In Holy Land on Palm Sunday, cardinal calls Christians to ‘hope against all hope’
Monday, April 14, 2025 from CNA
“No one can separate us from our love for Jerusalem, just as no one can separate us from the love of Christ,” said Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, on Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy...
Pope Francis declares Sagrada Familia basilica architect Antoni Gaudí ‘venerable’
Monday, April 14, 2025 from EWTN News - Vatican News
The Basilica de la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, designed by architect Antoni Gaudí. Pope Francis on Monday, April 14, 2025, declared Gaudí “venerable,” bringing him one step closer to sainthood. / Credit: Public domain;...
Surge in adults entering Church in England this Easter prompted by internet, tradition
Monday, April 14, 2025 from EWTN News - World Catholic News
The Diocese of Westminster, which includes much of the capital city London, said it had 252 catechumens and over 250 candidates, making a total of over 500 to be received into the Catholic Church at Easter — the most seen since 2018. /...
Religious facades mask the misery of human trafficking
Monday, April 14, 2025 from Christian Today
A disturbing and deceptive trend has come to light in Southeast Asia: human traffickers masquerading as Christian missionaries and pilgrims to transport victims across international borders.
Bible readings by 'Carry On' star reveal private quest for faith
Monday, April 14, 2025 from Christian Today
At the height of his fame in the 1970s, Kenneth Williams was asked to record excerpts from the Bible. Those recordings hadn’t been broadcast until the BBC did so at the weekend on Radio 4. So, was Kenneth Williams a closet Christian?
Jesus Film Project reaches 2,200 languages with release of new dialect
Monday, April 14, 2025 from Christian Today
The latest version was released in Bouna, a dialect of the Kulango language spoken in Côte d’Ivoire in West Africa.
American missionary pastor abducted at gunpoint during church meeting in South Africa
Monday, April 14, 2025 from Christian Today
An American church-planting missionary was abducted at gunpoint while leading a prayer meeting at his church in South Africa on Thursday, police say.
‘I became like a slave’: why 43 women are suing the secretive Opus Dei Catholic group in Argentina
Monday, April 14, 2025 from Christianity | The Guardian
Lured by promises of an education but allegedly trapped in servitude and self-mortification, the former members are suing the ultra-conservative organisation over their ‘exploitation and abuse’ The first item Opus Dei gave 12-year-old...
In pictures: Palm Sunday around the world
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from Christianity | The Guardian
The annual Christian feast day marks Jesus Christ’s entry into Jerusalem by means of the palm fronds waved in celebration of his arrival Continue reading...
Pope makes surprise appearance at Palm Sunday Mass
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from Cathnews
As the Church begins its most solemn period of the year, Pope Francis made another surprise appearance in St Peter’s Square at the end of Palm Sunday Mass yesterday, wishing the faithful a blessed start to Holy Week. Source: Crux.
Cost of living and first home buyers take centre stage at election launches
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from Cathnews
Labor and the Coalition have officially launched their federal election campaigns, with the cost of living and first home buyers taking centre stage as the race nears the halfway mark. Source: SBS News.
Chaplains ‘effectively being locked out’ of Northern Territory prisons
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from Cathnews
Darwin Bishop Charles Gauci has written to the Northern Territory Government expressing concern over a chronic lack of access to NT prisons, saying chaplains are effectively being locked out. Source: ABC News.
Australians still turning to Christianity in large numbers: report
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from Cathnews
Generation Z are open to changing their views on spirituality and, once involved in a faith, become highly motivated to live it out, a new McCrindle report has found. Source: The Catholic Leader.
University students and staff take a new course
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from Cathnews
A national short course series is equipping university students and staff with the tools to recognise and respond to modern slavery in Australia. Source: ACRATH.
Diplomat praises ministry of deacons
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from Cathnews
Apostolic Nuncio to Australia Archbishop Charles Balvo highlighted the important role that deacons play in the Church following his attendance at the 2025 National Deacons Conference in Adelaide. Source: The Southern Cross.
Vatican updates rules for Mass intentions
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from Cathnews
The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy has issued a decree updating the Church’s norms governing Mass intentions and stipends, emphasising both proper spiritual understanding and practical solutions for modern pastoral challenges....
France to see a record 17,800 catechumens baptised at Easter
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from Cathnews
In record-breaking numbers, more than 17,800 catechumens will be baptised in France during the Easter Vigil on April 19, according to an annual survey by the French bishops’ conference’s National Service for Catechumens. Source: OSV News.
