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The parish community of St John’s Cathedral, Norwich, took to the open air last Sunday for the Corpus Christi procession. Fr Simon Davies celebrated the Mass in the cathedral, which was followed by a silent procession into Earlham Road and Unthank Road. The congregation paused for a time of adoration and congregational singing in the... Read More The post Silent procession celebrates Corpus Christi through two Norwich streets appeared first on The Catholic Universe ..read more

Marking World Environment Day and preparations for a major global meeting on climate change in November, the Japanese automaker Nissan delivered a 100 per cent electric Nissan Leaf to the Vatican. Marco Toro, Nissan’s managing director for Nissan in Italy, handed the keys to the white sedan to Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, president of the office... Read More The post Vatican’s electric vehicle fleet now includes Nissan Leaf appeared first on The Catholic Universe ..read more

A nun who was brutally stabbed in a satanic sacrifice was beatified a martyr on 6th June in the northern Italian city where she served. Pope Francis commended the beatification of Sister Maria Laura Mainetti, a 60-year-old member of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Cross, after praying the Angelus the same day with... Read More The post Nun slain by three teenagers in satanic sacrifice beatified as martyr appeared first on The Catholic Universe ..read more

Another church in Kayah state, a Catholic stronghold in eastern Myanmar, was damaged by indiscriminate shelling by the military. Military fire hit Our Lady, Queen of Peace Church in the village of Doungankha on Sunday morning. Church leaders said there were no casualties as people had fled to relatives’ homes and into the jungle, ucanews.com... Read More The post Third Catholic church in eastern Myanmar hit by military strikes appeared first on The Catholic Universe ..read more

German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, has submitted his resignation to Pope Francis, saying that bishops must begin to accept responsibility for the institutional failures of the Church in handling the clerical sexual abuse crisis. Cardinal Marx released a statement last Friday and, with the pope’s permission, a copy of the letter dated... Read More The post Citing ‘systemic failures’ in handling abuse, cardinal offers resignation appeared first on The Catholic Universe ..read more

Catholics in South Korea have donated just over £700,000 to the Vatican’s special fund to ensure equal access to Covid-19 vaccines for poor nations and communities across the globe. The Archdiocese of Seoul in the national capital raised the donations in response to the Vatican’s appeal for a global vaccine-sharing programme, especially for impoverished countries.... Read More The post Korean Catholics give generous donation to Vatican Covid vaccine programme appeared first on The Catholic Universe ..read more

Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his pain for “the shocking discovery in Canada of the remains of 215 children, pupils of the Kamloops Indian Residential School, in the province of British Columbia.” Speaking after the recitation of the Angelus prayer, the pope said he “joins the Canadian Bishops and the whole Catholic Church in Canada... Read More The post Pope expresses shock, prays for healing following discovery of mass grave at Canadian residential school appeared first on The Catholic Universe ..read more

Professor Ian Linden, a Visiting Professor at St Mary’s University in London and a past director of the Catholic Institute for International Relations, has launched a scathing attack on the government’s decision to cut the overseas aid budget by millions. His criticism, coming just days before the government entertains world leaders at the G7 Summit,... Read More The post UK foreign aid cut hammered as Johnson prepares for G7 summit appeared first on The Catholic Universe ..read more

Pope Francis announced he has invited the Christian leaders of Lebanon to the Vatican to reflect and pray as Middle Eastern country’s political and economic situation continues to worsen. After praying the Angelus prayer last Sunday with pilgrims gathered in St Peter’s Square, the pope said he will meet with leaders of Lebanon’s Christian communities... Read More The post Pope to meet with Lebanon’s Christian leaders appeared first on The Catholic Universe ..read more