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Bishop-elect Philip Moger from the Archdiocese of Southwark was due to be installed Nov. 9, 2024, but suddenly announced the “delay” to his installation just days before it was due to take place.

Installation of new bishop in England deferred for a second time

Nov 12, 2024

By Andy Drozdziak

For the second time in less than a year, the installation of a bishop has been deferred in the Diocese... Read more

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Austrian bishop calls antisemitic incident in Amsterdam a ‘deeply alarming sign’

Nov 8, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Following a soccer match Thursday between a Dutch and an Israeli team, at least 10 young men sought out Israeli... Read more

Cardinal Vincent Nichols at the Red Mass at Westminster Cathedral, London, England, Oct. 1, 2021.

Cardinal calls Catholics in England and Wales to Holy Hour to defeat assisted suicide bill

Nov 8, 2024

By Madeleine Teahan

Cardinal Vincent Nichols announced that the bishops of England and Wales will hold a Holy Hour and encouraged Catholics to... Read more

Cardinal Reinhard Marx speaks at a press conference in Munich, Germany, Jan. 27, 2022.

German bishops urge stability amid political turmoil following government collapse

Nov 8, 2024

By AC Wimmer

Cardinal Reinhard Marx and other Catholic voices are calling for calm, emphasizing stability and social cohesion as the German coalition... Read more

The building of the Constitutional Court of Spain.

Constitutional Court in Spain forces Catholic brotherhood to admit woman

Nov 7, 2024

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Spain’s Constitutional Court has ruled that by refusing to admit a woman, a male Catholic brotherhood violated the legal precept... Read more

The Little Sisters, Disciples of the Lamb, at their garden of Damascus roses. The roses are used for aroma in skin care and cosmetic products.

National Vocations Week: The contemplative order that welcomes sisters with Down syndrome

Nov 7, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

The Little Sisters, Disciples of the Lamb community in France is thriving, welcoming religious sisters with Down syndrome and able... Read more

Giorgia Meloni, prime minister of Italy; Viktor Orbán, prime minister of Hungary; and French President Emmanuel Macron were among European leaders who offered congratulations to President-elect Donald Trump on his victory Nov. 6, 2024.

European leaders pledge cooperation with Trump after historic comeback victory

Nov 6, 2024

By AC Wimmer, Hannah Brockhaus

European leaders expressed readiness to work with Donald Trump following his historic reelection, emphasizing transatlantic cooperation and shared values. Read more

Interior of St. George Martyr Parish in Paiporta in Valencia province, Spain, in the aftermath of recent flooding in Spain.

Torrent of mud catches parishioners by surprise during Eucharistic adoration in Spain

Nov 5, 2024

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

“We’re not dead because a neighbor came looking for her mother [and warned us] while we were adoring the Blessed... Read more

Activist Marguerite Stern poses for a picture in an artist squat in Paris on Sept. 6, 2019.

Radical feminist who desecrated Notre Dame Cathedral apologizes to Catholics

Nov 5, 2024

By Solène Tadié

In a video posted on social media, Marguerite Stern said she believes that by attacking the Catholic religion, she has... Read more

Delegates at the 2024 Synod on Synodality participate in roundtable meetings on Oct. 10, 2024, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican.

4 German bishops praise Rome synod, criticize German Synodal Way

Nov 4, 2024

By CNA Deutsch

The statement of the four bishops said “the goals of the German Synodal Way and the global Church process of... Read more

Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas.

Pope Francis names Archbishop Galbas as new leader of Warsaw Archdiocese

Nov 4, 2024

By CNA Staff

The appointment was announced Monday by the apostolic nunciature in Poland. Read more

"When you play with spirits, with elements of esotericism or occultism you are opening doors to the Evil One," warned Father Javier Ortega, a priest of the Diocese of Alcalá de Henares in Spain.

Costumes of demons, witches, and the dead open the door to the devil, priest says

Oct 30, 2024

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Father Javier Ortega, a priest of the Diocese of Alcalá de Henares in Spain, said costumes of demons, witches, and... Read more

Spain has suffered what is considered the third worst natural disaster in the country’s recent history.

Church in Spain mobilizes as severe flooding leaves more than 60 dead

Oct 30, 2024

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

The flash flooding is considered the third largest natural disaster in Spain’s contemporary history. Read more

Father Ivan Levystky (left) and Father Bohdan Geleta (right) were held for more than a year after being captured by the Russians in Berdyansk and released on June 28, 2024.

Church in Ukraine has lost half of its parishes in areas occupied by Russia, bishop says

Oct 29, 2024

By Eduardo Berdejo

Maksym Ryabukha, the new Greek Catholic bishop of the Donetsk exarchate, said “the situation is increasingly worrying” since the war... Read more

Archbishop Mark O’Toole of the Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia.

Archbishop praises Welsh Parliament’s rejection of motion to legalize assisted suicide

Oct 28, 2024

By Andy Drozdziak

The motion in the Welsh Parliament, known as the Senedd, proposed a new law to legalize assisted dying in Wales... Read more

St. John Capistrano and St. Bernardine of Siena. Museum of Fine Arts of Granada. Painting, oil on canvas, by Alonso Cano (1653-1657) for an altarpiece of the disappeared Franciscan convent of San Antonio and San Diego, Granada.

St. John of Capistrano: Franciscan priest and missionary who achieved military victory

Oct 23, 2024

By CNA Staff

On Oct. 23, the Catholic Church celebrates the life of St. John of Capistrano, a Franciscan priest with an extraordinary... Read more

Belén Perales is now host of the YouTube channel “El Rosario de las 11” (“The Rosary at 11 p.m.”), where she streams praying the Holy Rosary every night and shares conversion stories.

An atheist for 35 years, she reencountered God at the tomb of St. John Paul II

Oct 22, 2024

By Diego López Marina

Belén Perales was an atheist for 35 years. But her life changed dramatically on a visit to the tomb of... Read more

Operators work on Lilith, the “guardian of darkness,” built for the Hellfest metal festival in Toulouse, southwestern France, on Oct. 15, 2024. “Lilith” is one of the characters in the urban opera of the French company La Machine titled “The Guardian of the Temple Opus II: The Portal of Darkness,” which will be presented on Oct. 25–27, 2024, in Toulouse.

French archbishop consecrates city to Sacred Heart of Jesus ahead of ‘Gate of Darkness’ event

Oct 21, 2024

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Archbishop Guy de Kerimel’s decision to consecrate the city and archdiocese comes ahead of the operatic city-funded production “The Gate... Read more

“The Dark Charm of Halloween” is the title of a new book launched by the International Association of Exorcists (AIE, by its Italian acronym) and written by its vice president, Father Francesco Bamonte, along with Alberto Castaldini, spokesman for the institution.

‘The Dark Charm of Halloween’ is title of new book by International Association of Exorcists

Oct 21, 2024

By Walter Sánchez Silva

“The Dark Charm of Halloween” is the title of a new book launched by the International Association of Exorcists. Read more

The Cathedral Church of St. Barnabas in Nottingham, England, U.K.

UK bishop responds to report saying Catholics reduced Mass attendance due to abuse crisis

Oct 19, 2024

By Andy Drozdziak

A recent study in the U.K. showed that a third of Catholics who previously went to Mass have reduced their... Read more