Rome Newsroom, Dec 14, 2020 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- A papal envoy traveled to Armenia last week to speak with civil and Christian leaders in the aftermath of the country’s 44-day war with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Archbish… […]
Rome Newsroom, Dec 14, 2020 / 12:55 pm (CNA).- Catholic bishops in northeast Italy have said that the risk of illness amid the ongoing pandemic constitutes a “grave necessity” permitting priests to confer the Sacrament of Reconciliation und… […]
CNA Staff, Dec 14, 2020 / 10:30 am (CNA).- An Austrian Catholic archbishop expressed dismay after the country’s top court ruled that assisted suicide should no longer be a criminal offense.
In a Dec. 11 statement, Archbishop Franz Lackner said t… […]
CNA Staff, Dec 14, 2020 / 06:30 am (CNA).- The Dayton Agreement, signed in Paris 25 years ago today, ended the Bosnian War but failed to create “a stable and just peace,” the Catholic bishops of Bosnia and Herzegovina have said.
Speaking a… […]
Rome Newsroom, Dec 11, 2020 / 02:00 pm (CNA).- A Vatican diplomat has called for a coordinated rollout of COVID-19 vaccines which ensures that the poor are not left behind.
Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, permanent representative of the Holy See to the Unit… […]
CNA Staff, Dec 11, 2020 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- The number of people attending Sunday Mass in Poland fell by 1.3% in 2019 compared to the previous year, according to new figures released Thursday.
The Polish bishops’ conference announced Dec. 10 that… […]
CNA Staff, Dec 11, 2020 / 09:00 am (CNA).- A German cardinal announced Friday that he would ask Pope Francis to review his handling of a clerical abuse case.
Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne said Dec. 11 that he would seek the pope’s… […]
Rome Newsroom, Dec 11, 2020 / 08:00 am (CNA).- The Catholic bishops of Spain called Friday for a day of fasting and prayer ahead of the expected approval of a bill to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide in the country.
In a Dec. 11 message, the S… […]
Rome Newsroom, Dec 11, 2020 / 04:00 am (CNA).- The government of Belgium has agreed to ease restrictions on Mass celebrated with the public beginning Dec. 13, permitting a maximum of 15 people to participate in the liturgy.
The bishops’ conferen… […]
Rome Newsroom, Dec 10, 2020 / 02:00 pm (CNA).- On the vigil of the Dec. 10 feast of Our Lady of Loreto, uniformed air force pilots wearing face masks carried a large wooden statue of the Virgin Mary in an outdoor procession in Loreto, illumin… […]
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