World Catholic News

Caritas Kyrgyzstan runs several charitable and educational projects in the fight against poverty in the mountainous, landlocked central Asian country with a predominantly Muslim population.

Pope Francis is profoundly saddened by the death of two migrants – a father and his baby daughter – who drowned in the Rio Grande River attempting to cross into the US from Mexico.

Their love goes beyond any religious or cultural affiliation. She is Christian. He is Muslim. She is from Rome. He is Lebanese. But it was love at first sight. They waited ten years, often in fear. But they prayed to, and had faith in, the one God. And the strength and sincerity of their love […]

The Bishops of Eritrea are urging the faithful to pray, following a government decision to close 22 Catholic-run hospitals.

Pope Francis reflects on the life of the early Christian community during his ongoing catechesis on the Acts of the Apostles.

Paris, France, Jun 25, 2019 / 03:10 pm (CNA).- A clock nearly identical to the one destroyed in the fire at Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris has been found in storage. The duplicate was found at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Paris, in what is being called a “miraculous discovery.” This find brings new […]

Rome, Italy, Jun 25, 2019 / 12:45 pm (CNA).- In a statement today, Cardinal Raymond Burke issued a correction to a now-removed LifeSiteNews article, which claimed that Burke was collaborating with former President Donald Trump advisor Stephen Bannon on a film exposing homosexuality in the Vatican. The film in question will be based off a […]

London, England, Jun 25, 2019 / 11:02 am (CNA).- Following a decision by the Court of Appeals in England to overturn an order for a forced abortion on a disabled woman, new details have emerged about the case. Lawyers told the appeal court Monday that doctors had prepared the woman for the enforced abortion by promising […]

London, England, Jun 24, 2019 / 11:03 am (CNA).- A controversial UK court decision to force a disabled woman to have an abortion has been overturned on appeal. In a decision reportedly reached June 24, the English Court of Appeal, consisting of Lord Justice McCombe, Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Peter Jackson, overturned the previous ruling […]

Vienna, Austria, Jun 23, 2019 / 08:10 am (CNA).- The international debut of the Vatican women's football team, which was scheduled to play in a friendly against the Vienna FC Mariahilf Saturday, was cancelled after abortion and LGBT activists disrupted the game before it began, local media reported. According to several local media reports, players […]