Archive for March 29, 2022

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi and Cardinal Augusto Paolo Lojudice.?w=200&h=150

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Who will be the next leader of Italy’s Catholic bishops’ conference?

The choice will ultimately be made by Pope Francis. Read more

Father Leo Raphael Ozigi, who was kidnapped in Nigeria’s Minna diocese on March 27, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Catholic priest abducted after Sunday Mass in Nigeria

‘May the Holy Spirit secure the release of our brother ... from the hands of the bandits,’ said Father Emeka... Read more

Cardinal George Pell celebrates the Mass in memory of Mother Angelica at Rome’s Church of Santo Spirito in Sassia, March 27, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

‘Mother Angelica moved mountains’: Full text of Cardinal Pell’s homily at Mass honoring EWTN’s foundress

Cardinal George Pell celebrated a Mass in memory of Mother Angelica in Rome on Laetare Sunday. Read more

Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki with Bartholomew I of Constantinople in Warsaw, Poland, on March 29, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Orthodox leader and Polish Catholic archbishop pray for peace in Ukraine

Patriarch Bartholomew I is visiting Poland to offer his blessing to Ukrainian refugees. Read more

Peter K. Kilpatrick was named the president of The Catholic University of America on March 29, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Joe Bukuras

Peter Kilpatrick named next president of Catholic University

Peter K. Kilpatrick, a former dean of the engineering school at the University of Notre Dame who has served as... Read more

Cardinal Antonios Naguib (1935-2022).?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis mourns Egyptian cardinal whose life was marked by ‘faith and priestly zeal’

Cardinal Antonios Naguib died in Cairo at the age of 87. Read more

St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

New Vatican instruction: Identity of Catholic schools to be respected by teachers, students

‘Everyone has the obligation to recognize, respect, and bear witness to the Catholic identity of the school,’ the new document... Read more

The Voice of the Unborn bell arrives in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 24, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Katie Yoder

Pro-life bell forged in Poland and blessed by Pope Francis given to Catholic parish in Ukraine

The bell was presented to the parish of St. John Paul II in Lviv. Read more

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, pictured in 2021.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

‘I’m sorry for the tears,’ says Ukrainian Catholic leader as he details life under bombardment

Major Archbishop Shevchuk said his daily video messages ‘were spontaneous, just to let everyone know that I’m alive.’ Read more

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sao Paulo, Jan. 18, 2018. Credit: BW Press/Shutterstock.?w=200&h=150

By ACI Digital

Cardinal criticizes Brazilian presidential candidate Lula for contradictory statement on abortion

Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, Archbishop of São Paulo, has described the statement on abortion made by Brazilian presidential candidate and... Read more

Father Pedro Zafra says Mass in Kyiv.?w=200&h=150

By ACI Prensa

Priest staying in Ukraine with his parishioners: 'God gives me the strength'

Father Pedro Zafra is a 31-year-old priest from Córdoba, Spain, who arrived in Kyiv in 2011 for priestly formation. He... Read more

Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury?w=200&h=150

By Kevin J. Jones

Open your hearts to God to live out the world's consecration to Mary, Bishop Davies says

Every Catholic Christian has a role to play in living out Pope Francis’ consecration of the world to the Immaculate... Read more