2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (206+ words) » Continue to this story on Diocese of Fall River CWN Editor's Note: The Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, announced that Msgr. Roger Landry, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, has been restricted from exercising his priestly ministry amid allegations…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (228+ words) Pope Leo XIV has declared a Guadalupan Jubilee Year to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the dedication on the new Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. The jubilee year begins on October 12 and concludes exactly one year later....

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (238+ words) A Vatican diplomat emphasized that diminished cognitive capacity does not diminish personhood. “A person is not defined by his or her consciousness, intellect, or abilities,” Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, apostolic nuncio and Permanent Observer to the United Nations and other international…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (156+ words) » Continue to this story on OSV News CWN Editor's Note: Archbishop Charles Thompson of Indianapolis, Indiana, granted a dispensation from Sunday Mass attendance to “those who have reasonable grounds to fear being detained, separated from their families, or subjected to…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (254+ words) A Vatican diplomat called for efforts to foster women’s leadership to promote a culture of peace. Addressing a UN forum on the topic, Msgr. Robert Murphy, interim chargé d’affaires of the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (191+ words) CWN Editor's Note: In a 13-12 vote, Liechtenstein’s parliament voted to permit abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. In a separate 13-12 vote, the parliament voted not to permit a public referendum on abortion. Prince Hans Adam II is the nation’s…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (484+ words) A Vatican diplomat called for assistance for victims of nuclear weapons testing and the “complete elimination” of nuclear weapons. “The enduring consequences of nuclear weapons’ use and testing remind us that, behind doctrines, arsenals and considerations of strategic advantage, stand…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (213+ words) The prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for Bishops won a defamation suit against the woman who accused him of sexual assault. A Quebec judge awarded Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., 100,000 Canadian dollars ($72,000 U.S. dollars). The 82-year-old prelate said he would donate the award…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (195+ words) Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen recently began his mission as apostolic nuncio to Germany, the Vatican newspaper reported on September 1. Discussing the prelate’s July 23 meeting with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, L’Osservatore Romano reported: During the cordial conversation, the discussion…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (174+ words) » Continue to this story on AdVaticanum CWN Editor's Note: Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., reflected on synodality, the traditional Latin Mass, and the increase in adult baptisms and Dominican vocations in England. “Many people fear that synodality will lead to…...