God-centred nature documentary series meets $1 million crowdfunding goal
By Mark Pattison – It’s full steam ahead for “The Riot and the Dance,” a nature documentary series more God-centred than what host and executive producer Nathan...
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Cardinal Pell: Catholics should debate issues, not debase each other
By Carol Glatz – Honest and open debate about different points of view in the Catholic Church are fundamental, but Catholics should not be demonising the individuals...
SSPX leader says vaccination can be morally ‘prudent’
By Cindy Wooden – While denouncing as an “abuse of power” coercive measures to promote vaccination against Covid-19, a leader of the traditionalist Society of St Pius...
Pope to Bishops: Share God’s love, don’t just lament lack of faith
By Cindy Wooden – Bishops and others in the Catholic Church often lament the declining number of Christians, but rarely do they examine their own behavior and...
German Catholic lay groups voice frustration with slow pace of reforms
By Anli Serfontein – Catholic lay organisations took to the streets of Fulda under the motto “We remain loud” to express their dissatisfaction with the Catholic Church,...
Spanish church urges support for Canary Islands volcano victims
Spanish church leaders are urging prayers and donations for residents of the Canary Islands, after earthquakes and a volcanic eruption devastated parts of the Atlantic island chain....
UK bishops fight assisted suicide bills, plan novena to St John Paul
By Simon Caldwell – Catholic bishops of England and Wales are planning a novena to St. John Paul in the nine days before the second reading of an...
Pope accepts Afghan’s wedding ring as sign of friendship, hope
When Pary Gul, a Christian woman from Afghanistan, met Pope Francis on Sept. 22, she gave him her wedding ring as a reminder of her husband, who...
Pope: My Trip to Central Europe trip was about Honouring Roots
By Cindy Wooden – A living faith draws strength from remembering the past while continuing to grow in the love of God and service to others, Pope...
German bishops’ plenary assembly begins with appeals on Church reform
The German bishops’ plenary assembly began with urgent appeals for church reform and a reminder to heed admonitions from Pope Francis. Bishop Georg Bätzing, conference president, called...
Catholics in Africa celebrate Congo Basin as the earth’s second lung
By Fredrick Nzwili – As they marked the Season of Creation, Catholics in Africa celebrated the Congo Basin as the second “lung” of the earth and called...
Pope: Church Suffers from Temptation to Go Backward
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The Catholic Church suffers from a temptation to attempt to return to attitudes and practices of the past, an attitude that blocks...
