Europe News
Holy Father celebrates devotion to the Virgin of Mount Carmel
Speaking from the same Italian Alpine chalet where Pope John Paul II often stayed, Pope Benedict XVI recalled on Sunday... Read more
Seminar launches research on Catholic religion courses in European schools
The Catholic bishops of Europe have initiated a research plan for investigating the teaching of the Catholic religion in private... Read more
Spanish archbishop says WMF should translate from joy into action
Reflecting upon the recent World Meeting of Families (WMF), which Pope Benedict XVI attended in Spain, Archbishop Agustin Garcia-Gasco of... Read more
Former Nuncio to Israel calls on UN to support dialogue in the Middle East
The former Apostolic Nuncio to Israel, Cardinal Andrea Lanza di Montezemolo, has called on “the international community and in particular... Read more
Vatican targeted by Europe more than Cuba or China for “violations” of human rights
In an interview with the Spanish weekly, “Alba,” the director of Aid to the Church in Need in Italy, Attilio... Read more
British bishops fear adoption agencies to close if anti-discrimination law passed
All Catholic adoption agencies in Britain, which find families for more than 200 children each year, could be forced to... Read more
Spanish diocese founds first new diocesan seminary in 100 years
The Diocese of Terrasa in northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia is set to open a new major seminary, the first... Read more
Six thousand projects receive help from Aid to the Church in Need in 2005
Aid to the Church in Need has released its annual report, which indicates that in 2005 some 1,900 projects in... Read more
British bishops order review of child-protection measures
The bishops of England and Wales have commissioned a review of the progress made by the local Church in the... Read more
Miracle under investigation in Scotland
The Catholic Church is investigating reports of a miracle at a Scottish hospital. Catholics are claiming that the intercession of... Read more
Cardinal Levada recommends Catechism for families
Cardinal William Levada has recommended that families turn to the Catechism of the Catholic Church as a "unique help" in... Read more
Turkish media hostile to Papal visit, bishop says
According to Bishop Luigi Padovese, Apostolic Vicar of the Diocese of Anatolia, Turkey, the stabbing of a Catholic priest has... Read more
Benedict XVI expresses thanks for reception and hospitality in Valencia
The AVAN news agency published a message from Pope Benedict XVI to Archbishop Agustin Garcia-Gasco of Valencia in which he... Read more
Fellay re-elected to lead Society of Saint Pius X
Yesterday, the Society of Saint Pius X re-elected Bishop Bernard Fellay as their superior, at their headquarters in Econe, Switzerland. Read more
Franciscan convent to be built at site of Nazi concentration camp
The Diocese of Osnabrück in Germany has announced it is building a convent on the site of the Nazi concentration... Read more
Madrid cardinal calls Zapatero’s no-show at papal Mass “minor issue” compared to massive turnout of the faithful
Speaking on the Spanish radio network COPE-which is affiliated with the Bishops’ Conference of Spain-Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela expressed... Read more
One-sixth of all Polish priests serving in missions
Some four thousand Polish priests - nearly one-sixth of the entire number of priests ordained for the country - are... Read more
Cardinal Dzwisz recalls John Paul II as the “Pope of the family”
During his participation at the International Theological Pastoral Conference at the World Meeting of Families in Valencia last week, Cardinal... Read more
Cardinal Re: Faith is greatest inheritance parents can leave their children
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, said... Read more
Church of England says women bishops are ‘theologically justified’
The Church of England voted by a large majority on Saturday, that the ordination of women as bishops is "consonant... Read more
