Vatican City, Jan 12, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).- The Vatican gave guidance Tuesday about how priests can distribute ashes on Ash Wednesday amid the coronavirus pandemic.The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments published a n… […]
CNA Staff, Jan 12, 2021 / 08:05 am (CNA).- Catholic bishops urged the U.K. on Tuesday to give up its nuclear arsenal.
In a Jan. 11 statement, three bishops also called on world leaders to back the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, whi… […]
Rome Newsroom, Jan 12, 2021 / 06:05 am (CNA).- The former head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office said on Sunday that today’s media environment is undermining theological truths that are the foundation of Church unity.
“In the era of … […]
Vatican City, Jan 12, 2021 / 04:45 am (CNA).- Pope Francis said on Tuesday that the coronavirus pandemic had “exposed inefficiencies in the care of the sick.”
In his message for the 29th World Day of the Sick, released on Jan. 12, he … […]
Vatican City, Jan 12, 2021 / 03:30 am (CNA).- Pope emeritus Benedict XVI will receive the coronavirus vaccine as soon as it is available, his personal secretary said Tuesday.
Archbishop Georg Gänswein told CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language… […]
CNA Staff, Jan 12, 2021 / 01:27 am (CNA).- As the United States approaches 48 years of legalized abortion nationwide, the Catholic bishops of New Jersey are asking Catholics to join in a day of fasting and prayer to support a culture of life.“As we mar… […]
Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J., founder and editor of Ignatius Press—as well as co-founder and publisher of Catholic World Report—celebrated his 80th birthday on January 10th. The following biographical sketch and video tribute were created by […]
Washington D.C., Jan 11, 2021 / 07:01 pm (CNA).- The Supreme Court has given the governor of Nevada eight days to file a response to a church which argued that the state’s COVID-19 protocol was discriminatory against houses of worship.
In an ord… […]
Over the past half-decade or so, blogs – which along with discussion boards of various types, had long provided the main venues for conversation and expression on the Internet – have been thoroughly usurped by […]
CNA Staff, Jan 11, 2021 / 05:27 pm (CNA).- The kidnappings of Catholic priests and others in Nigeria must end, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja said this week.He spoke during his visit to a church whose priest was abducted and released just weeks b… […]
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