Nicaragua accused of intensifying crackdown on Catholic Church
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from Cathnews
Preparations for popular, often daylong Lent and Holy Week processions are underway across Latin America — but not in Nicaragua. Source: NCR Online.
US Missionary Kidnapped In South Africa; Prayers Urged
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from Worthy Christian News » Christian Persecution
A U.S. missionary has been kidnapped in South Africa’s port city of Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape province, and his family has urged prayers for his “safe return,” Christians confirmed Friday. The post US Missionary Kidnapped In South...
Vatican updates rules for Mass intentions, permits collective offerings under strict conditions
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from CNA
Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik, prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy, celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for Korean Catholics before the statue of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn was blessed by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St....
Pope Francis greets pilgrims at Palm Sunday Mass
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from CNA
A smiling Pope Francis arrives in St. Peter's Square on April 13, 2025, in a surprise visit at the end of the outdoor Palm Sunday Mass. / Credit: Bénédicte Cedergren/CNA Rome Newsroom, Apr 13, 2025 / 10:50 am (CNA). Marking another...
John Piper Hits Back at Jordan Peterson’s Popular Claim About Suffering
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from CBN.com - CWN
A theologian and a psychologist walk into a room, and disagree about suffering — kind of.
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from Christianity | The Guardian
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them The movement for corporate city states cannot believe its good luck. For years, it has...
Congolese bishops express ‘spiritual closeness’ with victims of deadly floods in Kinshasa
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from CNA
At least 33 people have been reported dead and thousands displaced following April 5-6, 2025, flooding that cut access to over half of the Congolese capital of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. / Credit: Catholic Radio...
Palm Sunday Was a Protest, Not a Procession
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from NYT > Christians and Christianity
Jesus’ procession was a parody of imperial power — a deliberate mockery of Roman spectacle and a prophetic enactment of a kingdom not built on violence but on justice.
Armenian Patriarchate takes legal action to halt Jerusalem’s tax foreclosure
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from CNA
The main entrance to the Armenian Patriarchate and the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem. / Credit: Marinella Bandini Jerusalem, Apr 13, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Tensions have continued to escalate between the Armenian Patriarchate of...
Surge in searches for local churches
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from Christian Today
The Church of England has been buoyed by latest figures showing a leap in visits to its church finder website.
Church safeguarding is firmly rooted in Scripture
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from Christian Today
Safeguarding is indeed every Christian’s responsibility.
The most common questions about Palm Sunday — and their answers
Sunday, April 13, 2025 from CNA
A priest holds palms on Palm Sunday. / Credit: Grant Whitty via Unsplash CNA Staff, Apr 13, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). When is Palm Sunday 2025? This year Palm Sunday falls on April 13. What is the meaning of Palm Sunday? Palm Sunday is the...
Trump’s ‘gay,’ Soros-linked treasury secretary Scott Bessent takes key role in trade strategy
Saturday, April 12, 2025 from Christian News Network
In a significant move that continues to raise concerns among Christians and conservatives, President Donald Trump appointed Scott Bessent as treasury secretary in January 2025. Bessent, an openly homosexual man with a background in hedge...
Record number of adult baptisms in France shows surge among youth
Saturday, April 12, 2025 from CNA
The choir, clergy and guests stand during the ceremony to mark the reopening of Notre-Dame of Paris Cathedral on Dec. 7, 2024, in Paris, France. After five years of restoration, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris reopened its doors to the...
More than 3,500 gather for Colorado March for Life
Saturday, April 12, 2025 from CNA
Students from local schools lead the Colorado March for Life at the state capitol on April 11, 2025. / Credit: Kate Quiñones/CNA Denver, Colo., Apr 12, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). When Beverly Jacobson was five months pregnant, the doctors...
The Real Story Behind Kristan Hawkins' Viral Face-Offs With Pro-Choice Students
Saturday, April 12, 2025 from CBN.com - CWN
Pro-life activist Kristan Hawkins’ journey to leading Students for Life of America started after she became involved in a crisis pregnancy center as a teenager — a moving experience that shaped her.
Former ambassador Sam Brownback praises Trump's religious freedom pick: 'It's in his DNA'
Saturday, April 12, 2025 from EWTN News - US Catholic News
Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback speaks to EWTN News Nightly Anchor Mark Irons on Friday, April 11, 2025. / Credit; EWTN News CNA Newsroom, Apr 12, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). Former U.S....
Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, Who Led the National Council of Churches, Dies at 93
Saturday, April 12, 2025 from NYT > Christians and Christianity
A minister who headed the National Council of Churches, she was active in liberal causes in the 1990s and sought to counter the conservative Christian Coalition.
Pope Francis makes prayerful visit to Marian basilica before Holy Week
Saturday, April 12, 2025 from CNA
Pope Francis kneels in prayer before the revered Marian icon "Salus Populi Romani" at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, April 12, 2025. / Holy See Press Office CNA Newsroom, Apr 12, 2025 / 09:20 am (CNA). Pope...
University of Mary and Diocese of Phoenix launch first-ever Catholic seminary in Arizona
Saturday, April 12, 2025 from CNA
Seminarians live active lives, balancing prayer, studies, fraternity, and exercise. The Nazareth House provides seminarians with a healthy space to recreate, pray, cook, and share meals together. / Credit: Mike McCleary/University of...
Vatican announces theme for 2025 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
Saturday, April 12, 2025 from EWTN News - Vatican News
null / Credit: Harvepino/Shutterstock Vatican City, Apr 12, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development has announced the theme chosen by Pope Francis for the 2025 World Day of Prayer for the Care of...
Gothic Revival cathedral in Nottingham to shine again with historic grant
Saturday, April 12, 2025 from CNA
The exterior of St. Barnabas Cathedral in Nottingham. / Credit: Diocese of Nottingham/Luke Potter Nottingham, England, Apr 12, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). A new project, the Restoring Pugin Project, aimed at restoring the original design of a...
Pope Francis calls on university students to proclaim Christ’s Gospel
Saturday, April 12, 2025 from EWTN News - Vatican News
Pope Francis greets visitors at his general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Newsroom, Apr 12, 2025 / 05:34 am (CNA). Pope Francis encouraged university students in a message to participants...
Australian judge rules against puberty blockers for 12 year old in 'stunning victory for sanity'
Saturday, April 12, 2025 from Christian Today
The idea that gender identity is not affected by external factors was found to be unsupported by evidence.
Egypt's Christians face 'constant pressure to hide their faith'
Saturday, April 12, 2025 from Christian Today
Despite being 11 million strong, Egypt's Christians face persistent persecution
Police used unnecessary force in Quaker raid, say Churches
Saturday, April 12, 2025 from Christian Today
Churches have called for a police review into the raid on a Quaker Meeting House
Traffickers pose as Christian missionaries in Thailand to entrap victims
Friday, April 11, 2025 from CNA
Photo illustration. / Credit: yougoigo/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 11, 2025 / 17:46 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news that you might have missed this week: Traffickers pose as Christian missionaries to...
Jimmy Lai to be honorary recipient of 2025 Bradley Prize
Friday, April 11, 2025 from CNA
Jimmy Lai and other demonstrators were convicted in 2021 of taking part in what the Hong Kong government argued was an “unauthorized assembly” at Victoria Park in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay neighborhood. / Credit: 美国之音莉雅, Public domain,...
House bill would affirm tax exemption is not federal ‘financial assistance’
Friday, April 11, 2025 from CNA
A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in downtown Washington, D.C. / Credit: Rob Crandall/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 11, 2025 / 16:23 pm (CNA). A federal bill proposed this week would affirm that nonprofits and charities...
Meet the 2 Influencers Turning Gen Z into a New Generation of Jesus Freaks
Friday, April 11, 2025 from ChristianHeadlines.com
Two Christian influencers, Ally Yost and Ashley Hetherington, are using their combined five million followers to bring faith to Gen Z through their YouTube reality series Jesus Freaks, which offers an unfiltered look at Christian living...
U.S. bishops and Jubilee USA urge Trump to pursue debt relief during 2025 Jubilee Year
Friday, April 11, 2025 from CNA
null / Credit: Andy via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 11, 2025 / 15:52 pm (CNA). The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Jubilee USA Network this week sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him...
State department staff told to report colleagues for ‘anti-Christian bias’
Friday, April 11, 2025 from Christianity | The Guardian
Department seeks instances of bias, with emphasis on Christianity, that may have occurred under Biden The state department is ordering staff to report colleagues for instances of “anti-Christian bias” during the Biden administration,...
Yucatán becomes 22nd Mexican state to approve pro-abortion legislation
Friday, April 11, 2025 from CNA
The state capitol building of Yucatán, Mexico. / Credit: J. Magno, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Puebla, Mexico, Apr 11, 2025 / 15:20 pm (CNA). Mexico’s Yucatán state Congress has approved the decriminalization of abortion up to 12...