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The week's reporting from across the Catholic world — what happened, who said what, and what it means.
GMC drops restrictions against Catholic doctor who helped women to 'reverse abortions'
the general medical council has dramatically lifted restrictions on a catholic doctor banned from helping women “reverse abortions” after th...
Simon Caldwell
Russian bomb strikes Catholic headquarters in Ukrainian city of Kharkiv
a bomb has struck the headquarters of a catholic diocese on tuesday in the besieged ukrainian city of kharkiv. forty people were sheltering ...
CNA Staff
Ukraine: "This is outrageous. It is outrageous before Almighty God, it is outrageous before the world."
the lord god says this: ‘my plans for you are for peace, not for disaster; to give you a future, a future filled with hope.’ ‘my plans for y...
Archbishop John Wilson
Expanding the Orthodox empire
in 2016, i happened to be in karyes, capital of the monastic republic of mount athos, when vladimir putin swept into the small hilltop in a ...
Mark Jenkins
Italian court blocks referendum on assisted suicide because of risk to 'weak and vulnerable'
italy’s constitutional court has blocked a referendum to decriminalise physician-assisted suicide in the country, citing inadequate legal pr...
Hannah Brockhaus
More than 800 anti-Christian incidents reported in France in last year
more than 800 anti-christian incidents were reported in france in 2021. the provisional figures were announced on feb. 10 as part of an ongo...
CNA Staff
Assisted suicide and euthanasia can never be a substitute for good palliative care, says Pope Francis
dying patients need palliative care and not euthanasia or assisted suicide, pope francis has said. at his general audience in the vatican’s ...
CNA Staff
Pope Emeritus Benedict apologises to abuse victims while advisers defend his handling of cases
pope emeritus benedict xvi personally requested forgiveness from abuse survivors in a letter responding to a report that faulted his handlin...
CNA Staff
Cardinal Hollerich: Church teaching on gay sex is 'false' and can be changed
catholic teaching on the morality of homosexual sexual acts is “false” and could be changed, a senior cardinal has said. the traditional bel...
Simon Caldwell
Sainthood cause opens for Pakistani security guard who sacrificed his life to stop suicide bomber
when a suicide bomber attempted to enter a catholic church in pakistan in 2015, a 20-year-old volunteer security guard blocked him. “i will ...
Katie Yoder
Donations to Peter's Pence papal charities slump by 15 per cent in a year
donations to peter’s pence fell by around 15 per cent in 2021, the vatican has announced. in an interview with vatican news, father juan a. ...
CNA Staff
The Pope's New Normal
it was, apropos nothing, as we walked to his school together the other day, that my son looked up at me and said: “by the way, the pope play...
Nick Thomas
Legal Notebook
in december, an ex-police officer called harry miller won a legal challenge against a national policy permitting forces to record gender-cri...
Sir Stephen Stewart
Syon: an English Eden
when the brigittine nuns and priests of syon abbey received their copies of the orcharde of syon in 1519, their world on the bank of the riv...
Jane Whitaker
Pope Emeritus Benedict sets record straight over disputed meeting about abusive priest
pope emeritus benedict xvi has apologized for mistakenly saying that he did not attend a disputed meeting in 1980 while serving as archbisho...
CNA Staff
Report falsely accuses Croat Catholic champion of persecuted Christians of 'Islamophobia'
a catholic politician has objected to her inclusion in a report on islamophobia in europe, saying that it is based on “false accusations.” m...
CNA Staff
Emeritus Pope Benedict prays for abuse victims in wake of shock report
archbishop georg gänswein said pope emeritus benedict xvi is praying for abuse victims in the wake of a report on the handling of abuse case...
CNA Staff
German report accuses Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI of mishandling four clerical abuse cases
a long-awaited report on the handling of abuse cases in germany’s archdiocese of munich and freising has criticised pope emeritus benedict x...
CNA Staff
German bishop protests snub at complaint about gender-neutral language in synodal documents
a catholic bishop has criticised leaders of germany’s “synodal way” for delaying a debate on gender-neutral language. in a jan. 7 open lette...
CNA Staff
Pope Francis decries 'cancel culture' in annual address to diplomats
pope francis has lamented “cancel culture” in his address to diplomats at the vatican. delivering his annual “state of the world” address on...
CNA Staff
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