VATICAN NEWS
- Albania's worst quake in decades injures over 100 September 22, 2019Many Albanians have fled their homes after Albania's strongest earthquake in decades, which was followed by massive aftershocks, injuring at least more than 100 people.
- 2019 Year of Tolerance goes global September 22, 2019The 2019 Year of Tolerance proclaimed in the United Arab Emirates in December 2018 goes global as world leaders converge on New York City for the opening of the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly.
- Bishop Obanyi tells Catholic journalists to counter fake news with the truth. September 22, 2019Kenya’s Bishop of Kakamega Diocese and Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) – Commission for Social Communications, Bishop Joseph Obanyi, has challenged Catholic media practitioners to emphasise the truth at all times.
- Pope Francis to celebrate Mass on World Day for Migrants and Refugees September 22, 2019After the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis urges the faithful gathered in St Peter's Square to pray for migrants and refugees and reminds them that the World Day for Migrants and Refugees will be celebrated next week.
- Pope at Angelus: People are worth more than possessions September 22, 2019At the Angelus in St Peter’s Square on Sunday, Pope Francis says that Jesus invites us to befriend wealth so as to transform good and riches into relationships.
WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS
- UK rabbi: secular humanists are 'ever-more combative' against religious groups September 20, 2019Madrid, Spain, Sep 20, 2019 / 03:07 pm (CNA).- A top UK rabbi has criticized secular groups in Britain for their remarks against religious practices and faith-based schools. Ephraim Mirvis, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Great Britain and the Commonwealth, spoke at an international interreligious conference held in Madrid this week, […]
- Novena of thanksgiving to precede Newman's canonization September 20, 2019Birmingham, England, Sep 20, 2019 / 03:01 am (CNA).- The Oratories of England are organizing a novena next month leading up to the canonization of Blessed John Henry Newman, in thanksgiving for his life and holiness and asking his intercession. “This is a time of special grace for us to join together and form links […]
- UK court clears 80-year-old accused of ‘mercy killing’ her husband September 20, 2019London, England, Sep 19, 2019 / 06:39 pm (CNA).- Family members of an 80-year-old woman in England are advocating for legalized assisted suicide after the woman was found not guilty by a U.K. court in an apparent “mercy killing” of her husband. Mavis Eccleston, 80, was accused of killing her husband Dennis, 81, with a […]
- Spanish bishops on migrants: 'We don't love God if we don't love our brothers' September 19, 2019Madrid, Spain, Sep 19, 2019 / 05:50 pm (CNA).- The head of the migration commission for the Spanish Bishops’ Conference emphasized that love of neighbor is essential for Christians, and this includes a care for migrants and refugees. “We don't love God if we don't love our brothers,” stressed Bishop Luis Quinteiro of Tuy-Vigo in […]
- Padre Pio overcame suffering with hope, says Italian journalist September 19, 2019Foggia, Italy, Sep 19, 2019 / 04:58 pm (CNA).- More than 50 years after the death of Padre Pio, one of the last journalists to interview the saint has reflected on the saint's hope and suffering. Renzo Allegri, the author of the biography “Man of Hope,” visited the Italian saint a year before he died […]