Archbishop Mark O’Toole was installed as the eighth archbishop of Cardiff in St. David’s Cathedral, Cardiff, Wales, in June 2022. / Credit: © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk

CNA Newsroom, Sep 13, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).

The Bishops’ Conference of England Wales welcomed the move on Thursday as a “new chapter for the Catholic community in South Wales and Herefordshire.”

Blackrock College in Dublin, May 30, 2009. Extensive abuse took place at Blackrock College according to a 2022 radio documentary called “Blackrock Boys.” The Scoping Inquiry was set up in the aftermath of the relrease of the documentary. / Credit: Sarah777, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Middlesbrough, England, Sep 10, 2024 / 15:35 pm (CNA).

The announcement comes as a report from the Irish government revealed that 2,395 allegations of abuse had been made in 308 schools between 1927 and 2013.

French Catholic priest Abbé Pierre appears on the TV programm “La Marche du Siecle” in Paris on Dec. 19, 1988. / Credit: GEORGES BENDRIHEM/AFP via Getty Images

CNA Staff, Sep 10, 2024 / 14:50 pm (CNA).

A Sept. 6 statement released by Emmaus International detailed new allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct by Pierre, who founded the movement in 1949.

Morrissey performs live on stage at Wembley Arena on March 14, 2020, in London. / Credit: Jim Dyson/Getty Images

CNA Staff, Sep 4, 2024 / 14:46 pm (CNA).

Morrissey, the mononymous frontman of the legendary ’80s British rock band the Smiths, has sent Francis a letter imploring the pope to condemn bullfighting.

The historic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Saint-Omer, in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, was ravaged by arson on the night of Sept. 2, 2024. / Credit: Courtesy of Father Sébastien Roussel

Budapest, Hungary, Sep 4, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).

The historic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Saint-Omer, in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, was ravaged by arson Sept. 2.

Dublin, Ireland, on April 22, 2016. / Credit: Vincent Isore/IP3/Contributor/Getty

CNA Newsroom, Sep 3, 2024 / 06:46 am (CNA).

The long-standing case involves over 400 days already spent in prison — and ongoing legal battles.

Opening of the silver tomb of St. Teresa of Ávila; portrait of St. Teresa of Ávila / Credit: Order of Carmel

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 29, 2024 / 14:09 pm (CNA).

The Diocese of Ávila in Spain reported that the body of St. Teresa of Ávila remains incorrupt after her death on Oct. 4, 1582, almost five centuries ago.

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CNA Newsroom, Aug 29, 2024 / 10:18 am (CNA).

Catholic experts weigh in as a new initiative, dubbed “European Vaccination Beyond COVID-19,” aims at establishing a Europe-wide vaccination card system.

A woman kneels at a makeshift memorial of flowers and candles for the victims on Aug. 24, 2024, close to the scene where at least three people were killed and several injured when a man attacked them with a knife on Aug. 23, 2024, in Solingen, western Germany, during a festival to mark the city’s 650th anniversary. / Credit: Roberto Pfeil/AFP via Getty Images

CNA Newsroom, Aug 27, 2024 / 11:45 am (CNA).

Religious and political figures are embroiled in a debate about Europe’s hot-button issues: terrorism, mass migration, knife crime, and Islamist ideology.

Mother Teresa meets with U.S. President Ronald Reagan at the White House on Dec. 16, 1985. / Credit: Series: Reagan White House Photographs, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989 Collection: White House Photographic Collection, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

CNA Staff, Aug 26, 2024 / 16:50 pm (CNA).

Born on Aug. 26, 1910, in North Macedonia, St. Teresa of Calcutta left a lasting impact on the world. Here are five things you might not know about her.