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Costumes of demons, witches, and the dead open the door to the devil, priest says

"When you play with spirits, with elements of esotericism or occultism you are opening doors to the Evil One," warned Father Javier Ortega, a priest of the Diocese of Alcalá de Henares in Spain. / Credit: Shutterstock

Madrid, Spain, Oct 30, 2024 / 16:45 pm (CNA).

Father Javier Ortega, a priest of the Diocese of Alcalá de Henares in Spain, said costumes of demons, witches, and the dead are not recommended.

Church in Spain mobilizes as severe flooding leaves more than 60 dead

Spain has suffered what is considered the third worst natural disaster in the country’s recent history. / Credit: Courtesy of Caritas Spain

Madrid, Spain, Oct 30, 2024 / 16:15 pm (CNA).

The flash flooding is considered the third largest natural disaster in Spain’s contemporary history.

Church in Ukraine has lost half of its parishes in areas occupied by Russia, bishop says

Father Ivan Levystky (left) and Father Bohdan Geleta (right) were held for more than a year after being captured by the Russians in Berdyansk and released on June 28, 2024. / Credit: Donetsk Bishop's Exarchy

ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 29, 2024 / 17:20 pm (CNA).

Maksym Ryabukha, the new Greek Catholic bishop of the Donetsk exarchate, said “the situation is increasingly worrying” since the war began in February 2022.

Archbishop praises Welsh Parliament’s rejection of motion to legalize assisted suicide

Archbishop Mark O’Toole of the Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia. / Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk

London, England, Oct 28, 2024 / 11:15 am (CNA).

The motion in the Welsh Parliament, known as the Senedd, proposed a new law to legalize assisted dying in Wales and England, but it was defeated on Oct. 23.

St. John of Capistrano: Franciscan priest and missionary who achieved military victory

St. John Capistrano and St. Bernardine of Siena. Museum of Fine Arts of Granada. Painting, oil on canvas, by Alonso Cano (1653-1657) for an altarpiece of the disappeared Franciscan convent of San Antonio and San Diego, Granada. / Credit: Jl FilpoC, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

CNA Staff, Oct 23, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA).

On Oct. 23, the Catholic Church celebrates the life of St. John of Capistrano, a Franciscan priest with an extraordinary number of achievements.

An atheist for 35 years, she reencountered God at the tomb of St. John Paul II

Belén Perales is now host of the YouTube channel “El Rosario de las 11” (“The Rosary at 11 p.m.”), where she streams praying the Holy Rosary every night and shares conversion stories. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Belén Perales

ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 22, 2024 / 16:15 pm (CNA).

Belén Perales was an atheist for 35 years. But her life changed dramatically on a visit to the tomb of St. John Paul II in the Vatican.

French archbishop consecrates city to Sacred Heart of Jesus ahead of ‘Gate of Darkness’ event

Operators work on Lilith, the “guardian of darkness,” built for the Hellfest metal festival in Toulouse, southwestern France, on Oct. 15, 2024. “Lilith” is one of the characters in the urban opera of the French company La Machine titled “The Guardian of the Temple Opus II: The Portal of Darkness,” which will be presented on Oct. 25–27, 2024, in Toulouse. / Credit: LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 21, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA).

Archbishop Guy de Kerimel’s decision to consecrate the city and archdiocese comes ahead of the operatic city-funded production “The Gate of Darkness.”

‘The Dark Charm of Halloween’ is title of new book by International Association of Exorcists

“The Dark Charm of Halloween” is the title of a new book launched by the International Association of Exorcists (AIE, by its Italian acronym) and written by its vice president, Father Francesco Bamonte, along with Alberto Castaldini, spokesman for the institution. / Credit: Courtesy of the International Association of Exorcists

Lima Newsroom, Oct 21, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).

“The Dark Charm of Halloween” is the title of a new book launched by the International Association of Exorcists.

UK bishop responds to report saying Catholics reduced Mass attendance due to abuse crisis

The Cathedral Church of St. Barnabas in Nottingham, England, U.K. / Credit: Kevin George/Shutterstock

London, England, Oct 19, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).

A recent study in the U.K. showed that a third of Catholics who previously went to Mass have reduced their attendance or stopped going altogether.

Paris archbishop condemns firing of Catholic school principal accused of violating secular laws

Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, seen taking part in the International Meeting for Peace in Paris,on Sept. 22, 2024, condemned the firing of a Catholic school administrator accused of violating French laws prohibiting religious expression in educational settings.  / Credit: THIBAULT CAMUS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 17, 2024 / 17:40 pm (CNA).

Catholic schools in France, which are state-funded, are allowed to maintain their religious identity and offer catechism classes so long as they are not mandatory.