2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1155+ words) Temperatures climbed so high in France this summer that wildfires forced mass evacuations, Champagne grapes were harvested exceptionally early, the Louvre closed in the afternoons, and the field at the historic Parc des Princes stadium turned brown. With the mercury…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1494+ words) A Spanish newspaper has published alleged letters from Pope Francis, suggesting the late pope supported the bishop of Barbastro in a dispute with Opus Dei about the Marian shrine in his diocese. The publication of the allegedly leaked letters comes…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1258+ words) The Andorran Prime Minister has announced a plan to decriminalize abortion in the microstate by April next year “whether the Holy See likes it or not,” despite a Catholic bishop serving as co-head of state. Xavier Espot, the Andorran PM,…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (988+ words) A group of more than 200 victims of spiritual abuse and their relatives is asking Pope Leo XIV to take concrete steps to prevent and respond to instances of spiritual abuse within the Church. In a Sept. 7 letter, published in La…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (876+ words) An upcoming ruling by the European Union’s top court on whether a Belgian diocese must erase baptismal register data on request could have significant implications for the Church’s autonomy and institutional freedom of religion. That is the contention of a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1002+ words) Pope Leo XIV accepted Wednesday another early resignation of a German diocesan bishop, who cited the toll of office as a reason for stepping down. The Holy See press office announced Sept. 2 that the pope had accepted the resignation of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1258+ words) A six-year dispute between the Spanish Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón and Opus Dei over a Marian image at the shrine of Torreciudad has escalated after almost a year of relative silence, with the local bishop again threatening to resign if the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1149+ words) Pope Leo XIV issued on Saturday a reform to the Code of Canons for Eastern Churches, the common legal framework for the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches sui iuris. The new law creates a mechanism for the synods of the Eastern Churches…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (846+ words) An Indian cathedral at the heart of the Syro-Malabar liturgy dispute celebrated a Holy Qurbana entirely facing the people Sunday, after parishioners agreed to allow it alongside the Eastern Church’s new uniform Eucharistic liturgy. The agreement marks another step in…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1646+ words) The Armenian Prime Minister announced Aug. 24 an investigation into what it claims is a “systemic crisis” of the Armenian Apostolic Church, just a few days after his administration announced a government-led reform of the country’s majority Church, including a change…...