The steady decline of birthrates across Europe and the West are signs of a new form of poverty that deprives humanity of a future, Pope Francis said. Families unable to have children and young people who ...
European Catholic leaders appealed for peace and expressed alarm about the potential for "a humanitarian catastrophe" after Russia attacked Ukraine. "In the name of God, stop now!" wrote Archbishop Gintaras Grušas of Vilnius, Lithuania, president of ...
Violent suicides increase in countries where assisted suicide and euthanasia are legalized, a new study shows. A 35-page study published in The Journal of Ethics in Mental Health Feb. 7 said not a single European ...
Catholics are facing soaring levels of discrimination in some of the most influential countries in Europe, a new report said. The Vienna-based Observatory on Intolerance Against Christians in Europe identified the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain ...
Bishops and others in the Catholic Church often lament the declining number of Christians, but rarely do they examine their own behavior and failure to show others how much God loves them, Pope Francis told ...
Pope Francis praised his predecessor's courage in denouncing the danger of people no longer respecting or understanding the sacredness of human life. Pope Francis highlighted retired Pope Benedict XVI's insistence that Europe's renewal comes through its ...
Despite strong criticism from European bishops and pro-life groups, members of the European Parliament adopted a report that defines access to abortion as a human right and claims that doctors or hospitals that conscientiously object ...
Ahead of a transatlantic summit, the heads of the European Union bishops' commission and the U.S. bishops' conference called on government leaders to work together for a more just, peaceful and sustainable world. When political leaders ...
The Council of European Bishops' Conferences announced the launch of a prayer network during Lent to pray for the victims of COVID-19 and for the families of those who died of the coronavirus. The council, known ...
The U.K. should "forsake" its nuclear arsenal and spend the money it saves on helping the poorest people of society, Catholic bishops said. In a Jan. 11 statement, Scottish and English bishops said the U.N. Treaty ...
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