Europe News

Pope Francis receives the bishops of England and Wales for their ad limina visit at the Vatican, Sept. 28, 2018.

Did leak in England suggest broader shift in Vatican policy on the Latin Mass?

Dec 4, 2025

By Madeleine Teahan

A policy change concerning restrictions on the old Mass is relevant to the whole of the universal Church, not just... Read more

Poster for the St. John of the Cross 2026 Jubilee.

Discalced Carmelites prepare to celebrate jubilee year of St. John of the Cross

Dec 4, 2025

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

The Iberian Province of the Discalced Carmelites is preparing to celebrate the jubilee year of St. John of the Cross... Read more

Bishop Raimo Goyarrola, the only Catholic bishop in Finland, speaks with CNA in Houston in November 2025 on a fundraising trip for his “mission” Church.

Finland’s only Catholic bishop appeals for help for his ‘booming’ Church

Dec 4, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

Bishop Raimo Goyarrola has been traveling in the U.S. with Father Jean Claude Kabeza to raise funds to support the... Read more

Bishop Simon Kulli of Sapë, Albania.

Bishop Simon Kulli, witness to the faith in post-communist Albania, dies at 52

Dec 3, 2025

By Diego López Marina

The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) announced the sudden death of Bishop Simon Kulli of Sapë... Read more

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European Union imposes recognition of ‘homosexual marriage’ on all member states

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that all member states are obliged to recognize so-called “homosexual... Read more

The cathedral in Zagreb, Croatia.

Police suspect Croatian nun stabbed herself, falsely reported attack

Dec 2, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Police in Croatia’s capital city of Zagreb suspect that a nun stabbed herself and then falsely reported that she had... Read more

The faceless Nativity scene in Brussels, Belgium, in November 2025.

Faceless Nativity scene on Brussels’ Grand Place sparks international controversy

Dec 2, 2025

By Thomas Philipp Reiter

Faceless cloth Nativity figures on Brussels’ Grand Place have sparked international debate over Christian tradition versus inclusive art. Read more

Three Augustinian nuns (pictured on Sept. 16, 2025) fled their nursing home and returned to their convent in Austria.

Austrian nuns who escaped nursing home reject compromise offer

Dec 2, 2025

By Alexander Folz

Three Austrian nuns have rejected a compromise to remain at Goldenstein Monastery, escalating a yearslong dispute that now goes to... Read more

The flights for Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic journey are taking place aboard an ITA Airways Airbus A320neo, one of thousands of Airbus planes affected by a computer issue, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025.

Airbus computer issue affects papal plane during trip to Turkey

Nov 29, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

Around 6,000 Airbus planes were grounded this weekend after it was discovered that intense solar radiation could interfere with onboard... Read more

Ireland West Airport in Knock, Ireland.

How Knock Shrine led a priest to build a successful airport

Nov 29, 2025

By Patrick J. Passmore

Monsignor James Horan’s ambitious airport project is still transforming the west of Ireland 40 years later. Read more

Interior of the Church of Jesus and Mary in Rome, Italy

Central Europe Catholics crucial for peace in Europe, U.S. ambassador says

Nov 26, 2025

By Bohumil Petrík

At a Mass marking 25 years since the Holy See signed a foundational agreement with Slovakia, U.S. ambassador to the... Read more

Pope Leo XIV meets with Ukrainian children who were welcomed by Caritas Italy during the summer on July 3, 2025, at the Vatican.

Caritas Ukraine leads efforts to reintegrate children taken by Russia in war

Nov 26, 2025

By Zoe Romanowsky

At the forefront of the work of repatriation and recovery of Ukrainian children swept up in the country’s war with... Read more

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Slovenia rejects euthanasia law in referendum, freezes issue for at least a year

Nov 26, 2025

By Bryan Lawrence Gonsalves

Slovenia rejected euthanasia legislation in a Nov. 23 referendum, with 53% voting against the law backed by Catholic bishops and... Read more

Prince Albert II of Monaco in 2025.

Prince Albert II blocks bill expanding abortion law in defense of Monaco’s Catholic identity

Nov 25, 2025

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Prince Albert II of Monaco has announced that he will not sign into law a bill that aims to relax... Read more

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3 German bishops oppose school guide on ‘diversity of sexual identities’

Nov 24, 2025

By Alexander Folz

Published on Oct. 30, the document is intended to serve as an orientation aid for Catholic and other schools in... Read more

The Chapel of Christ the King at Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia.

Why Pope Pius XI established the feast of Christ the King in a turbulent 1925

Nov 23, 2025

By Patrick J. Passmore

The feast of Christ the King was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925 following his encyclical Quas Primas. Today... Read more

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The laywoman whose mission helped lead to the feast of Christ the King

Nov 22, 2025

By Patrick J. Passmore

How Marthe de Noaillat championed Christ’s kingship against all odds. Read more

Kevin Duffy'’s analysis of ONS conceptions data over the 10 years to 2022 illustrates that approximately half of women who have not had a child by the age of 30 would not have been childless without abortion in the years before this. Duffy says: “For these women it was a decision upon becoming pregnant, not to continue into motherhood at that time, for a whole myriad of reasons.”

Report links rising childlessness to abortion amid record-low fertility in England, Wales

Nov 22, 2025

By Andy Drozdziak

A report called “Abortion and Childlessness” shows that many women who have abortions in their 20s may be faced with... Read more

Archbishop Dermot Farrell of the Dublin Archdiocese holds up the decree on Nov. 14, 2025, that Pope Leo XIV sent him granting his request that St. Mary’s Pro Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Dublin be designated as the cathedral Church of the archdiocese.

Joy in Dublin as papal designation gives city first Catholic cathedral since Reformation

Nov 21, 2025

By Patrick J. Passmore

Pope Leo XIV formally designated St. Mary’s Pro Cathedral as the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Dublin, ending 200 years... Read more

The ordination of Jonathan Goodall (former Anglican bishop) to the Catholic priesthood in Westminster Cathedral, London, March 12, 2022.

One-third of recent Catholic priests in England are Anglican converts, report shows

Nov 21, 2025

By Andy Drozdziak

The U.K. has seen a significant rise in Anglican clergy, including bishops, converting to Catholicism, according to a new report... Read more