Catholic clergy in Africa are concerned that there could be a rise in violence and insurgency during the pandemic, leading to more political and civil disruption.
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European Catholic bishops, aid groups urge cooperation against pandemic
The Commission of Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union are calling for a “shared European responsibility” in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
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Shrines close across Europe following coronavirus directives
In France, the northern sanctuary of Lisieux, burial place of the St. Therese and her parents, Sts. Louis and Zelie Martin, closed its doors to pilgrims March 17, complying with a 14-day government curfew on all nonessential movement.
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As Dutch parishes close, some Catholics just quit going to church
With 55% of parishes having closed, attendance at Mass in the Netherlands is continuing to drop, with “peak secularization” yet to come as even more parishes close.
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French bishops allow removing gender IDs for parents on baptism certificates
The “ever-more-complex situation of families in France” had made compiling Catholic documents “sometimes difficult,” especially with baptisms.
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Catholic leaders say Congo risks being broken apart by violence
Msgr. Andre Massinganda, deputy secretary-general of the Congolese bishops’ conference, told Catholic News Service that the church was concerned with “how to bring peace to those areas where war continues, and how to end the killings and massacres so people can live safely again.”
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Catholic climate groups vow to maintain pressure after COP25 failures
Catholic groups involved in climate change advocacy are frustrated over lack of progress in wake of UN climate talks in Spain.
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German bishops to follow ‘synodal way’ despite Vatican warning
“The synodal way is a ‘sui generis’ process, and not a synod or a particular council, and there’ll be no separate German process, without Rome, on questions touching the universal church.
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Lithuania’s new cardinal spent time in Soviet prison for defending Catholicism
Lithuania’s cardinal-designate Sigitas Tamkevicius, a Jesuit and a veteran of Soviet prisons and labor camps, will receive the red hat from Pope Francis Oct. 5 at the Vatican.
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Blessed John Henry Newman letters and diaries to be released ahead of his canonization
The first of 250,000 folios of letters and photographs preserved at the oratory were published for the first time, under a digitization program co-organized by the National Institute for Newman Studies in Pittsburgh.