Pope Francis: Sorrow is an ‘ailment of the soul'
Pope Francis speaks during his general audience on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Feb 7, 2024 / 09:17 am (CNA). Pope Francis continued his general audience catechetical series on vice and virtues on Wednesday by focusing on sorrow, observing that it […]
Raising Catholic kids: New study suggests what successful parents have in common
null / Credit: Aquarius Studio/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 7, 2024 / 09:45 am (CNA). At or near the top of almost any Catholic parent’s list of things they want for their children is for them to continue practicing their Catholic faith into adulthood. But recent statistics paint a sobering picture: In the United States today, […]
16 Priests, 25 Deacons Ordained in Seoul, Site of World Youth Day 2027
Sixteen new priests were ordained Feb. 1–2, 2024, in Seoul, South Korea. The 985 priests include Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, archbishop emeritus of Seoul; the current archbishop; and the three current auxiliary bishops.
France moving towards a Constitution against life
Discussions are underway in France to include the right to abortion in the Constitution. The constitutional amendment has been approved by the National Assembly with 493 votes against 30 and is presently being discussed by the Senate. Read all
UN agencies launch new aid plan for war-torn Sudan
According to UNHCR and OCHA $4.1 billion are needed this year to support a total of 17.4 million people in war-torn Sudan and neighbouring countries hosting refugees who have fled the fighting. Read all
Pope: Church has not listened enough to the voice of women
We publish Pope Francis’ Preface to “«Smaschilizzare la Chiesa»? Confronto critico sui «Principi» di H.U. Von Balthasar” (Making the Church Less Masculine? A critical evaluation of the ‘principles’ of Hans Urs von Balthasar), released on Wednesday. The volume is comprised of contributions by theologians Linda Pocher, Lucia Vantini, and Luca Castiglioni, who participated in the […]
Pope: At the heart of ‘Fiducia Supplicans’ is welcome, blessing not denied to any person
Pope Francis releases interview with Italian weekly ‘Credere magazine,’ out tomorrow 8 February, in which he discusses the recently-issued Vatican Document ‘Fiducia Supplicans’ as a tool intended to extend God’s blessing upon and embrace of all individuals, movements, and the role of women in the Church. Read all
Five years after Easter attacks, Sri Lanka “canonising victims”
Colombo (KNA) The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka is seeking the canonisation of hundreds of Catholics who were killed in the bomb attacks on Easter Sunday 2019. A petition to this effect is being prepared for the fifth anniversary of the deadly terror on 21 April, the Asian press service Ucanews reported on Wednesday. “A […]
‘Military-aged’ Chinese men are suspiciously gathering in Panama, journalist warns Tucker
‘What I began to suspect was that the Chinese migration is actually being cloaked by the economic migration coming from South America,’ journalist Brett Weinstein told Tucker Carlson.Read More
Pope, at general audience, warns against sorrow (CWN)
At his February 7 general audience, held in Paul VI Audience Hall, Pope Francis warned against spiritual sorrow, in the seventh talk in a series of Wednesday general audiences devoted to the virtues and vices.