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After backlash, German diocese stops working with Planned Parenthood affiliate
Apr 21, 2022 / 13:11 pmIt is unclear why a Catholic bishop chose a pro-abortion organization to assist with counseling victims of sexual abuse.
Diocese of Camden to pay out $87.5 million for sexual abuse claims
Apr 20, 2022 / 10:55 amThe Diocese of Camden, New Jersey, will pay $87.5 million to approximately 300 alleged sexual abuse victims, under a settlement reached Tuesday.
German bishops' president responds to letter warning of schism risk in synodal path
Apr 16, 2022 / 12:40 pmBishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, president of the German bishops’ conference, responded Thursday to a letter warning the country’s synodal path could lead to schism by defending the process as a response to abuses in the Church.
Vatican adapts Good Friday Way of the Cross after outcry in Ukraine
Apr 15, 2022 / 14:38 pmThe original plan was strongly criticized by Ukrainian Catholic leaders.
Good Friday 2022: Papal envoy prays at mass grave in Ukraine
Apr 15, 2022 / 12:50 pmCardinal Konrad Krajewski visited the newly liberated areas around the capital Kyiv.
Papal preacher on Good Friday 2022: From Pilate to the internet age, people have turned their backs on Jesus
Apr 15, 2022 / 12:03 pmCardinal Raniero Cantalamessa was preaching in St. Peter’s Basilica in the presence of Pope Francis.
Top Vatican cardinal: 'Legitimate concerns' about Germany's 'Synodal Path'
Apr 15, 2022 / 11:15 amCardinal Kurt Koch has confirmed Pope Francis’ apprehension about Germany’s “Synodal Path,” telling EWTN in an exclusive interview that critics have raised “legitimate concerns” about the controversial re-assessment of Church teaching on sexual morality and other critical issues.
Full text: Cardinal Cantalamessa’s homily at the Vatican’s Good Friday 2022 liturgy
Apr 15, 2022 / 10:32 am‘This year we celebrate Easter not to the joyful sound of bells, but with the noise in the ears of bombs and explosions.’
Good Friday 2022: Pope Francis says ‘world has chosen the path of Cain’
Apr 15, 2022 / 07:20 am‘War is everywhere,’ he told interviewer Lorena Bianchetti.
Full text: Good Friday 2022 Way of the Cross led by Pope Francis
Apr 15, 2022 / 07:00 amHere is the full text of the Via Crucis at Rome’s Colosseum led by Pope Francis.
Pope Francis washes prisoners’ feet at Mass on Holy Thursday 2022
Apr 14, 2022 / 11:54 amThe pope offered the Mass of the Lord’s Supper at a prison in Civitavecchia.
Grandmother challenges fine for ‘solitary prayer walk’ during COVID-19 lockdown
Apr 14, 2022 / 07:12 am‘I’m taking a stand to protect fundamental freedoms for all people,’ said Rosa Lalor.
Catholics invited to congratulate Benedict XVI on his 95th birthday
Apr 14, 2022 / 02:00 amThe messages will be collected online and delivered to the pope emeritus.
You can follow Holy Week, Easter events on EWTN. Here's the schedule
Apr 13, 2022 / 14:06 pmAre you planning to stay at home for the Holy Week and Easter season celebrations? Join some of the biggest celebrations of this holy season right from home!
Cordileone on signing letter to German bishops: ‘Christ’s teaching is timeless’
Apr 13, 2022 / 13:54 pm“The teaching of Christ is timeless. It's not bound by any one generation, any one time or culture,” Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone says, explaining why he signed a letter warning Germany's bishops that the "Synodal Path" threatens to undermine the Church's unity and credibility.
Pope Francis visits Benedict XVI ahead of Pope emeritus’ 95th birthday
Apr 13, 2022 / 11:31 amThe two men prayed together ‘after a brief and affectionate conversation.’
European church leaders ask Putin and Zelenskyy for Easter ceasefire
Apr 13, 2022 / 08:47 am‘We respectfully request you to declare a ceasefire in Ukraine from midnight on April 17,’ they wrote.
Pope Francis: ‘Armed aggression’ is ‘an outrage against God’
Apr 13, 2022 / 04:40 amThe pope described war as ‘a blasphemous betrayal of the Lord of Passover.’
‘Our hands have become like wings’: Catholic charity workers bring aid to Kyiv region
Apr 13, 2022 / 03:20 amCaritas-Spes distributed five tonnes of food in recently liberated areas.
Bishop 'horrified' by Brooklyn shooting, asks prayers for injured and first responders
Apr 12, 2022 / 11:20 amBishop Robert Brennan of Brooklyn urged prayer for those injured in a shooting at a subway station in the New York City borough on Tuesday, and for the first responders and transit workers.