21+ hour, 59+ min ago  (152+ words) Citing security concerns, bishops in several Nigerian dioceses have directed that Easter Vigil Masses be celebrated at an earlier time than the typical nightfall. Bishop Jude Arogundade of Ondo, for example, directed that all Easter Vigil Masses in his diocese…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (188+ words) " Continue to this story on Bishops' Conference of Scotland CWN Editor's Note: The Bishops" Conference of Scotland announced that it is considering diocesan mergers at the Holy See"s request. "Following a request from the Holy See, the Bishops of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (380+ words) Dame Sarah Mullally was installed as Archbishop of Canterbury on March 25. As Archbishop of Canterbury, Dame Mullally is primate of the Church of England and first among equals in the Anglican Communion. Reflecting on the Blessed Virgin Mary, Archbishop Mullally,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (225+ words) The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published a document listing the characteristics of the Anglican patrimony preserved in the Church's ordinariates for former Anglicans. The characteristics, developed in conversation with the bishops who govern the three ordinariates, include…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (175+ words) Rt. Rev. Stephen Conway, the Anglican bishop of Lincoln, England, was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a man. The 68-year-old prelate, who has led the Anglican diocese since 2023, was previously bishop of Ramsbury (2006-10) and Ely (2010-23). (The Catholic Church teaches…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (172+ words) In an article in The Catholic Herald, Msgr. Michael Nazir-Ali recounted his intellectual journey from the Anglican episcopate to the Catholic faith. Msgr. Nazir-Ali, the former Anglican bishop of Raiwind (Pakistan) and Rochester (England), was received into the Church and…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (200+ words) " Continue to this story on Archdiocese of Southwark CWN Editor's Note: The Archdiocese of Southwark, England, announced yesterday that it is launching Ambassadors for Christ, an apologetics initiative for parishes and schools. "As someone who converted to Catholicism as a…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago  (95+ words) " Continue to this story on The Living Church CWN Editor's Note: An Anglican prelate has broken with one conservative splinter group in the US to form another. Bishop Jones says of his new group: The group has affiliated itself with…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (151+ words) Hundreds of Anglican clerics had become Catholic priests since 1992, when the Church of England accepted the ordination of women, the Daily Telegraph reports. In those 32 years, the Telegraph reports, roughly one-third of all men ordained to the Catholic priesthood had…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (273+ words) The Holy See recently welcomed the outcome document of the 16th Ministerial Conference of the United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and, in doing so, stated: The Holy See reiterates its position regarding the term "gender." The Holy See underlines that…...