St. James Roman Catholic Church in Reading, England, is the starting point of the English route of the Camino de Santiago. / Credit: Kevin Hellon/Shutterstock London, England, Aug 12, 2025 / 13:52 pm (CNA). A bishop in the United Kingdom has expressed concern about a proposal to build a huge solar farm on the English…

The side of Toulouse Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Toulouse) in Toulouse in the South of France. / Credit: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 12, 2025 / 14:24 pm (CNA). The French bishops’ conference has issued a statement addressed to the archbishop of Toulouse, Guy de…

Christ mourns a murder victim in the statue “Thou Shalt Not Kill” by Timothy Schmalz. / Credit: Courtesy of the Archdiocese of Baltimore Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 12, 2025 / 14:54 pm (CNA). As advocates in Baltimore work to end violent crime in the area, officials with the Archdiocese of Baltimore are bringing to the…

A panorama of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. / Credit: Jakub Maculewicz/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 12, 2025 / 15:52 pm (CNA). A religious institute in New Zealand has lost its appeal to the Vatican to continue public ministry in the Diocese of Christchurch after the local bishop ordered the ban amid allegations of unauthorized…

Cover of the book “The Teacher: The Humanism of Pope Francis.” / Credit: General Directorate of Culture and Education of the Province of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug 12, 2025 / 16:22 pm (CNA). The government of Buenos Aires province in Argentina will distribute the 168-page book “The Teacher: The Humanism of Pope Francis”…