A Catholic priest’s podcast about the Bible was topping downloads Thursday in the United States, filling a niche for the faithful as the pandemic restricts in-person mass. The voice of “The Bible in a Year” — which has been downloaded over four million times in
According to CNA Deutsch, Catholic News Agency’s German-language news partner, Benedict XVI will be among the first at the Vatican to get the Covid vaccine. Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the personal secretary of the 93-year-old Pope Emeritus, told the agency that Benedict would get it as soon as
On Sunday, Jan. 10, the internet was abuzz with false reports of an overnight blackout at the Vatican, accompanied by a series of claims concerning Pope Francis, the Italian police, and the FBI. The claims were widely shared by conspiracy theorists, generating bewilderment and concern
Pope Francis issued a motu proprio Monday changing canon law to allow women to serve as lectors and acolytes. In the motu proprio “Spiritus Domini,” issued on Jan. 11, the pope changed canon 230 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law to read: “Lay people who
The Vatican’s doctrinal office has urged Catholics not to promote “the alleged apparitions and revelations” associated with the Marian title of “Lady of All Nations,” according to a Dutch bishop. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s appeal was announced in a clarification issued Dec. 30
Pope Francis has written a Christmas letter to the people of Lebanon encouraging them to trust in God during times of crisis. “Beloved sons and daughters of Lebanon, I am deeply troubled to see the suffering and anguish that has sapped the native resilience and
Belarusian authorities announced Tuesday that Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk-Mohilev, who was exiled in August, will be permitted to return to the country at Christmas. “The Apostolic Nunciature express its gratitude to the State Authorities of Belarus for responding positively to Pope Francis’ request to
A new sacrament formation program for the deaf and hard of hearing is offering adult catechetical information in American Sign Language. Designed by Ascension Press, Hands of Grace: The Catholic Sacraments in American Sign Language became available earlier this year. It was developed by Father Sean Loomis,
A priest of the Diocese of San Rafael has been suspended after he physically attacked Bishop Eduardo María Taussig during an argument over the closing of the local seminary. Fr. Camilo Dib, a priest from Malargue, more than 110 miles southwest of San Rafael, was
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of one woman and seven men, including an Italian judge who was murdered by the infamous Sicilian Mafia. During a meeting Dec. 21 with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, the pope signed a decree