CNA Staff, Jan 5, 2021 / 11:30 am (CNA).- The Scottish Catholic bishops have protested the closing of churches as part of Scotland’s newest coronavirus lockdown.
Scotland’s government announced the latest closure Jan. 4. The month-long loc… […]
Rome Newsroom, Jan 5, 2021 / 08:35 am (CNA).- Iceland’s only Catholic bishop has called on the government to lift the country’s 10-person limit on Mass attendance, arguing that it is an “unfair discrepancy” within the current co… […]
Vatican City, Jan 5, 2021 / 05:10 am (CNA).- Pope Francis will not baptize babies in the Sistine Chapel this Sunday due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Holy See press office announced Jan. 5 that the newborns would be baptized instead in their home p… […]
Vatican City, Dec 31, 2020 / 10:20 am (CNA).- Pope Francis explained Thursday why the Catholic Church gives thanks to God at the close of a calendar year, even years that have been marked by tragedy, such as 2020’s coronavirus pandemic.
In a hom… […]
Vatican City, Dec 17, 2020 / 07:30 am (CNA).- Hundreds of millions of children have been “left behind” as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis said Wednesday.
In a video message released Dec. 16, the pope said that 2020 had w… […]
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… […]
With the Christmas season and celebrations in view, Catholics around the world are re-adjusting their spiritual lives to the changing times and prevailing circumstances in attending masses and other liturgical functions of the Advent Season. […]
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… […]
CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2020 / 01:45 am (CNA).- Pope Francis made a surprise visit Tuesday morning to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in Rome’s Piazza di Spagna.
The Holy See press office said Dec. 8 that the pope had made a private visit to t… […]
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