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The Diocese of Westminster, which includes much of the capital city London, said it had 252 catechumens and over 250 candidates, making a total of over 500 to be received into the Catholic Church at Easter — the most seen since 2018. / Credit: Diocese of Westminster

London, England, Apr 14, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

Almost all English dioceses reported a significant increase in both catechumens and candidates at the Rite of Election at the start of Lent this year.

The choir, clergy and guests stand during the ceremony to mark the reopening of Notre-Dame of Paris Cathedral on Dec. 7, 2024, in Paris. / Credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Notre-Dame de Paris

CNA Newsroom, Apr 12, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA).

The French Catholic Church will welcome more than 10,384 adult converts at Easter baptisms this year, marking a 45% increase from 2024.

The exterior of St. Barnabas Cathedral in Nottingham. / Credit: Diocese of Nottingham/Luke Potter

Nottingham, England, Apr 12, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

Nottingham’s St. Barnabas Cathedral in England has been awarded an approximately $2.2 million grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for restoration.

The state capitol building of Yucatán, Mexico. / Credit: J. Magno, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Puebla, Mexico, Apr 11, 2025 / 15:20 pm (CNA).

Mexico’s Yucatán state Congress has approved the decriminalization of abortion up to 12 weeks of gestation.

Emergency Missions volunteers at the Dos de Mayo National Hospital in Lima, Peru. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Fabrizio Caciano

Lima Newsroom, Apr 10, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

In one of the most poverty-stricken areas of Lima, Peru, where hopelessness has long prevailed, a man who once rejected the Church now leads a revolution of solidarity.

Archbishop Francisco Ozoria Acosta of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. / Credit: Courtesy of Archdiocese of Santo Domingo

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 9, 2025 / 16:41 pm (CNA).

Archbishop Francisco Ozoria Acosta of Santo Domingo expressed his profound sorrow and solidarity in response to the tragedy that occurred at the Jet Set nightclub.

Panelists at the “Family Formation and the Future” international conference April 1-2, 2025, at the Danube Institute in Budapest, Hungary, discuss the crises affecting the family. / Credit: Photo ourtesy of the Danube Institute

Budapest, Hungary, Apr 9, 2025 / 13:49 pm (CNA).

The “Family Formation and the Future” conference hosted by the Danube Institute in Budapest, Hungary, April 1-2 focused on the complex causes behind the crisis in the West.

The Kerygma Center for the New Evangelization offers a program that brings nonbelievers closer to God, especially baptized persons who had been living far from their faith. / Credit: Courtesy of Kerygma Center

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 9, 2025 / 10:53 am (CNA).

The center proposes a “re-evangelization” aimed particularly at those who, despite having faith, have not experienced “a living and personal encounter with Jesus Christ.”

Mass celebrated by Bishop José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra on his 100th birthday. / Credit: Diocesan Sisters of Our Lady of the Angels

Puebla, Mexico, Apr 9, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

Mexican Bishop José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra is the world’s oldest bishop and is one of only four surviving bishops who participated in the Second Vatican Council.

The British Parliament building in London. / Credit: Marinesea/Shutterstock

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 8, 2025 / 16:42 pm (CNA).

The bill would “allow adults who are terminally ill, subject to safeguards and protections, to request and be provided with assistance to end their own life.”