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“Stand, feel with victims of devastating cyclone”: Bishops in Malawi on Cyclone Freddy

Mar 14, 2023

Catholic Bishops in Malawi are appealing for aid to help victims of Tropical Cyclone Freddy,  which hit the Southern parts of the country. 

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Caritas Freetown Partners with Spanish Catholic Aid Agency to Help Victims of Slum Fires

Mar 14, 2023

Caritas Freetown, the humanitarian and development arm of the Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone, is facilitating the distribution of dignity kits to victims of slum infernos.  

Destroy Structures, Ideologies “that tear people apart”: Catholic Archbishop in Nigeria

Mar 14, 2023

There is need for the people of God in Nigeria to destroy structures and ideologies that contribute to unhealthy conflicts, tearing “people apart” and making them enemies to each other, the Local Ordinary of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese has said. 

Foster “issue-based, solution-oriented approach”: Kenya’s Faith Leader to Politicians

Mar 14, 2023

Religious leaders in Kenya have urged President William Samoei Ruto and members of the opposition to “spearhead issue-based and solution-oriented approach to politics”.

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Why is Pope Francis Sometimes Misunderstood? Nigerian Catholic Theologian Explains

Mar 14, 2023

Not everyone, including some Theologians, understands the theology of Pope Francis, a Nigerian-born Catholic Theologian has said.

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Historic Building Near Vatican to Become Four Seasons Hotel

Mar 14, 2023

A Catholic order of knighthood has signed a leasing agreement that will allow a Four Seasons hotel to manage part of a historic building close to the Vatican.

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Vatican-China Deal "not the best deal possible," Top Holy See Diplomat Says

Mar 14, 2023

The Vatican’s foreign minister has said that the Vatican-China deal was “not the best deal possible” and that negotiations are underway to make the deal “work better.”

Cardinal Michael Czerny. | Pablo Esparza/CNA

Catholic Universities Should do More to Respond to Environmental Issues, Vatican Cardinal

Mar 14, 2023

The cardinal who is seen as Pope Francis’ point man on the environment said in an address at Gonzaga University last week that universities, especially Catholic universities, have a major role to play in constructing a plan to “care for our common home.”

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Register, Exercise “duty as responsible citizens”: Zimbabwe’s Catholic Bishops’ Commission

Mar 14, 2023

The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe (CCJPZ), an entity of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ZCBC), is calling on citizens of the Southern African nation to register as voters to be able to exercise their “duty as responsible citizens” in this year’s general election.

Pope Francis at the General Audience in St. Peter's Square, Feb. 24, 2016. Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Meet 14 African Cardinals Pope Francis Created in 10 Years of His Pontificate

Mar 13, 2023

From a son of a rubber tapper in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a Bishop-elect who was rejected by the Diocese he had been assigned in Nigeria, and a young priest who spent a year in an Ethiopian jail, the stories of African Cardinals created by Pope Francis are awe-inspiring.

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Promote Family Values as “your official duty”: Kenyan Catholic Bishop to New Clergy

Mar 13, 2023

The newly ordained Deacons and Priests for the Catholic Diocese of Kakamega in Kenya have been instructed to make the fostering of family values in their “official duty”.

Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of Mthatha Diocese in South Africa. Credit: SACBC

Health Workers’ Strike in South Africa Contradicts “oath to save lives”: Catholic Bishop

Mar 13, 2023

The violence that has characterized health workers’ strike in South Africa contradicts the “oath to save lives” that medical practitioners take, the Catholic Bishop of the country’s Mthatha Diocese has said.

Michael Nnadi, seminarian killed after having been abducted alongside three others on 8 January 2020. Credit: Courtesy Photo

“He paid for our freedom”: Nigerian Seminarian on Murdered Colleague

Mar 13, 2023

The January 2020 murder of Seminarian Michael Nnadi  while in captivity “paid for our freedom”, one of the four Nigerian Major Seminarians who had been abducted alongside Michael has said.

Pope Francis greets pilgrims from the popemobile in St. Peter’s Square on March 8, 2023. | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis Celebrates Mass, Records "popecast" for 10th Anniversary

Mar 13, 2023

Pope Francis marked his 10th anniversary as pope Monday with a private Mass with cardinals and an appearance on what Vatican News has dubbed a “popecast.”

EWTN CEO Michael P. Warsaw delivers the keynote address at conclusion of “Journalism in a Post-Truth World,” a conference held March 10-11, 2023, at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., co-sponsored by EWTN News and Franciscan University of Steubenville. | Shannon Mullen/CNA

Catholic Journalists Called to be "truth tellers": EWTN Chief Executive Officer

Mar 13, 2023

Catholic journalists are “called to do our part to be truth tellers,” even in the face of rising intolerance toward religious belief, traditional moral values, and the very idea that objective truth even exists, EWTN CEO Michael P. Warsaw said Saturday.

The faithful in Nicaragua participate in a pilgrimage in support of the bishops, July 28, 2018. | Photo credit: Javier Ruiz / Facebook Archdiocese of Managua

Nicaragua to Close Vatican Embassy in Managua, Nicaraguan Embassy to Holy See

Mar 13, 2023

The president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, has ordered the closing of the Vatican embassy in Managua and the Nicaraguan embassy to the Holy See in Rome, according to Reuters.

Pope Francis at his weekly Wednesday audience in St. Peter's Square June 26, 2019. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

How the Catholic Church has Changed During Pope Francis’ Pontificate

Mar 13, 2023

Pope Francis was elected to the papacy 10 years ago, on March 13, 2013. How has the worldwide Catholic Church changed since then?

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Salesians in Burundi Boost Learning in Partnership Realizing “access to better nutrition”

Mar 13, 2023

Members of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) in Burundi are boosting learning at their institution in the country’s Catholic Diocese of Ngozi in a partnership that is realizing “access to better nutrition”.

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Africa “deeply grateful”: Catholic Bishops on 10 Years of Pope Francis’ Pontificate

Mar 12, 2023

The people of God in Africa are “deeply grateful” to Pope Francis for his service to Global Catholicism in the last 10 years, the leadership of the Symposium of Episcopal Conference of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has said.

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Catholic Bishop’s Key Lessons from Pope Francis in Caring for Migrants, Refugees in Africa

Mar 12, 2023

Pope Francis is celebrating his 10th anniversary as leader of the Catholic Church on Monday, March 13.