Here are some of the major stories of the Catholic Church around the world that you might have missed this past week.

Huge crowds of costumed revelers took to German streets on Thursday as the much-loved Carnival celebrations got underway, with the two Rhineland Carnival bastions of Cologne and Düsseldorf a focus of ...

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Malmedy: Belgium’s oldest carnival, the Cwarmê, plays out over the four days preceding Ash Wednesday. A program highlight, the dance of the Haguètes and the Arlequins, followed by a large procession ...

The merry midwinter carnival has come and gone, leaving only the memories of it to last for another year. Most of these ...

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