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Greek prosecutors charge Catholic clerics, civilians in 3 million euro embezzlement case

View of the Greek island of Syros. / Credit: Hans Peter Schaefer/Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

CNA Newsroom, Aug 21, 2025 / 10:51 am (CNA).

Priests in the Catholic Diocese of Syros in Greece face charges in nightclub money laundering scandal.

Bolivian bishops after elections: ‘A new chapter in the country’s political history opens’

Bishop Giovanni Arana (right), secretary-general of the Bolivian Bishops’ Conference, seated beside Susana Inch, a lawyer and legal adviser to the bishops. / Credit: Bolivian Bishops’ Conference

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 20, 2025 / 15:30 pm (CNA).

The Bolivian Bishops’ Conference expressed hope after Bolivia’s recent general election, which marked a change in the country’s political direction.

Sweden saves historic Arctic church with massive move away from mine

The Kiruna Church on the move in northern Sweden, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. / Credit: TorbjørnS/Wikimeda (CC BY 4.0)

CNA Newsroom, Aug 20, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).

The mammoth move has seen the wooden structure, weighing over 600 tons, transported on specialized trailers traveling at about 1,600 feet per hour.

‘Being a young Catholic is difficult’: The challenges facing young Cubans today

Young people walk the streets of Camagüey, Cuba. / Credit: Camagüey Youth Ministry

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 20, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

Young Cubans live their Catholic faith in a country fraught with challenges. 

Remembering St. Bernard of Clairvaux: Monastic reformer and adviser to popes

St. Bernard of Clairvaux. / Credit: Sistermaryhelen, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons

CNA Staff, Aug 20, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).

St. Bernard is considered the last of the Church Fathers in the Western tradition.

From Rome to home: Young people strive to be witnesses for Christ

Young people on the esplanade of Tor Vergata during the vigil with Pope Leo XIV. / Credit: Courtesy of Claudia Arrieta

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 19, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

One million young people returned to their countries after participating in the 2025 Jubilee of Youth. Now they have a mission: to take that message and testimony home.

French archbishop rescinds appointment of priest convicted of rape, asks for forgiveness

Archbishop Guy de Kirimel of Toulouse, France. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Diocese of Toulouse

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 18, 2025 / 15:34 pm (CNA).

Archbishop Guy de Kirimel of Toulouse, France, has reversed his decision to appoint as chancellor of the archdiocese a priest convicted of rape.

Swedish cardinal clarifies Society of St. Pius X status after unauthorized visit

Cardinal Anders Arborelius of Stockholm at a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica on June 28, 2017. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Oslo, Norway, Aug 18, 2025 / 12:17 pm (CNA).

Cardinal Anders Arborelius issued a pointed call for unity in the Diocese of Stockholm, clarifying the canonical status of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX).

Nicaraguan dictatorship confiscates Catholic school: ‘An outrage against religious freedom’

Rosario Murillo is “co-president” of Nicaragua. / Credit: Nicaraguan Council for Communication and Citizenship (CC0 1.0)

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 15, 2025 / 14:03 pm (CNA).

The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and his wife and “co-president” Rosario Murillo in Nicaragua on Aug. 12 confiscated one of the country’s iconic Catholic schools.

Greek Catholic bishop in Ukraine: Only 37 parishes remain active

Greek Catholic Bishop Maksym Ryabukha of the Exarchate of Donetsk, Ukraine. / Credit: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 14, 2025 / 15:57 pm (CNA).

Maksym Ryabukha, Greek Catholic bishop of the Exarchate of Donetsk, Ukraine, frequently travels to visit what remain of his war-torn parishes.