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.

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.”

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.”

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

CNA Staff, Apr 8, 2025 / 14:56 pm (CNA).

A report from the Bible Society, a U.K. charity that translates and distributes the Bible, found that the practice of Christianity in general is growing in the U.K.

A fishing boat returns to Bridlington Harbor after a day at sea on Jan. 31, 2025, in Bridlington, England. Bridlington is the leading shellfish port in Europe. / Credit: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

CNA Staff, Apr 7, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

Stella Maris, a U.K.-based Catholic seafarers ministry, is calling on regulatory authorities to push for better labor conditions for workers in the seafood and fishing industries.

A liturgical procession outside the Freiburg Cathedral on Nov. 17, 2024. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Freiburg, Germany

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 5, 2025 / 11:15 am (CNA).

Here is a roundup of Catholic world news that you might have missed this week.

The Valley of the Fallen. / Credit: Matej Kastelic/Shutterstock

Madrid, Spain, Apr 5, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).

The 492-foot cross at the Valley of the Fallen, the world’s tallest, will remain standing.