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Hong Kong Diocese cancels Masses amid coronavirus outbreak

February 14, 2020

The growing threat of the coronavirus has forced Catholic officials in Hong Kong to suspend all church activities from February 15 to 28, including Sunday and Ash Wednesday Masses. Ucanews.com reported that Cardinal John Tong, apostolic administrator of Hong Kong, said the “disappointing” decision had been made “because the next two weeks will be a

Pope names Duterte critic as administrator of Manila Archdiocese

February 10, 2020

Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo, a vocal critic of the Philippines' "war on drugs," has been named apostolic administrator

St Valentine: How a beheaded martyr became the poster child for romantic love

February 10, 2020

The real Saint Valentine was an early Christian martyr who was bludgeoned and beheaded for his faith

After London attack, archbishop urges people to say ‘no’ to violence

February 05, 2020

The terrorist attack in London in which three people were stabbed was “saddening and shocking”, the Archbishop of Southwark has said. Archbishop John Wilson lamented how “yet again” innocent bystanders had become victims of terrorist violence. One of those stabbed was a Catholic preschool teacher. In a statement issued shortly after Sudesh Amman was shot

China tells some priests they can’t celebrate funerals in people’s homes

February 04, 2020

Christian funerals outside of churches have been banned in some areas of China as the communist government begins to enforce new regulations on religious practices

The Catholic faith of Kobe Bryant

January 27, 2020

Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant died on Sunday in a helicopter crash in Southern California, along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna. Bryant, the father of four, was Catholic. In all nine people were killed in the crash on January 26. Bryant, 41, is widely considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He retired

New Ukrainian bishops for England and Australia

January 15, 2020

Pope Francis has named new bishops for the Ukrainian Catholic dioceses in London and in Melbourne, Australia. The Vatican announced on Wednesday that Pope Francis named Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski of the Canadian Eparchy of New Westminster, British Columbia, to be the new bishop of the Eparchy of the Holy Family of London in the UK.

Indian Catholics fear madrassa ruling will affect church schools

January 12, 2020

India’s Supreme Court has allowed the government to control the appointment of teachers in educational institutions run by religious minorities, a ruling Church leaders say violates their right to manage such institutions. Ucanews.org reported that the country’s top court upheld a West Bengal state law that allowed a government commission to screen candidates to be

Cardinal: Spain faces ‘true emergency for our future’

January 10, 2020

Spanish church leaders voiced concern for their country’s future after the government pledged to legalize euthanasia, secularize education and strip the church of “improper assets.” “Spain faces a critical situation, a true emergency for our future,” Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera of Valencia told Catholics in a pastoral letter. He asked that special prayers and Masses

Australian Catholics seek prayers as fires rage in four states

January 05, 2020

As some of the worst wildfires in Australian history rage across four states, thousands of people in affected areas in New South Wales and Victoria continue to be evacuated to safety. Soaring temperatures, often higher than 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius), and a protracted drought have contributed to an unprecedented national emergency which, by

As general election nears, bishops across UK stress right to life

December 11, 2019

Every voter and politician must resist attacks on the right to life, and Catholic politicians must do so as both a human rights matter and as a “fundamental matter of our faith,” Northern Ireland’s Catholic bishops have said ahead of the December 12 UK general election. “We have consistently said that the equal right to

Pope Francis in Hiroshima: ‘Never again war’

November 24, 2019

Pope Francis prayed for peace Sunday at the site of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, where he called for an end to war and the threat of nuclear weapons. “How can we propose peace if we constantly invoke the threat of nuclear war as a legitimate recourse for the resolution of conflicts?” Pope Francis said

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