“Catholic bishops of Germany, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg issue "A New Breath for Europe", a pastoral letter calling on EU citizens to vote "for a project of hope" in upcoming elections.”
“ABUJA, Nigeria -- At least 15 Catholic worshippers were killed in a Burkina Faso village on Sunday when gunmen attacked a community as they gathered for prayers in the country's conflict-hit northern region, church officials said.”
“the Vatican and Chinese authorities signed a landmark agreement on the appointment of bishops. But at the same time, there are still Chinese Catholics have no word of what has happened with their bishops, some who have been missing for several weeks, if not several years.”
“Abortion was on the ballot in just one state in the elections held in the United States on November 7, but the issue resonated in contests elsewhere. Ohio was the lone state with abortion on the ballot – an amendment to the state constitution which would enshrine a right to abortion. ”
“Latin America still has the world's largest Catholic population. Church in LA reported 562MM baptized members in 2020, that's 41% of the world's share. Europe=286MM Catholics or 21%, Africa=256MM Catholics or 19%...While there were 8.2MM christenings in 2000, it fell to 5.1MM in 2020."
“The Biblicum said a team of historians unearthed never-before-seen documents in its archives shedding light on the Church's efforts to rescue Jews during World War II. The documents were presented during a workshop held at the Museum of the Shoah, part of Rome's main synagogue, September 7. ”
“Under Francis, the papacy has become more representative of voices from the "global south", but the evolution of a post-Eurocentric world order during his pontificate poses new challenges for the Vatican and the Catholic Church”
“More than 1,000 acts of sexual abuse have been perpetrated by Catholic clerics and members of the Order since 1950 in Switzerland, according to an analysis conducted by historians from the University of Zurich.”
“"I feel I have arrived home." Born in London in 1956, Richard Pain was ordained in 1986 as a priest in the Church of Wales, a Church member of the Anglican communion. He served his entire ministry in the Diocese of Monmouth before being elected as a bishop in 2013. Married and a father of 2...”
“The Pew Research Center noted in a study last April that Latino Catholics living in the US are beginning to walk away from their Church. Less than half of them now say they are still Catholic (43%), compared with 67% in 2010... "no religious affiliation" group, rising from 10% to 30%.”
“The vote follows a memo that the USCCB doctrine comt. published last March that calls for ban on gender therapies, i.e. all mental, hormonal and physical treatments given to individuals who do not recognize themselves in their birth sex... not respect "the fundamental order of human body".”
“As of 2022, 43% of Hispanic adults identify as Catholic, down from 67% in 2010," said the report, "Among U.S. Latinos, Catholicism Continues to Decline but Is Still the Largest Faith.”
“Francis, the Roman Catholic pope, and Tawadros II, the Coptic Orthodox pope, jointly hold weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square on day of inter-Church friendship.”
“The Catholic Archbishop of Westminster will be among Christian leaders blessing King Charles III during his coronation, a first time since the 1500s when reformers rejected the authority of the pope as well as many of the principles and practices of Catholicism. ”
[11.3%]“The number of Korean Catholics is 5,949,862, just 11,817 more than the previous year, according to the yearbook, recently published the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea. In terms of proportion when contrasted with the total population of Korea (52,628,623), the number is 11.3%,”
“Catholics especially rejected the idea of U.S. collaboration with Stalin’s Russia. On the Catholic side, the possibility of such cooperation was rejected on the grounds that Russia persecuted religion and, in particular, Catholics. ”
“The Vatican has now completed its virtual reproduction thousands of documents detailing requests for help addressed to Pius XII by Jews persecuted by the Nazis from all over Europe during World War II.”
“Mexico is the second largest Catholic country in the world in terms of members, estimated to be around 100 million people. But the proportion of Catholics in the country is constantly decreasing. It went from 89.7% of the population in 1990 to 77.7% in 2020.”
A year on from the Russian invasion, there are eight million Ukrainian refugees across Europe, 160,000 of them in the UK. From London to Liverpool to Glasgow – and in towns and villages in-between – the mission of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is to reach beyond its faithful.
“As the United States marks "Black History Month" this February, African-American Catholics are searching for their place in a Church where they feel unheard”
Bishops urge "humanism of dialogue" and "respect for the individual" in upcoming EU elections
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Latin America sees significant drop in Catholic baptisms
New records shows how Church helped Jews during Nazi occupation of Rome
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Sweeping study finds 1,000 cases of sexual abuse in Swiss Catholic Church since 1950 - SWI swissinfo.ch
Another Anglican bishop chooses to become Catholic
Catholic Church in US trying to keep Latinos in the fold
Catholic bishops in US wade into debates over gender therapy
Hispanics continue their rise among US Catholic population
Unprecedented: two popes host gathering at the Vatican
UK cardinal to participate in blessing during King Charles’ coronation
Catholics now account for 11.3% of South Korea’s population
Pius XII, John XXIII and Russia - LA CIVILTÀ CATTOLICA
The Vatican's archive on help to Jews during WWII now fully available
Mexico’s Catholic bishops admit they’re losing the people
How the Ukrainian Catholic Church is fulfilling its mission to refugees, one year on from the invasion
Black Catholics in the US are leaving the Church
