23+ hour, 24+ min ago  (192+ words) Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Richard Moth as Apostolic Administrator sede plena et ad nutum Sanct" Sedis of the Diocese of Northampton. On hearing of his appointment, Archbishop Richard said: "I am humbled by the trust which His Holiness…...

23+ hour, 51+ min ago  (470+ words) Holy See at UN Source: Vatican Media, UNRWA The Holy See has reaffirmed its financial support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), describing the agency as an "essential lifeline" for…...

1+ day, 48+ min ago  (750+ words) Over 250 volunteers in Petare Diocese have mobilised to help earthquake survivors " ACN Source: Aid to the Church in Need Catholic leaders desperate to help in the wake of Venezuela's earthquakes have mobilised an urgent programme for wounded people in an…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (330+ words) Thousands of people are missing after the devastating quakes - Image: Ibane Azpirritxaga Jesuit Missions has launched an urgent appeal in response to the destructive earthquakes which hit Venezuela last week. On the evening of 24 June, two powerful earthquakes struck within…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (272+ words) Fr Cr'pin Martial Monga. Image: ACN A community is in mourning following the murder of a priest in Central African Republic. Father Cr'pin Martial Monga, vicar of the Catholic parish of St John the Baptist in Z'mio, in eastern Central…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (315+ words) Pope Leo has appointed new leaders for the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, naming Sister Alessandra Smerilli as Prefect, Cardinal Fabio Baggio as Pro-Prefect with special responsibility for the Laudato si' Higher Education Centre, and Mgr Jozef Barla" as…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (526+ words) Francisco de Zurbaran, 1598-1664, born in Fuente de Cantos, was one of the greatest artists of 17th century Spain, alongside Murillo and Velazquez. Exhibiting artistic talent from an early age his father, an affluent cloth merchant, sent Francisco aged fifteen to Seville…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (297+ words) As World Cup fever grips the globe, Missio was delighted to cheer on another squad of champion players at the Fr Barry French Girls Football Tournament, organised and hosted by Cardinal Wiseman Catholic High School, Ealing. This was a brilliant…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (353+ words) The Requiem Mass for Danuta Reutt Karol, 3 January 1937 - 6 June 2026 will take place at the London Oratory on Thursday, 6 July 2026 at 11am. A visit to her father in Britain led to her settling in London in the late 1950s. There she married Arkadiusz…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (246+ words) View from St Peter's Basilica ICN/JS As he had announced recently during his meeting with journalists at Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo has made a final appeal to the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X, (SSPX) urging it not to…...