VATICAN NEWS
- Migrants freezing to death at Polish-Belarus border September 26, 2021At least five people have reportedly died along the Polish-Belarus border, where migrants fleeing war, persecution, and poverty are pushed back from the European Union.
- Migrants & Refugees Day: Pope calls for ‘more inclusive world’ September 26, 2021Pope Francis recalls the commemoration of the 107th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, with Msgr. Robert Vitillo thanking the Pope for his message of openness and inclusion.
- Pope at Angelus: Christian communion built by welcoming, not dividing September 26, 2021At the Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Francis reflects on Jesus’ exhortation to put aside judgements by pruning our inflexibility toward others.
- Cardinal Parolin to UN General Assembly: Peace must be grounded in fraternity September 26, 2021Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin sends a video message to the UN General Assembly, and touches on topics ranging from the pandemic, the upcoming COP26 in Glasgow, and war and nuclear disarmament.
- A Vocations festival in Mauritius. September 25, 2021The Diocese of Port-Louis, in Mauritius, is celebrating the 39th Festival of Vocations.
WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS
- Surgeon who operated on Cardinal Sarah: ‘I could feel his holiness’ September 25, 2021Surgeon Domenico Veneziano with Cardinal Robert Sarah. / Courtesy photo. Rome, Italy, Sep 25, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA). Domenico Veneziano described the cardinal as “a very cultured and profound person.”
- Cardinal Kasper supports alternative ‘Synodal Way’ text September 24, 2021Cardinal Walter Kasper. / Mazur/catholicchurch.org.uk (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). Rome, Italy, Sep 24, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA). The influential theologian is considered to be close to Pope Francis.
- Pope Francis confirms Cardinal Woelki in post after apostolic visitation of Germany’s Cologne archdiocese September 24, 2021Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne. / Jochen Rolfes/Archdiocese of Cologne. Cologne, Germany, Sep 24, 2021 / 04:25 am (CNA). Pope Francis ordered the apostolic visitation in May.
- Court rejects challenge to UK’s Down syndrome abortion law September 23, 2021Heidi Crowter speaks outside the High Court in London England, July 6, 2021. / Don’t Screen Us Out via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0). London, England, Sep 23, 2021 / 05:00 am (CNA). In its Sept. 23 ruling, the court declared that a law allowing abortion up to birth for disability was not discriminatory.
- Spain's lower house advances bill that would criminalize pro-life witness near abortion clinics September 22, 2021A 40 Days for Life prayer vigil outside an abortion clinic in Madrid. / Twitter 40 días por la vida. Madrid, Spain, Sep 22, 2021 / 17:00 pm (CNA). The lower house of Spain's legislature voted Tuesday to take up consideration of a bill proposed by the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party that would criminalize […]