WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS
- Cardinal Parolin ordains new bishop of Oslo, highlighting Holy Spirit’s guidance January 18, 2025The newly ordained Bishop Frederik Hansen is presented to the congregation at St. Olav’s Cathedral in Oslo, Norway, on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2024. / Credit: Diocese of Oslo/Katolsk.no/EWTN Oslo, Norway, Jan 18, 2025 / 09:45 am (CNA). The new bishop’s path to the priesthood led him through studies in Rome and work in the diplomatic […]
- French bishops request criminal probe into abuse claims against Abbé Pierre January 18, 2025Abbé Pierre, born Henri Marie Joseph Grouès in 1912, was a prominent French Catholic priest. He died in 2007. Allegations of sexual abuse were first publicly reported in 2024. / Credit: Studio Harcourt Paris/Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0) CNA Newsroom, Jan 18, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). French bishops request criminal investigation into abuse allegations against […]
- Franciscan expert on artificial intelligence addresses its ethical challenges January 17, 2025Friar Paolo Benanti is president of Italy’s Commission for Artificial Intelligence. / Credit: Courtesy of Paul VI Foundation/Screenshot Madrid, Spain, Jan 17, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Franciscan friar Paolo Benanti emphasized that “the reality we are facing is different from that of 10 or 15 years ago and it’s a reality defined by software.”
- Italian bishop denies policy change on ordination of homosexuals January 14, 2025Ordinandi lie prostrate during the Litany of Saints during an ordination Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sept. 29, 2016. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 14, 2025 / 17:45 pm (CNA). The Catholic Church in Italy generated fresh controversy last week when it published a new document on the formation of priests.
- Historic Italian naval ship chosen to be a jubilee church in 2025 January 13, 2025The Amerigo Vespucci Italian naval ship. / Credit: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Jan 13, 2025 / 17:15 pm (CNA). The Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian naval ship named after the 15th-century explorer that inspired the name “America,” has been designated a 2025 Jubilee church.