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Our Lady of Medianeira is among 31 flooded churches in the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Brazil. / Credit: Courtesy photo

Heavy Rains in Brazil Leave Hundreds Dead or Injured, Half a Million Homeless, Churches Flooded

May 14, 2024

The heavy rains that have pounded the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul have flooded 31 churches in the four vicariates of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre.

Sister Inah Canabarro and her nephew Kléber Canabarro. / Credit: ACI Digital

World’s Oldest Catholic Nun is 115-year-old Brazilian Whose "great secret is to pray"

Mar 20, 2024

“My secret, my great secret, is to pray,” says Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, the oldest nun in the world at 115 years of age.

Triplets María Gorete dos Santos, María de Lourdes dos Santos, and María Aparecida dos Santos, 57, are all nuns belonging to the Franciscan Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. | Credit: Courtesy of Sister María Gorete dos Santos

Called by God from Childhood, Triplets from Brazil Belong to the Same Religious Order

Mar 16, 2023

Triplets María Gorete dos Santos, María de Lourdes dos Santos, and María Aparecida dos Santos, 57, are all nuns belonging to the Franciscan Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 

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Catholic Charity Foundation Launches Funds Drive in Portugal to Support Victims of Jihadist Attacks in Burkina Faso

Today, November 13, We Celebrate St. Frances Cabrini

New Propaedeutic Seminary in Kenyan Catholic Diocese Officially Inaugurated, Named after St. Charles Borromeo

Veritas University of Nigeria’s Catholic Bishops Hailed for “producing well-rounded graduates, morally outstanding”

Cardinal in South Sudan Hails Establishment of Radio Maria in Juba Archdiocese as “platform for religious education”

Bishop Jean Michaël Durhône of the Catholic Diocese of Port-Louis in Mauritius

Mauritius’ Catholic Bishop Hails Electorate for “orderly” General Elections, Exemplifying “democratic maturity”

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New Propaedeutic Seminary in Kenyan Catholic Diocese Officially Inaugurated, Named after St. Charles Borromeo

Archbishop Hubertus van Megen. Credit: Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN)

Yes to Missionary Life Without Leaving Home: Nuncio in Kenya on Lessons from Allamano, Consolata Missionaries Founder

Veritas University of Nigeria’s Catholic Bishops Hailed for “producing well-rounded graduates, morally outstanding”

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the primate of all England and leader of the Anglican Communion, announced his resignation on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, saying he takes “personal and institutional responsibility” for the mishandling of a number of high-profile abuse cases in the Anglican Church since taking the reigns in 2013. / Credit: Marinella Bandini

Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, Resigns Over Handling of Abuse Cases

Thanksgiving Mass at the University of Nairobi (UoN) Grounds following the canonization of Blessed Joseph Allamano. Credit: Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN)

A Jaguar Attack, a Kenyan Nun, and the Miracle that Led to Canonization of Consolata Missionaries’ Founder, Allamano

Cardinal in South Sudan Hails Establishment of Radio Maria in Juba Archdiocese as “platform for religious education”

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Catholic Charity Foundation Launches Funds Drive in Portugal to Support Victims of Jihadist Attacks in Burkina Faso

Late Malawian-born Jesuit Who Ministered in Zambia Eulogized as “beacon of hope; devoted advocate for justice, dignity”

Father Roberto Pasolini, who was appointed Nov. 9, 2024, as the new preacher of the Papal Household, earned a doctorate in biblical theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and has been a professor of biblical languages ​​and sacred Scripture at the Laurentianum Interprovincial Theological Institute of the Capuchins in Milan and Venice. / Credit: Courtesy of Festival Bíblico

Pope Francis Appoints New Preacher to the Papal Household to Succeed Cardinal Cantalamessa

Pope Francis raises his glass at the start of a lunch with poor and economically disadvantaged people in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall on Nov. 19, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Francis to Have Sunday Lunch with 1,300 Guests on World Day of the Poor

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