Catholic World Report
Catholic World Report

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email (Weekly Newsletter)
  • RSS
  • Home
  • Columns
    • Chapp’s Schtick
    • Ecclesia et Civitas
    • God’s First
    • God’s Two Books
    • The Past Present
  • Features
    • Analysis
    • Books
    • Editorial
    • Essay
    • Film & Music
    • History
    • Interview
    • News
    • Opinion
    • Special Report
  • The Dispatch
  • Topics
    • Pope Francis
    • Politics
    • Culture
    • Books
    • Canon Law
    • All Topics
  • About CWR
  • Advertise
  • Donate
News Briefs
  • [ December 9, 2025 ] Pew study: Religion holds steady in America News Briefs
  • [ December 9, 2025 ] Pope says Trump Ukraine plan would weaken U.S. alliance with Europe News Briefs
  • [ December 9, 2025 ] Archbishop performs rite of reparation at Annunciation Catholic Church after shooting News Briefs
  • [ December 9, 2025 ] The pope urges ‘continued dialogue’ after receiving Zelenskyy in Castel Gandolfo News Briefs
  • [ December 9, 2025 ] Vatican reverses several parish closures in Diocese of Buffalo, advocates say News Briefs

Papal trips

No Picture
News Briefs

Pope Francis will not go to Paris for Notre Dame cathedral reopening

September 13, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

A picture taken on March 27, 2019, shows a scaffold during the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, in Paris. / Credit: LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images

Aboard the papal plane, Sep 13, 2024 / 14:28 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis definitively… […]

The Dispatch

Pope Francis’ Mass in East Timor draws 600,000 Catholics

September 10, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

Pope Francis during Mass at the Esplanade of Taci Tolu in Dili, Timor-Leste, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Dili, East Timor, Sep 10, 2024 / 13:21 pm (CNA).
An estimated 600,000 Catholics attended Pope Francis’ Mass on Tue… […]

No Picture
News Briefs

Pope Francis arrives in East Timor, Asia’s youngest and most Catholic country

September 9, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis arrives in East Timor on Sept. 9, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Dili, East Timor, Sep 9, 2024 / 11:06 am (CNA).
Upon his arrival in the Catholic island of East Timor on Monday, Pope Francis entrusted the new country to the Bles… […]

No Picture
News Briefs

Pope Francis celebrates Mass with 100,000 worshippers in Indonesia

September 5, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis celebrates a Papal Mass at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Vatican City, Sep 5, 2024 / 11:20 am (CNA).
More than 100,000 worshippers participated in Pope Francis’ celebra… […]

The Dispatch

In Muslim Indonesia, a Catholic monastery has become part of the community

September 1, 2024 Catholic News Agency 5

The Monastery of Gedono receives many guests, both Catholic and Muslim. The sisters have a guesthouse for priests, religious, and laypeople who come for a few days or a week of solitude and prayer. As many as 200 or 300 people attend Sunday Mass… […]

No Picture
News Briefs

Francis won’t be the first pope to visit Papua New Guinea: a look at John Paul II’s trips

September 1, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

St. John Paul II (1920-2005). / Credit: Itto Ogami via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

CNA Staff, Sep 1, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis will be visiting the country of Papua New Guinea from Sept. 6-9 as part of an 11-day, multi-country papal… […]

No Picture
News Briefs

3 Marian holy sites in the Muslim nation of Indonesia

August 11, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

The Tuan Ma statue is paraded around Larantuka City during the Semana Santa Holy Week celebrations on Flores Island. / Credit: Alfonso Giostanov, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Rome Newsroom, Aug 11, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Across the world… […]

No Picture
News Briefs

From castles to cathedrals: Pope Francis’ schedule for Luxembourg and Belgium trip

July 21, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Queen Mathilde of Belgium meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace with her husband, King Philippe of the Belgians, on Sept. 14, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, Jul 21, 2024 / 10:06 am (CNA).
Pope Francis will spend… […]

No Picture
News Briefs

Gun found in abandoned suitcase before papal visit to Trieste, Italy

July 12, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis travels between the conference center and Unità d’Italia Square in Trieste, Italy, with a golf cart during his pastoral visit to the northern Italian city on July 7, 2024. In Trieste, the pope addressed around 1,200 participants in … […]

No Picture
News Briefs

Indonesian island set to become an international Catholic pilgrim destination

June 30, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

The Tuan Ma statue is paraded around Larantuka City during the Semana Santa Holy Week celebrations on Indonesia’s Flores island. / Credit: Alfonso Giostanov/Creative Commons/Wikimedia

Rome Newsroom, Jun 30, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Flores, Indone… […]

Posts navigation

1 2 … 5 »

The Dispatch: More from CWR

  • Ven. Fulton Sheen on the double meaning of the most sacred words of the Mass

    Matthew Becklo December 9, 2025 4
  • Trump honors Mary’s ‘freedom from original sin’ in Immaculate Conception message

    Catholic News Agency December 8, 2025 30
  • 2025: The Year of Violent Absurdities

    Kenneth Craycraft December 8, 2025 13
  • Benedict XVI’s former secretary hopes the pope’s beatification process will open soon

    Catholic News Agency December 8, 2025 7

Follow CWR on Facebook

  • Pew study: Religion holds steady in America
  • Pope says Trump Ukraine plan would weaken U.S. alliance with Europe
  • Archbishop performs rite of reparation at Annunciation Catholic Church after shooting
  • The pope urges ‘continued dialogue’ after receiving Zelenskyy in Castel Gandolfo
  • Vatican reverses several parish closures in Diocese of Buffalo, advocates say
  • Boston-area pastor refuses to remove anti-ICE Nativity scene, seeks meeting with archbishop
  • Rights group criticizes Bishop Kukah over comments about genocide in Nigeria
abortion Americas Asia - Pacific Catholic Church Catholic News COVID-19 Eucharist Europe Jesus Christ Middle East - Africa Pope Francis pro-life prolife prolife2023 prolife2024 religious freedom Ukraine Ukraine War US Vatican Vatican news
  • Andrew Williams: the singularity is near! the sooner we escape this meat chassis, the better!
  • Thomas Ryder: Oh please. Trump goes out of his way to repel and destroy good people because anyone with any intelligence or…
  • Harry: Please!!! I love BXVI! But enough of the "spirit of Vat II" (note the lower case "s") led rush to…

Join Our Free Newsletter

Daily
Weekly


 
Search CWR
Follow Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email (Weekly Newsletter)
  • RSS
Recent Comments
  • Andrew Williams on The Artificial God
  • Thomas Ryder on Trump honors Mary’s ‘freedom from original sin’ in Immaculate Conception message
  • Harry on Benedict XVI’s former secretary hopes the pope’s beatification process will open soon
  • LJ on Trump honors Mary’s ‘freedom from original sin’ in Immaculate Conception message
  • David B on Vatican II at 60
Also on CWR
General

LGBT “Nones”

Anne Hendershott September 4, 2015 0

Last spring’s Pew Report on “America’s Changing Religious Landscape” has garnered widespread media attention, much of it to proclaim that Christianity is dying. The news wasn’t all bad for believers; for example, as Catholics in […]

  • Home
  • About / Contact
  • Free Newsletter
  • Advertising
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy Policy

© Catholic World Report

Our Spring Sale Has Started

You can see how this popup was set up in our step-by-step guide: https://wppopupmaker.com/guides/auto-opening-announcement-popups/

A FAITHFULLY CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVE

Sign up to receive a weekly email with news, analysis, and commentary from a voice you can trust!

* indicates required


Daily
Weekly