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Peter Sheeto celebrating the Holy Mass. Credit: Sawt Assalam Radio

"An orphan in every sense": A Priest’s Journey of Grief, Faith after a Wedding Tragedy

Nov 22, 2023

In the aftermath of a catastrophic fire in Qaraqosh, Iraq, which claimed the lives of approximately 140 people and injured around 250, the community is still grappling with the enormity of the loss. 

Holy Mass at the Church of the Holy Family for the Latins, Gaza Image source: The Parish of the Holy Family for the Latins in Gaza.

Church in Gaza Reaching Out to Displaced Persons, Christians Under Siege amid Violence

Oct 18, 2023

As the fighting continues in the Holy Land between Hamas and the Israeli army, the Church is doing everything in its power to alleviate the burden of war on its affected parishioners.

Participants in the synodal meetings in Paul VI Audience Hall-Vatican City. Credit: Vatican Media

10 Things You Can Do for Ongoing Synod on Synodality

Oct 10, 2023

After the first session of the 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, "For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission", started last week in the Vatican, faithful around the world may ask themselves: What can we do now for the ongoing Synod? How can we contribute to its outcomes? Here are a series of suggestions.

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Today, November 2, We Celebrate All Souls Day

Women Religious Serving in Non-Catholic Institutions in Africa Urged to Report Sexual Harassment Cases against Them

There’s “a dark spot”: Cardinal Ambongo Raises Questions on “hasty Beatification” Plans for King Baudouin of Belgium

Paulines Publications Africa (PPA) participation at the Bookfair in Germany. Credit: Paulines Publications Africa (PPA)

Frankfurt Book Fair 2024: Paulines Publications Africa Participants “awestruck” by Deep Reading Culture Elsewhere

“It’s a pity”: Nigeria Catholic Bishops’ Conference President on Insecurity, Says “government appears to be helpless”

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square from his window in the Apostolic Palace during his Angelus address on the solemnity of All Saints, Nov. 1, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

At All Saints’ Day Angelus, Pope Francis Highlights Christians’ "identity card"

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“Pricks the heart and mind”: Kenyan Bishop Moved by Experiences of Catholic Sisters Serving in Non-Catholic Institutions

Sr. Josephine Kangogo. Credit: ACI Africa

At Regional Research Symposium, Leader of Kenya’s Association of Sisterhoods Explores Ways to Achieve Sustainability

Bishop Gaetano Di Pierro (left) and Bishop Marcellin Randriamamonjy (right)

Pope Francis Accepts Retirement of Bishop of Farafangana Diocese in Madagascar, Appoints Successor

Late Bishop Peter Marzinkowski

“Simple yet profound”: Germany-based Nigerian Spiritan Eulogizes Pioneer Catholic Bishop of Alindao, CAR

Pope Francis meets with participants of Italy’s Educational Commitment Movement of Catholic Action (MIEAC) national congress on Oct. 31, 2024, at a private audience held in the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Secular World Needs Teachers with "a big heart" and High Ideals: Pope Francis

Bishop Alfred Agyenta

Catholic Bishop in Ghana Raises Concerns over Stalled Anti-Witchcraft Bill

Women Religious Serving in Non-Catholic Institutions in Africa Urged to Report Sexual Harassment Cases against Them

Pope Francis with members of “Project Hope,” a program of accompaniment for the spiritual and emotional healing of women and men who suffer the consequences of having chosen abortion, on Oct. 30, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis to Parents of Aborted Children: Evil Does not Have the Last Word

Pope Francis prays near the tomb of Father Pedro Arrupe, SJ, superior general of the Society of Jesus between 1965 and 1981, during a Mass at the Jesuit Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, known as the “Gesu” in Rome, Italy, on March 12, 2022, on the 400th anniversary of the canonization of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the society’s founder. / Credit: Vatican Media/Abaca/Sipa USA/Sipa via AP Images

Vatican Inquiry into Canonization of Former Jesuit Leader, Mentor to Pope Francis, Fr. Arrupe, to Begin

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square from his window in the Apostolic Palace during his Angelus address on the solemnity of All Saints, Nov. 1, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

At All Saints’ Day Angelus, Pope Francis Highlights Christians’ "identity card"

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