Rome Newsroom, Jan 12, 2021 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- A Rome court has ruled that the search and seizure of money and other valuables from the home of a suspended Vatican official last November was “illegitimate” and ordered the cash to be returned, according to Italian
Rome Newsroom, Jan 12, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- For Catholic judge Rosario Livatino, to “render justice” was an act of prayerful self-dedication to God. “To render justice is a fulfillment of oneself, it is a prayer, it is a dedication of oneself to God,” Livatino
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Vatican City, Jan 12, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).- The Vatican gave guidance Tuesday about how priests can distribute ashes on Ash Wednesday amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments published a note Jan. 12, directing priests to
CNA Staff, Jan 12, 2021 / 08:05 am (CNA).- Catholic bishops urged the U.K. on Tuesday to give up its nuclear arsenal. In a Jan. 11 statement, three bishops also called on world leaders to back the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which comes into
Vatican City, Jan 12, 2021 / 03:30 am (CNA).- Pope emeritus Benedict XVI will receive the coronavirus vaccine as soon as it is available, his personal secretary said Tuesday. Archbishop Georg Gänswein told CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language news partner, Jan. 12 that the 93-year-old former pope
CNA Staff, Jan 11, 2021 / 05:27 pm (CNA).- The kidnappings of Catholic priests and others in Nigeria must end, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja said this week. He spoke during his visit to a church whose priest was abducted and released just weeks before Christmas.
@tono_casado, Instagram Wow! This is amazing! Madrid experienced a massive snowstorm over the weekend, with more than 20 inches of snow. Sadly, at least four people died as a result. However, one Spanish priest made something beautiful out of this bad weather. Fr. Toño Casado created a giant crucifix out
Thousands storm the United States Capitol building following a “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. (photo: Spencer Platt / Getty Images) The hopes of a new year bringing healing and unity to a divided nation received a terrible blow this last
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Dublin, Ireland, Jan 11, 2021 / 10:54 am (CNA).- After receiving thousands of complaints from citizens and vocal criticism from religious leaders, Ireland’s state broadcaster has apologized after a sketch on its New Year’s Eve programming joked about sexual assault, God, and the Virgin Mary. “We
Gandolfo (photo: CNA/EWTN News) The feast day of Blessed Gandolph, a gray friar, is April 3. Angelo Stagnaro, January 11, 2021 Even before J. R. R. Tolkien’s masterpieces, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, the popes had their summer residence in Castel Gandolfo. Gundulf and its variants (Gondulf,
CNA Staff, Jan 11, 2021 / 07:30 am (CNA).- 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
Pope Francis during the Wednesday general audience inside the San Damaso Courtyard of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, Sept. 30, 2020. (photo: Daniel Ibanez / CNA/EWTN News) In a television interview offered to the Italian broadcast network, Tg5, the Pope opens up about the current crisis of
The music of Sir James MacMillan is regularly heard on classical music stations. (photo: Norman Servais / EWTN GB) Sir James MacMillan, the foremost modern British composer and a forthright Catholic, says ‘music is the perfect art form to bring people together to see a better