More than 150 Catholic bishops across West Africa will gather in Abuja for a plenary meeting of the Regional EpiscopalPhoto: Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters More than 150 Catholic bishops across West Africa will

How population and demographic shifts are shaping the future of the Catholic Church   By Rev. Dorian Llywelyn, S.J.April 30, 2022   Editor’s note: This post was adapted from a presentation in March 2022

ROME (CNS) — The Catholic Church in Europe and other places will, as retired Pope Benedict XVI had said, be smaller and less influential, but the church’s mission and joy

Although religion justified violence in Reformation Europe, people still sought to live in peaceThe Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in Paris (Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons )In the early hours of 24

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Listen to this story: ROME – European bishops, both Catholic and Russian Orthodox, are pleading for the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, to ask Vladimir Putin to stop

St Paraskieva Greek Catholic Church, Slovakia. Credit: ShutterstockWhen Catholics attend Mass on Ash Wednesday, they’ll be invited in many dioceses to support the efforts of the U.S. bishops’ conference to

Rome (Agenzia Fides) - While winds of war blow in Ukraine, the International Forum of Catholic Action (IFCA) with all the associations of Catholic Action in the world, has accepted

View of an explosion near Dnipro, Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2022, after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a military operation in Ukraine, in this image obtained by Reuters. (CNS photo/Reuters) Rome

Marijana Petir, a member of the Croatian Parliament and former Member of the European Parliament. / Provided/CNA. Zagreb, Croatia, Feb 9, 2022 / 08:00 am (CNA). A body representing more than 1,000