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Dicastery for Eastern Churches

The Melkite Greek Basilica of St. Paul in Harissa, Lebanon. / Credit: Kevin Jones/CNA

Vatican Issues Guide on Richness of Eastern Catholic Churches

Jan 24, 2025

The Dicastery for the Eastern Churches has prepared a pastoral guide for the 2025 Jubilee of the Eastern Churches to be celebrated May 12–14.

Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti with Pope Francis | Vatican Media

Pope Francis Chooses Papal Ambassador to Lead Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Nov 21, 2022

Pope Francis on Monday appointed a papal ambassador and expert in Eastern languages and literature to lead the Vatican Dicastery for the Eastern Churches.

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Mons. Augustin Simmel Ndiaye, appointed Local Ordinary of Saint-Louis Du Sénégal Diocese in Senegal.

Rector of Catholic University of West Africa Appointed Bishop of Senegal’s Saint-Louis Diocese

Members of the Standing Committee of the Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA). Credit: IMBISA

“We ask for your continued prayers”: IMBISA Standing Committee ahead of Plenary Assembly, Golden Jubilee

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Caritas Rwanda Lists “strengthening resource mobilization strategies” among Priority Activities in 2025

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Caritas South Sudan “stands with” Catholic Bishops on Parties Involved in Rising Tensions Refraining from Violence

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Mill Hill Missionaries in DR Congo Creating Safe Spaces to Heal Deeply Wounded Families

Participants speak at the conference “Jews and Catholics on Ethics: A Light to the Nations” at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome on April 1, 2025. / Credit: Kristina Millare/CNA

At Vatican Conference, Catholic and Jewish Scholars Discuss Faith as Foundation for Ethics

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Fr. Isaac Agabi, a member of the Clergy of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Auchi

“I'm not afraid of death”: Nigerian Priest Recounts Ordeal as Abductee, Attributes Escape to Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Bishop John Alphonsus Ryan (right) and Bishop Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda (left).

Pope Francis Accepts Early Retirement of Local Ordinary of Mzuzu Diocese in Malawi, Appoints Successor

Third Youth Pilgrimage in Ivory Coast’s Abidjan Archdiocese Ends with Call on Young People to be “agents of peace”

Bishop Vicente Carlos Kiaziku of Mbanza Congo Catholic Diocese. Credit: Radio Ecclesia Angola

Ongoing Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year Requires “greater dynamism”: Catholic Bishop in Angola

Fr. Celestino Epalanga (center), Bishop Belmiro Cuica Chissengueti (left), and Bishop Maurício Agostinho Camuto (right)

Reconciliation “essential for building prosperous, united, indivisible” Angola: Official of Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Pope Francis gives a thumbs up gesture from his window at Gemelli Hospital in Rome during his first public appearance in weeks on Sunday, March 23, 2025. / Credit: Screenshot/Vatican Media

Pope Francis Says He Has Experienced "Christian joy" Amid Ongoing Illness, Recovery

Members of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC). Credit: ACI Africa

Cameroon Elections 2025: Catholic Bishops Urge Authorities to Provide "electoral security” for October Polls

Members of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC). Credit: ACI Africa

Rise above Challenges to Vote Massively in October Polls: Cameroon’s Catholic Bishops to Electorate

Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience on Feb. 5, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

This is Pope Francis’ Prayer Intention for the Month of April

Bishop François Xavier Ghanbodè Gnonhossou. Credit: Vatican Media

Planned Diocesan Assembly to Reflect on 30-year Journey of Benin’s Dassa-Zoumé Diocese in “a synodal spirit”

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