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Articles by CNA Staff
Pope Francis hopes new ministry of catechist will ‘awaken this vocation’
Sep 17, 2021 / 07:30 amThe pope formally instituted the new lay ministry in May.
Polish Catholic leader expresses ‘deep pain and sadness’ as report on charismatic priest faults Dominicans
Sep 17, 2021 / 05:35 amPoland’s Dominican province apologized ‘for the wrong that has been done.’
Court date set for Finnish MP facing jail after tweeting Bible verse
Sep 16, 2021 / 06:10 amPäivi Räsänen could be given a two-year prison sentence for the tweet.
Catholic diocese rejoices as priest is freed barely 24 hours after kidnapping
Sep 16, 2021 / 03:10 am“Barely 24 hours after his kidnap, our beloved brother priest was released by his abductors.”
Holocaust survivor thanks Pope Francis for highlighting anti-Semitism on Central Europe trip
Sep 15, 2021 / 15:00 pmEdith Bruck said: “Your words about anti-Semitism ... are more relevant than ever.”
Pope Francis on COVID-19 vaccines: ‘Even in the College of Cardinals there are some deniers’
Sep 15, 2021 / 13:00 pmHe added that “one of these, poor guy, is hospitalized with the virus.”
Pope Francis declines resignation of German Catholic archbishop
Sep 15, 2021 / 08:10 amHamburg Archbishop Stefan Heße announced in March that he was offering his resignation.
Pope Francis to Slovakia’s young Catholics: Confession is the ‘sacrament of joy’
Sep 14, 2021 / 12:30 pmThe pope spoke to around 25,000 young people in Košice, eastern Slovakia.
Pope Francis names new Catholic archbishop for Belarus capital
Sep 14, 2021 / 07:00 amHe succeeds Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, who retired in January.
Pope Francis: We need ‘creativity of the Gospel,’ not ‘a defensive Catholicism’
Sep 13, 2021 / 05:40 amHe was speaking to clergy and lay people in Bratislava’s largest church.
Vatican cardinal reassures Jewish leaders over Pope Francis’ comments on Torah
Sep 10, 2021 / 14:00 pmRabbis expressed concern at the pope’s general audience on the Mosaic Law.
Pope Francis welcomes giant puppet to Vatican
Sep 10, 2021 / 12:00 pmThe 11-foot-tall puppet symbolizes unaccompanied refugee children.
At International Eucharistic Congress, cardinal says ‘faith in Europe has become a very small flame’
Sep 10, 2021 / 06:50 amCardinal Hollerich said he prayed that ‘missionary dimension of faith may be rediscovered in Europe.’
Mexican Supreme Court, in decision of 'infamy,' annuls constitutional protections for unborn
Sep 9, 2021 / 16:40 pmThe Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), the highest judicial body in Mexico, ruled September 9 against the protection of life from conception in the Constitution of the Mexican state of Sinaloa. This is the court's second ruling in favor of abortion in less than a week, a ruling that could have dramatic consequences in the other states of the country.
Pope Francis to missionaries: ‘If you want to be witnesses, you can’t cease being adorers’
Sep 9, 2021 / 13:00 pmThe pope was speaking to Claretian Missionaries.
Pope Francis names Legionary bishop as president of Vatican City State governorate
Sep 9, 2021 / 04:50 amHe succeeds 78-year-old Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello as head of government of Vatican City.
Priest shot dead in Haiti
Sep 8, 2021 / 15:01 pmFather André Sylvestre, 70, was shot to death in Cap-Haitien on Monday, outside a bank where he had just completed a transaction.
Catholic bishops’ commission laments EU religious freedom envoy vacancy
Sep 8, 2021 / 13:00 pmThe special envoy has left months after taking up the role.
Pope Francis sends 15,000 ice creams to Rome prisoners
Sep 8, 2021 / 07:00 amThe gelati were delivered by papal almoner Cardinal Konrad Krajewski.
Pope Francis: ‘Rediscover the beauty of being children of God’
Sep 8, 2021 / 05:30 amAt his general audience, the pope appealed for peace in Ethiopia.