VATICAN NEWS
- Mozambique: Tropical Cyclone Eloise downgraded to tropical storm January 23, 2021Barely two years after tropical Cyclone Idai and Cyclone Kenneth battered Mozambique, the country is now experiencing tropical cyclone Eloise which made landfall early Saturday.
- Bishops urge Australia to sign Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons January 23, 2021The Catholic Bishops of Australia are calling on the government to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, saying the elimination of nuclear arms would contribute significantly to world peace.
- Pope will not preside over upcoming celebrations due to sciatica January 23, 2021The Holy See Press Office announces that Pope Francis will be unable to preside over a series of appointments on Sunday and Monday, due to a recurrence of sciatica.
- UK Covid-19 variant ‘may lead to increased mortality’ January 23, 2021British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warns that a new variant of the coronavirus may be associated with a higher level of mortality, though the two vaccines being used in the country appear to be effective.
- Churches in Middle East urge US President Biden to lift sanctions on Syria January 23, 2021Church leaders in the Middle East renew their appeal to the United States to lift economic sanctions imposed on Syria, anticipating an unprecedented humanitarian disaster in the war-torn nation, which is grappling with a worsening economic crisis amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS
- Rosario Livatino: Not even criminal defendants spoke badly of martyred judge January 22, 2021Rome Newsroom, Jan 22, 2021 / 03:00 pm (CNA).- Rosario Livatino, a young judge who was killed in 1990 by the mafia for his efforts to combat organized crime in Sicily, always treated the accused in his court with kindness. According to a former classmate of Livatino’s, defendants in cases judged by the young magistrate […]
- Portugal’s Catholic bishops suspend public Masses amid rising COVID-19 cases January 22, 2021CNA Staff, Jan 22, 2021 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- Public Masses will be suspended in Portugal from Saturday, the country’s bishops have announced. The Portuguese Episcopal Conference said on Jan. 21 that it was taking the step due to the “extreme gravity” of the coronavirus crisis, reported ACI Digital, CNA’s Portuguese-language news partner. “Being aware of […]
- Prosecutor sees no grounds for investigation of negligence claims against Polish cardinal January 22, 2021CNA Staff, Jan 22, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- A prosecutor in Poland indicated on Thursday that he saw no grounds for an investigation into allegations that Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz failed to report claims of clerical abuse. The 81-year-old cardinal served as an aide to John Paul II until the Polish pope’s death in 2005. He […]
- Cardinal: Danish bill requiring translation of homilies threatens religious freedom January 22, 2021CNA Staff, Jan 22, 2021 / 06:10 am (CNA).- A cardinal said on Friday that a proposed law in Denmark requiring the translation of all homilies into Danish is a threat to religious freedom. In a Jan. 22 statement, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, president of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), […]
- Amid the pandemic, sainthood cause of nun who served poor hit by epidemics advances January 22, 2021CNA Staff, Jan 22, 2021 / 03:10 am (CNA).- An English Catholic bishop welcomed on Thursday a step forward in the sainthood cause of a religious sister who served poor communities ravaged by cholera and typhoid. Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury said on Jan. 21 that it was fitting that Elizabeth Prout’s cause was progressing […]