The Church of St. Luke

Cardinal Vincent Nichols of the Archdiocese of Westminster. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 2, 2025 / 14:02 pm (CNA).

Cardinal Vincent Nichols appealed in an April 1 pastoral letter to U.K. Catholics to contact their representatives and express their opposition to an assisted suicide bill.

Reconstruction of the face of St. Teresa of Ávila as she would have appeared at approximately age 50. / Credit: Courtesy of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, Iberian Province

Madrid, Spain, Apr 2, 2025 / 12:23 pm (CNA).

A scientific reconstruction of what would have been the face of St. Teresa of Avila at age 50 was presented in the town in Spain where the Carmelite nun died and is buried. 

The Basilica of the Holy Trinity at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fátima in Portugal. / Credit: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Rome Newsroom, Apr 2, 2025 / 10:52 am (CNA).

The Fátima shrine in Portugal will not be taking down its Rupnik mosaic installation but has stopped using the image in any distributed materials.

“Today we run the risk that our organizations, so dependent on the welfare state ... could be easily confused with a very bureaucratic NGO [nongovernmental organization],” said Archbishop Luis Argüello, president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference. / Credit: Spanish Bishops’ Conference

Madrid, Spain, Apr 1, 2025 / 17:24 pm (CNA).

Archbishop Luis Argüello opened the Spanish Bishops’ Conference’s 127th plenary assembly this week with a deep analysis of Spain’s growing secularization.

Mosaics by alleged abuser Father Marko Rupnik are displayed throughout the shrine in Lourdes, France. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA

Rome Newsroom, Mar 31, 2025 / 11:03 am (CNA).

Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes called the decision a “second step” after his initial decision in July 2024 to no longer light up the mosaics at night.

A monumental cross towers above the Valley of the Fallen complex. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Madrid, Spain, Mar 30, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).

Cardinal José Cobo is defending his role as an interlocutor between the Vatican and the Spanish government in the process of resignifying the Valley of the Fallen.

Mural of Archbishop Oscar Romero, / Credit: Douglas Radamez Barahona, Giovani Ascencio Ardón and Raul Lemus- Grupo Cinteupiltzin CENAR El Salvador (CC BY-SA 3.0).

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 29, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).

The apostolic nunciature in El Salvador issued a correction for irregularities during a Mass marking the 45th anniversary of the assassination of St. Oscar Romero.

Launched in March 2025, St. Claret Maternity Center in the Nyabwina village serves the local region in the Sheema/Mbarara District of Uganda. / Credit: MaterCare International

CNA Staff, Mar 29, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

MaterCare International celebrates 30 years of supporting ethical maternal health care in developing regions around the globe, thanks to St. John Paul II’s personal encouragement.

The flag of the European Union flying in Rome. / Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 28, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA).

The bishops of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union held their spring assembly this week, where they considered the EU’s vocation.

Lost at sea for 95 days, fisherman Máximo “Gatón” Napa says Jesus Christ literally came to his rescue. / Credit: Courtesy of “EWTN Noticias”/Screenshot

Lima Newsroom, Mar 28, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).

Fisherman Máximo “Gatón” Napa never lost his faith while being stranded at sea for 95 days until he was finally rescued off the coast of Ecuador.