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aTelevision station rediscovers lost interview with priest who developed Big Bang theory
By Catholic News Agency 1 February 2023
Father Georges Lemaitre. / Credit: VRT/YouTube CNA Newsroom, Feb 1, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA). A Belgian television station has rediscovered a 20-minute video in…
New report details abuses of L’Arche founder
By Catholic News Agency 1 February 2023
Jean Vanier at a Templeton Prize press conference in London March 11, 2015. / Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images CNA Newsroom, Feb 1, 2023 /…
Spanish bishop: Reference to UN’s Agenda 2030 on World Youth Day website was ‘a mistake’
By Catholic News Agency 31 January 2023
Logos of WYD Lisbon 2023 and the 2030 Agenda. / Credit; WYD and U.N. CNA Newsroom, Jan 31, 2023 / 15:11 pm (CNA). The bishop…
The little-known story of when the Masons tried to kill Don Bosco
By Catholic News Agency 31 January 2023
St. John Bosco. / Credit: Public Domain CNA Newsroom, Jan 31, 2023 / 14:25 pm (CNA). History notes how much the Freemasons hated St. John…
Spanish bishops lament low participation in Synod on Synodality, especially by young people
By Catholic News Agency 31 January 2023
Materials from the Synodal Final Assembly in Spain. / Credit: Spanish Episcopal Conference CNA Newsroom, Jan 31, 2023 / 11:30 am (CNA). The Spanish bishops…
German bishops’ president rebukes Pope Francis for criticism of Synodal Way
By Catholic News Agency 30 January 2023
Bishop Georg Bätzing, chairman of the German bishops’ conference, meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican, June 24, 2021. / Vatican Media. CNA Newsroom, Jan…
Nuncio in Spain explains the Holy See’s position on the UN’s Agenda 2030
By Catholic News Agency 30 January 2023
The apostolic nuncio in Spain, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, together with the Grand Chancellor of the Abat Oliba CEU University, Alfonso Bullón de Mendoza. / Credit:…
Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas unveiled at 700th anniversary of his canonization
By Catholic News Agency 29 January 2023
null / null Denver, Colo., Jan 28, 2023 / 05:00 am (CNA). The skull of St. Thomas Aquinas has arrived at the Dominican Convent of Toulouse,…
Sacristan killed, priest wounded in terrorist attacks in Spain; bishops condemn violence
By Catholic News Agency 29 January 2023
null / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Jan 26, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA). A sacristan was killed and a priest wounded during a suspected terrorist…
Spanish priest calls out Father James Martin for his ‘poisoned doctrine’ on homosexuality
By Catholic News Agency 29 January 2023
Father James Martin, SJ. / Credit: Flickr by Shawn (CC BY-NC 2.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 24, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Father Francisco José…
German bishop dismisses Vatican concerns over a permanent synodal council
By Catholic News Agency 29 January 2023
Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference in St. Peter’s Square, June 27, 2020. / Deutsche Bischofskonferenz/Matthias Kopp. CNA Newsroom, Jan 23, 2023…
Second bystander ensnared by English ban on prayer outside abortion clinics
By Catholic News Agency 29 January 2023
Adam Smith-Connor was fined for “praying for [his] son, who is deceased” near an abortion facility in Bournemouth, England. / ADF UK Denver, Colo., Jan…
Blood-stained shirt of beatified judge killed by Mafia displayed in Rome
By Catholic News Agency 29 January 2023
The faithful venerate a relic of Blessed Rosario Livatino at the Church of San Salvatore in Lauro, Italy, Jan. 20, 2023. / Daniel Ibañez/CNA Rome…
Meet the ‘Benedict Bears’: Cuddly companions commemorate the late pope emeritus
By Catholic News Agency 29 January 2023
The cuddly bear commemorating the late Pope Benedict XVI, created by the Coburg, Bavaria, company Hermann Teddy Fabrik in Germany. / Credit: www.teddy-fabrik.de CNA Newsroom,…
Cardinal praises exemplary life of beatified Italian judge murdered by the Mafia
By Catholic News Agency 29 January 2023
Blessed Rosario Livatino. / Credit: Episcopal Conference of Sicily CNA Newsroom, Jan 19, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA). Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin…
Church of England won’t recognize gay marriage but will allow certain ceremonies
By Catholic News Agency 29 January 2023
The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, gives a reading during the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on Sept.19, 2022, in London.…
In new book, the late Benedict XVI defends Christianity against claims of intolerance
By Catholic News Agency 29 January 2023
Pope Benedict XVI / Paul Badde/EWTN CNA Newsroom, Jan 19, 2023 / 08:40 am (CNA). Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has posthumously defended Christianity against claims…
Report: Christian persecution at its highest point in 30 years
By Catholic News Agency 29 January 2023
null / Tudoran Andrei/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Jan 18, 2023 / 13:05 pm (CNA). The persecution of Christians is at its highest point in three decades,…
Italian Psychoanalytic Society expresses ‘great concern’ over use of puberty blockers
By Catholic News Agency 29 January 2023
null / Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Jan 18, 2023 / 11:30 am (CNA). The Italian Psychoanalytic Society (SPI) has sent a letter to Prime Minister Giorgia…
Scottish bishops: ‘Conversion therapy’ ban would criminalize Christian pastoral care
By Catholic News Agency 29 January 2023
null / Shutterstock Denver, Colo., Jan 17, 2023 / 16:23 pm (CNA). The Catholic bishops of Scotland have warned that a proposal to ban what…
Thousands attend funeral of modern-day St. Francis in Italy
By Catholic News Agency 29 January 2023
Biagio Conte, a lay missionary based in Palermo, is seen doing a pilgrimage in a almost deserted street on March 20, 2020, in Palermo, Italy.…