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Caritas S.A. President Launches Diocesan Chaplaincy to Blend with Church Structure
The President of Caritas South Africa has launched Diocesan chaplaincy to integrate the charity arm into the structure of the Church and to assist coordinators and local Priests across Dioceses in their responsibilities.
"Be not afraid," Pope Francis Tells Young People at End of World Youth Day
“Be not afraid,” Pope Francis told young Catholics Sunday at the closing Mass of World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal, echoing the well-known call of his predecessor and the founder of the international youth gathering, St. Pope John Paul II.
Next World Youth Day to be in South Korea in 2027
The next World Youth Day will be held in Seoul, South Korea in 2027, Pope Francis announced at the conclusion of the final Mass of World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Eyewitnesses Recount the Night that Iraqi Christian City Fell to ISIS in 2014
The small northern Iraqi city of Qaraqosh, with a population of 60,000, 99 percent of whom are Catholic, woke up nine years ago on the morning of Wednesday, 6 August 2014, to the sound of indiscriminate mortar shells that fell on houses, killing three: 32-year-old Inaam Ishua Boulis, five-year-old David Adeeb Elias Shmeis, and nine-year-old Milad Mazen Elias Shmeis.
Catholic Chaplain at Kenyan Prison Blames Moral Decay on Parental Absence
The principal chaplain at the Kenya Prisons Service has urged parents in the East African country to show their children direction in life, and blamed deteriorating morals among the youth in the country on parental absence.
“Make free education a reality”: Catholic Bishop in DR Congo to Government
Bishop Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku of the Catholic Diocese of Butembo-Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has called on the government to make free access to basic education a reality.
Nigerian Cardinal Urges Election Tribunals to Hasten Mandate for Country’s Unity
John Cardinal Onaiyekan of Nigeria is calling upon election tribunals working on the February and March poll petitions to speed up their assignments for the West African nation to regain unity.
At World Youth Day Vigil, Pope Francis Urges Catholics to be "roots of joy"
Pope Francis on Saturday urged attendees at World Youth Day to make themselves “roots of joy” in the lives of others, calling on the huge young crowd to draw on the “love of Jesus” to “walk in hope” as they journey through life.
Pope Francis Prays the Rosary in Fátima with Young People with Disabilities
Pope Francis visited Fátima, Portugal, on Saturday morning, where he prayed the rosary with young people with disabilities.
“Honored”: Kenyan Nun after Faith Influencers Handed Olive Tree From Pope Francis
Sr. Leunida Katunge is all smiles as she poses with a young potted plant. It is an olive plant that she, alongside other officials, received from Pope Francis on behalf of the Catholic Faith Influencers who are meeting on the sidelines of the 2023 World Youth Day (WYD) celebrations in Lisbon, Portugal.
Nuncio Urges Zimbabwean Church to Tap from Rich History, Faith in Farewell Message
The Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe who was appointed in July to represent the Holy Father in Colombia has urged the Church in the Southern African country to utilize her rich history and faith for future survival in the rapidly evolving society.
Why Evangelizing Chad Remains Challenging despite Rapid Growth of Church in Africa
“There are many challenges,” says Sacred Heart Fr. Emile Hathouna, parish priest of Saint Francis of Assisi Church in the Chad Diocese of Lai. “The mission of evangelization is not an easy one in Chad, economically, politically, and morally. We are still carrying out primary evangelization in the country which is so demanding.”
Catholic Mobile Clinic Extending Services to Somalia’s Far-flung IDP Communities
Trócaire, the overseas development agency of the Catholic Bishops of Ireland, is reaching out to the internally displaced people (IDPs) in Somalia’s hard-to-reach areas with health care services.
Pope Francis: Without Concrete Love, Our Lives Have "no weight"
At a gathering with Portuguese charity workers Friday morning, Pope Francis went off script to insist that Christian love must be tangibly lived out in the world and not remain a figment of people’s fantasies.
Pope Francis at WYD Stations of the Cross: "Jesus wipes away our hidden tears"
Pope Francis told the estimated 800,000 young people praying the Stations of the Cross together at World Youth Day in Portugal on Friday evening that Jesus can open the windows of the soul and wipe away all “hidden tears.”
Why St. John Vianney is a Model for all Priests
A century after the patron saint of priests, St. John Vianney, died on Aug. 4, 1859, Pope John XXIII reflected on the life of the saint and what it means to be a holy priest.
Pope Francis Hears Young People’s Confessions in Lisbon
As part of the Word Youth Day celebrations this week in Lisbon, Portugal, Pope Francis this morning heard the confessions of three young people in the Jardim Vasco da Gama, renamed Reconciliation Park or “Forgiveness Park” for World Youth Day.
Prayer Appeal Sent for Missionary Priest, Seminarian Abducted from Nigerian Diocese
The Catholic Diocese of Minna in Nigeria has sent out a prayer appeal for the safe release of a Priest and seminarian reportedly abducted from the Diocese on Thursday, August 3.
Catholic Schools in Ivory Coast Eulogize Former President as “a peacemaker, wise man”
The National Association of Catholic Schools (CCMECCI) in Ivory Coast has eulogized Henri Konan Bédié, the country’s former president who died on Tuesday, August 1, describing him as “a peacemaker and wise man.”
Catholic Bishop in Nigeria Decries Communal Clashes, Calls for “a breathing space”
The Bishop of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Wukari covering the Southern Taraba Zone that is facing communal clashes has decried the conflict calling for peace as “a breathing space” to realize development in the zone.
