EUROPE NEWS

March 19, 2021

CNA Staff, Mar 19, 2021 / 08:00 am MT (CNA).- Catholics in Poland launched a week of prayer for the...

Spain passes euthanasia, assisted suicide law

Madrid, Spain, Mar 18, 2021 / 08:01 pm MT (CNA).- Spain’s legislature passed a law Thursday to legalize euthanasia and...

Spain’s bishops decry decision to legalize euthanasia

ROME – Spain’s Catholic bishops have condemned the legalization of euthanasia in the country on Thursday. The country’s parliament approved...

German archbishop offers to resign after abuse criticism

COLOGNE, Germany — A report commissioned by Germany’s Cologne archdiocese on church officials’ handling of past cases of sexual abuse...

German Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki facing calls to resign welcomes release of independent abuse report

CNA Staff, Mar 18, 2021 / 06:00 am MT (CNA).- A German cardinal facing calls to resign welcomed on Thursday...

Report on Catholic church abuse to be released in Germany

COLOGNE, Germany — A highly anticipated report commissioned by the Cologne archdiocese on church officials’ handling of past cases of...

Catholic bishops criticize plan to increase U.K. nuclear weapons stockpile

CNA Staff, Mar 17, 2021 / 12:00 pm MT (CNA).- Catholic bishops signed a statement Tuesday calling the U.K. government’s...

Priest attributes to St Joseph miracle of plane that broke in half with no one killed

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 17, 2021 / 11:45 am MT (CNA).- Fr. Gonzalo Mazarrasa, a Spanish priest, credits Saint Joseph...

4 churchmen allegedly didn’t report sex abuse claims

WARSAW, Poland — Polish prosecutors say they have received allegations that four senior churchmen broke the law by failing to...

Belgian bishop lashes out at Vatican over gay unions decree