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Piarist Fathers demand Cuban regime return their cloister and school
Posted on 05/11/2026 11:36 AM (CNA Daily News)
Nationalized by the communist government in 1961, the two buildings are in a state of serious deterioration and require immediate attention the government is unwilling or unable to provide.
Haitian prime minister meets Pope Leo, inaugurates new Vatican embassy
Posted on 05/11/2026 11:06 AM (CNA Daily News)
The new embassy of Haiti to the Holy See, inaugurated Sunday near the Vatican walls, marks a deepening of diplomatic ties amid ongoing political crisis in the Caribbean nation.
Historic parish in Toronto Archdiocese to finally break ground on new church
Posted on 05/11/2026 10:36 AM (CNA Daily News)
St. Patrick’s Parish in Brampton, Ontario, is bursting at the seams. Now, on May 24, it will break ground on its long-awaited new church.
Pope names U.S. Bishop Lopes to lead Catholics of Anglican tradition in Australia
Posted on 05/11/2026 10:06 AM (CNA Daily News)
The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross in Australia is one of three personal ordinariates for Catholics of Anglican tradition.
Pope Leo XIV urges Christians, Muslims to turn indifference into solidarity
Posted on 05/11/2026 09:36 AM (CNA Daily News)
The pontiff warned that constant exposure to images of suffering can “dull our hearts rather than stir them.”
Czechs turn ‘symbol of division’ into ground for Catholic-Protestant unity
Posted on 05/11/2026 09:06 AM (CNA Daily News)
The May 8 gatherings, organized by lay groups around a reconciliation cross, mark a shift in how the Czech Republic, one of Europe’s most secular countries, lives with a historic religious wound.
Cardinal Bo: Myanmar in ‘polycrisis’ 5 years after military coup
Posted on 05/11/2026 08:21 AM (CNA Daily News)
The archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar, described overlapping economic, social, and humanitarian crises facing his country at the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference plenary in Sydney.
As churches close in Europe, debate intensifies over their future
Posted on 05/11/2026 07:36 AM (CNA Daily News)
The European Heritage Awards have spotlighted two contrasting models for saving sacred buildings, as Europe confronts a wider question over the future of its increasingly empty churches.
Colombia to be consecrated to Immaculate Heart of Mary on May 13
Posted on 05/11/2026 04:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
The day's events in Bogota will include the rosary, Mass, the consecration, Eucharistic adoration, and a procession, with the theme of praying for peace and reconciliation through conversion of heart.
After stillbirth loss, mother of 7 returns to school to help others heal
Posted on 05/10/2026 06:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
After navigating loss and grief, Kelly Helsel is officially now a licensed counselor thanks to the guidance given to her by the Catholic Church and her desire to use her experience to help others.