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Church in Sri Lanka to begin canonization process for hundreds killed in 2019 Easter attack

February 5, 2024

The Archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka, is set to begin the canonization process for the hundreds of faithful killed in the 2019 Easter Sunday terrorist attack in the country, an archdiocesan official confirmed with CNA. Father Joy Indika Perera, a representative for Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith

Cardinal Zen Discusses His New Book for Lent and Concerns for the Church

February 2, 2024

In an interview on The World Over with Raymond Arroyo that aired Feb. 1, Cardinal Joseph Zen presented his new book, Cardinal Zen’s Lenten Reflections and addressed recent controversial matters within the Catholic Church. Cardinal Zen credited his friend Aurelio Porfiri, who had some of the cardinal’s previous pastoral

Cardinal Zen Contends ‘Fiducia Supplicans’ ‘Creates Confusion’ and Suggests Cardinal Fernández Should Resign

January 24, 2024

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun has said Pope Francis’ recent declaration allowing the blessing of same-sex couples under certain conditions “creates confusion” and has suggested that its author, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, should resign or be dismissed. In a statement published Jan. 23 on his blog, Cardinal Zen

Finland: a laboratory of ecumenism and Christian unity

January 23, 2024

Pope Francis received an ecumenical delegation from Finland on Friday, Jan. 19, on the second day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and to mark the feast of St. Henry of Uppsala. Speaking on the importance of ecumenical dialogue and providing a broader

Pope Francis Announces Year of Prayer to Prepare for 2025 Jubilee

January 22, 2024

Pope Francis announced the start of a Year of Prayer on Sunday in preparation for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year. In his Angelus address, the Pope said that a Year of Prayer starting on Jan. 21 will be “a year dedicated to rediscovering the

Cardinal Explains How African Rejection of ‘Fiducia Supplicans’ Was Handled

January 22, 2024

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), recently recounted step by step how the rejection of the blessing of homosexual couples was handled on the African continent and at the Vatican. In a recording of an

Chaos deepens as Dutch bishops collectively reject blessings for same-sex couples

January 19, 2024

The Dutch bishops have become the latest conference to collectively reject the new provision by the Vatican for non-liturgical blessings to same-sex couples and those in irregular relationships. A statement issued by the Bishops’ Conference of the Netherlands stopped short of authorizing either blessings or

Divine Shepherdess procession in Venezuela draws 2.7 million

January 19, 2024

More than 2.7 million people gathered in the city of Barquisimeto in Lara state, Venezuela, on Sunday, Jan. 14, to accompany the image of the Divine Shepherdess Virgin in a procession, reported state governor Adolfo Pereira in post on X. Pereira commented that there was

Vatican’s Doctrinal Office Preparing ‘Very Important Document on Human Dignity,’ Cardinal Fernández Says

January 15, 2024

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s doctrinal chief has revealed that his dicastery is writing “a very important document on human dignity” that contains “a strong criticism” of immoral trends in contemporary society. Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the Vatican’s prefect at the Dicastery for the Doctrine

Church destroyed by ISIS in Iraq completely restored 10 years later

January 11, 2024

The Dominican Church of Our Lady of the Hour, one of the most emblematic in Mosul, northern Iraq, has been completely restored after the destruction carried out by Islamic State terrorists 10 years ago. Father Olivier Poquillon, director of the French Biblical and Archaeological School