A brief round up of the latest news from around the Catholic world.

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Vatican News

  • Synod reflection prior to evening Mass on Sunday
    on October 1, 2023 at 5:00 pm

    Reflecting on the Gospel for the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Benedictine nun and former abbess Mother Maria Ignazia Angelini offers a reflection prior to evening Mass on Sunday during the retreat for participants in the upcoming General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. Read all  

  • Homily during Sunday Mass for Synod paricipants on retreat
    on October 1, 2023 at 4:30 pm

    Bishop Raymond Poisson. Bishop of St-Jérôme-Mont-Laurier, Canada, celebrates Holy Mass on Sunday evening and preaches the homily for synod members, fraternal delegates and special invitees currently on retreat prior to participating in the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops which begins on 4 October. Read all  

  • Armenia needs aid as nearly 120,000 Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh
    on October 1, 2023 at 3:41 pm

    Armenia has asked the European Union for assistance to help it deal with a massive refugee influx from Nagorno-Karabakh. Nearly all 120,000 mainly Christian Armenians living there have fled Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan recaptured the enclave last week in a battle that killed hundreds of people. Its request comes as Pope Francis reiterates his appeal for dialogue between the conflicting […]

  • Pope asks for prayers for peace and for the Synod
    on October 1, 2023 at 12:00 pm

    Pope Francis notes it is the month of the Rosary and of missions and invites all Catholics to pray the Rosary and implore peace in Ukraine and in all war-torn regions and also for the Synod of Bishops on Synodality. Read all  

  • Synod participants on retreat in Sacrofano
    on October 1, 2023 at 11:57 am

    From 30 September to 3 October, the members, delegates and special invitees for the XVI Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops are spending time in prayer at Fraterna Domus retreat house. Meditations and reflections are being live-streamed. Read all  

  • Synod Retreat Meditation: "At home in God and God at home in us"
    on October 1, 2023 at 11:28 am

    On Sunday morning, Dominican Friar and former Master of the Order of Preachers, Father Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe's second meditation for those who will participate in the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops set to begin on Wednesday, 4 October focused on the theme "At home in God and God at home in us" Read all  

  • Pope announces upcoming meeting with children of the world
    on October 1, 2023 at 11:22 am

    Pope Francis says he is scheduled to meet with children of the five continents in November to reflect and learn from their untainted acceptance of others and respect for creation. Read all  

  • Synod Retreat Meditation: "Hoping Against Hope"
    on October 1, 2023 at 11:14 am

    On Sunday morning, Dominican Friar and former Master of the Order of Preachers, Father Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, reflected on the meaning of "Hoping against hope" with those who will participate in the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops set to begin on Wednesday, 4 October. Read all  

  • Pope appeals for dialogue between Azerbaijan and Armenia
    on October 1, 2023 at 10:48 am

    Pope Francis appeals to the international community to favour mediation between Azerbaijan and Armenia as tens of thousands of Armenians flee the contested enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, and he prays for victims of a massive explosion in the city of Stepanakert. Read all  

  • Pope at Angelus: There is always the hope of redemption for a sinner
    on October 1, 2023 at 10:10 am

    Pope Francis reflects on how Christians are called to take responsibility for their behaviour and be sincere with God and themselves about their difficulties. Read all  

Catholic News Agency

  • An evening of letters and rose petals to ask St. Thérèse to pray for ‘the impossible’
    on October 1, 2023 at 8:00 am

    Santa Rita Parish in Milan, Italy, September 2017. / Credit: Béatitudes Community Paris, France, Oct 1, 2023 / 04:00 am (CNA). For more than 30 years, the Community of the Beatitudes has been hosting “rose petals” evenings dedicated to the French saint Thérèse de […]

  • Spanish Opus Dei priest announced as new Helsinki bishop
    on September 29, 2023 at 9:45 pm

    Bishop-elect Raimo Ramón Goyarrola Belda of Helsinki, left, and Archbishop Julio Murat, apostolic nuncio to the Nordic countries. / Credit: Catholic Information Centre, Diocese of Helsinki CNA Staff, Sep 29, 2023 / 17:45 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Friday appointed Father Raimo Ramón […]

  • German bishops conclude tense gathering with all eyes on Synod on Synodality in Rome
    on September 29, 2023 at 2:45 pm

    Bishop Georg Bätzing addresses journalists on Sept 28, 2023. / Credit: Martin Rothweiler/EWTN Germany CNA Newsroom, Sep 29, 2023 / 10:45 am (CNA). As German bishops wrapped up their plenary meeting on Thursday with a final press conference amid tensions over same-sex blessings and a whole […]

  • Alleged Rupnik victim: Many of the abused women have never received help
    on September 28, 2023 at 10:00 pm

    Father Marko Rupnik / Credit: Centroaletti, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 28, 2023 / 18:00 pm (CNA). Italian professor Fabrizia Raguso, one of the original members of the Loyola Community and an alleged victim of Father Marko Rupnik, whom she met in 1990, explained the […]

  • A Christmas message in September: How ‘Good King Wenceslas’ inspired his people to follow God
    on September 28, 2023 at 2:18 pm

    The statue of Saint Wenceslas (Pomník svatého Václava) in the eponymous square in Prague, depicts Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia in Prague, Czech Republic, May 23, 2009. / Credit: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 28, 2023 / 10:18 am (CNA). Wenceslaus […]

  • Former Nagorno-Karabakh Armenian leader arrested as over 50,000 refugees flee region
    on September 27, 2023 at 6:43 pm

    Ruben Vardanyan, a former high-ranking official in the ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, was arrested by Azerbaijan authorities on Sept. 27, 2023, as he attempted to flee the region along with over 50,000 other ethnic Armenian refugees. / Credit: Aleksey Chalabyan a.k.a […]

  • Discipline of sister who led community co-founded by Rupnik raises questions
    on September 27, 2023 at 3:28 pm

    Father Marko Rupnik. / Credit: Screen shot/ACI Prensa Rome Newsroom, Sep 27, 2023 / 11:28 am (CNA). A religious sister who co-founded a community with the ex-Jesuit and accused abuser Father Marko Rupnik three decades ago was quietly removed in June from the governance of the community, banned […]

  • Pope makes church first co-cathedral in history of British Isles
    on September 26, 2023 at 3:15 pm

    The Church of St. Mary of the Isle, located in Douglas on the Isle of Man in the British Isles. / Credit: St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Douglas, by Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons London, England, Sep 26, 2023 / 11:15 am (CNA). Pope Francis has awarded a U.K. church […]

  • Family of UK teen who died fighting rare disease speaks out
    on September 26, 2023 at 2:30 pm

    Sudiksha Thirumalesh died Sept. 12, 2023, after a legal fight to circumvent a ruling in the United Kingdom that she was not competent to make decisions about her care. / Credit: Christian Concern CNA Staff, Sep 26, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA). A 19-year-old U.K. woman who died after a legal fight to […]

  • England’s historic Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham gets new rector
    on September 25, 2023 at 6:30 pm

    The historic Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. / Credit: Norman Servais/EWTN Great Britain London, England, Sep 25, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA). The Rev. Dr. Robert Billing became the next rector of the National Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham, the third one in the last eight years, succeeding […]