VATICAN NEWS
- Cardinal Onaiyekan: ‘poll delay bad news for Nigeria’ February 16, 2019The Archbishop of Abuja reacts to the last-minute announcement by Nigeria’s Electoral Commission that the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections would not take place as scheduled on Saturday, but have been postponed for a week.
- Holy See: inequalities, exclusion hitting youth, families, women February 16, 2019Archbishop Bernadito Auza, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations on Feb. 14 addressed a meeting on “inequalities and challenges to social inclusion through fiscal, wage and social protection policies.”
- Pope Francis marks 50th anniversary of Augustinianum February 16, 2019Pope Francis meets with students and staff of the Augustinianum Patristic Institute in Rome, which is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its foundation.
- Holy See: McCarrick dismissed from the clerical state for abuse February 16, 2019The Holy See announces sanctions against former American Cardinal, Theodore Edgar McCarrick, including dismissal from the clerical state.
- India’s Catholic Church mourns soldiers of Kashmir terrorist attack February 15, 2019A suicide bomber on Feb. 14 rammed a car loaded with explosives into a bus carrying paramilitary police to Srinagar, killing more than 40. .
WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS
- Australian bishop urges faithful to fight 'radical' abortion bill February 16, 2019Adelaide, Australia, Feb 16, 2019 / 07:17 am (EWTN News/CNA).- A local bishop is speaking out against a bill to remove regulations on abortion in Adelaide, Australia, saying it would be the nation's most radical abortion law.
- Vatican ambassador under investigation for sexual assault February 15, 2019Paris, France, Feb 15, 2019 / 10:26 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Bishop Luigi Ventura, apostolic nuncio to France since 2009 and a long-time Vatican diplomat, is under investigation for alleged sexual assault.
- Aid agencies highlight Christian persecution on anniversary of 'Coptic Martyrs' February 15, 2019Denver, Colo., Feb 15, 2019 / 07:00 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Four years after the so-called Islamic State released a propaganda video showing the beheading of 21 abducted Coptic Christians in Libya, aid workers and politicians continue to highlight the dangers facing Christians in the Middle East and across the world.
- Eucharist desecrated, statues smashed in series of French church attacks February 15, 2019Paris, France, Feb 15, 2019 / 02:30 am (EWTN News/CNA).- At least 10 incidents of vandalism and desecration of Catholic churches have been reported in France since the beginning of February, according to French news sources and watch groups.
- UK doctors perform prenatal surgery on child with a birth defect February 14, 2019London, England, Feb 14, 2019 / 05:34 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Doctors in the United Kingdom performed surgery Jan. 8 on an unborn baby, before successfully returning the child to her mother's womb.