VATICAN NEWS
- US Bishops call for racial healing in wake of Chauvin verdict April 21, 2021US Bishops advocate for peace, healing, and reconciliation following a verdict in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted for the tragic death of George Floyd last year.
- Conviction announced in George Floyd murder case April 21, 2021Ex-officer Derek Chauvin is convicted for the murder of George Floyd.
- Pope at Audience: vocal prayer is a sure way speak with God April 21, 2021Pope Francis reflects on the importance of vocal prayer in his catechesis during Wednesday’s General Audience.
- Webinar urges common efforts to care for biodiversity April 20, 2021Cardinal Peter Turkson stresses the importance of ecological conversion and a common commitment to care for our common home at a webinar on biodiversity inspired by Pope Francis' Encyclical, "Laudato sí."
- Cardinal Tagle: refugees, migrants create communities that care and share April 20, 2021Centro Astalli, the Italian branch of the Jesuit Refugee Service, presented its Annual Report 2021 at a virtual event on Tuesday.
WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS
- Taizé leader: Young people are longing to meet together again April 7, 2021Rome Newsroom, Apr 7, 2021 / 02:30 am (CNA).- The prior of Taizé has said that his community sees how young people are longing to meet together again in Christian fellowship as France and other European countries remain under strict lockdowns this spring.Br. Alois Leser has led the Taizé Community for more than 15 years. […]
- Controversial Swiss theologian Hans Küng dies at age 93 April 6, 2021CNA Staff, Apr 6, 2021 / 11:00 am (CNA).- The influential and controversial Swiss theologian Hans Küng died Tuesday at the age of 93.The German Catholic Church’s official website said that Küng died on the afternoon of April 6 at his home in Tübingen, southwest Germany.Küng served as a theological adviser at the Second Vatican […]
- Pro-life group: End of mother’s UK legal battle over life support for 5-year-old girl ‘a tragedy’ April 6, 2021CNA Staff, Apr 6, 2021 / 08:05 am (CNA).- A pro-life group described the U.K. Supreme Court’s decision not to hear a mother’s appeal over the removal of life support for her 5-year-old daughter as “a tragedy.” The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) said that Paula Parfitt was “a heroic example of […]
- Cardinal and Archbishop of Canterbury urge UK government not to cut foreign aid budget April 6, 2021CNA Staff, Apr 6, 2021 / 06:25 am (CNA).- An English cardinal and the Archbishop of Canterbury urged the U.K. government Tuesday to reconsider plans to cut its foreign aid budget. In a joint article in the London Evening Standard April 6, Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Archbishop Justin Welby expressed alarm at the proposed reduction […]
- Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati’s 120th birthday marked with rosary for chastity April 6, 2021Rome Newsroom, Apr 6, 2021 / 05:20 am (CNA).- To mark the 120th birthday of Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati on Tuesday, three Italian associations have encouraged praying the rosary for the intention of the virtue of chastity.“Taking advantage of this date which allows us to spend some time with Pier Giorgio, to pray with him, […]