Catholic Father Roni Momeka told Catholic News ...
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