Four men accused of terrorist conspiracy after the murder of the French Catholic priest Father Jacques Hamel in 2016 have been convicted. “Justice is done,” Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen said after the verdict on March 9. “[The court] has discerned the good from the bad as much as possible, it has judged and for the good…

Nordic Catholic bishops have issued an open letter expressing alarm at the direction of the German ‘Synodal Way’. In the March 9 letter, they cautioned against “capitulation to the Zeitgeist” and “impoverishment of the content of our faith,” reported CNA Deutsch. While acknowledging the challenges facing the Catholic Church in Germany, they said that “the orientation, method, and…

Cardinal Krajewski in Ukraine ‘with the logic of the Gospel’ “I am not a diplomat. I came here with the logic of the Gospel. That’s what Jesus would do. He was always on the side of the people who were suffering. The Holy Father also uses this logic of the Gospel.” This is what the…

The Court of Appeal will hear a case challenging a UK law that allows abortion up to birth for disability after the High Court rejected the case last year. The High Court in London ruled in September 2021 that the law allowing abortion up to birth for disability was not discriminatory. The challenge was brought by Heidi…

A papal envoy to Ukraine has denounced the bombing of a paediatric hospital in the city of Mariupol. Vatican Cardinal Michael Czerny, who was at the border between Hungary and Ukraine when he received the news, said: “Bombing and hospital: these two words in the same sentence already make you shudder.” Cardinal Czerny referred to…

The Myanmar conflict’s destruction continued early March 10, when a military aircraft attack on a town in the east of the country caused severe damage to a Catholic convent’s roof, ceiling, and windows. Two Myanmar military aircraft hit the Sisters of Reparation convent, which serves as a retirement home and hospital for aging nuns. The…

Our Lady of Fatima shrines asked to pray for Russia’s conversion Our Lady of Fatima shrines worldwide were asked to unite in prayer for the conversion of Russia on Sunday. The appeal was made by Father Andrzej Draws, rector of the Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Fatima in Krisovychi, western Ukraine, following the full-scale Russian…

Cardinal Bo fears ‘nightmare scenario’ of nuclear holocaust Cardinal Charles Maung Bo said on Friday that the “nightmare scenario” of a global nuclear holocaust was “becoming a possibility” following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The leader of the Catholic Church in strife-torn Burma said in a March 4 message that the world was on the brink of “self-annihilation”.…