The director of Caritas Poland said that the charity will continue to help those in need for as long as the Belarus border crisis lasts. Speaking at a press conference in Podlipki, northeastern Poland, on November 18, director Fr Marcin Izycki stressed that the charity was also attentive to the needs of the local community near Poland’s…
The Archdiocese of New Orleans will pay more than $1 million in a settlement related to allegations of fraud in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the US Department of Justice announced. According to the US Department of Justice, the settlement “resolves allegations” that the Archdiocese of New Orleans “knowingly signed certifications for funding that contained…
Pope Francis: Refugees are ending up in a ‘desert of humanity’ Pope Francis has said that refugees forced to flee their homes often end up in a “desert of humanity”. The Pope made the remark in a message celebrating the 40th anniversary of a Jesuit-run refugee centre in Rome. “The last 40 years of human history…
Catholic charity announces €5M donation to help Lebanon and Syria’s Christians l The Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need has announced that it is donating €5 million to help Christian communities in Lebanon and Syria. The funds will help establish a project to support young newlywed couples in Syria, who are starting families…
Archbishop Stanisław Gadecki has called for “fervent prayer” to end to the migrant crisis at the country’s border with Belarus. Archbishop Gadecki, who is the president of the Polish bishops’ conference, addressed what he described as “dramatic events” on the roughly 250-mile border between Poland and its eastern neighbour. The Polish government, the European Union,…
Pope Benedict met with four recipients of the Ratzinger Prize at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican last Saturday. The meeting lasted one hour and allowed each of the academics to discuss their work with the Pope–emeritus, according to a statement from the Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation. Before parting ways, the group prayed…
Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick have agreed to create a joint group reviewing Catholic priests’ access to crime scenes to administer the last rites. Cardinal Nichols and Ms Dick took the step after reports that police refused access to Catholic priest seeking to anoint Sir David Amess after the lawmaker was…
The vicar general for the Diocese of Rome has banned the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass during the Easter Triduum in his implementation of Pope Francis’ motu proprio Traditionis custodes. In a letter dated last month, Cardinal Angelo De Donatis said that Mass could continue to be celebrated according to the 1962 Roman Missal at…
Catholic bishops in France announced that they have agreed to “a vast programme of renewal” of governance practices in response to a landmark report on clerical sex abuse. Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, president of the French bishops’ conference, said that the bishops had decided to “initiate a path of recognition and reparation opening for the…
Pope Francis offers prayers for Iraqi PM after assassination attempt Pope Francis is praying for Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi after an attempted assassination attack on his home with armed drones. The Pope expressed his “prayerful closeness” in a telegram released by the Vatican on November 9 in which the attack in Baghdad was condemned…