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Our Lady of Lourdes grotto, Lourdes, France. / Credit: Elise Harris/CNA

Baths at Our Lady of Lourdes in France Fully Reopened as 30,000 Expected for Assumption Pilgrimage

Aug 13, 2024

More than 30,000 pilgrims are expected in Lourdes for the Aug. 15 feast day.

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Fr. Charles Kitima delivering his keynote address to Catholic nuns graduating as social entrepreneurs. Credit: ACWECA

“Think like businesspeople”: Official of Catholic Bishops in Tanzania to Nuns Graduating as Social Entrepreneurs

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Catholic Bishop in Cape Verde Calls for “greater commitment to the paths of hope” in New Pastoral Year

“We stand in solidarity with innocent civilians”: Cameroonian Catholic Archbishop on Deadly Market Explosion

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At 90th Birthday Celebration, Catholic Archbishop in Angola Advocates for Peaceful Coexistence, “we must be peacemakers”

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on May 1, 2020, the feast of St. Joseph the Worker. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Asks Cardinals to Achieve "zero deficit" in the Catholic Church

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Provide Opportunities for “gifted students” from Poor Backgrounds: Catholic Nuns Running Schools in Tanzania Told

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Archbishop Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński delivering his keynote address at the just ended conference between the members of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) and the Leadership Conference of Consecrated Life (LCCL). Credit: SACBC

Here is the Challenge of Including all Voices in Synodal Conversations: Apostolic Nuncio in South Africa

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Hunger Crisis in Malawi at “critical juncture”, Catholic Bishops Say, Call for Urgent Humanitarian Action

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Religious Leaders in Kenya Join Cry of Youths over “impunity” as Questions on Protest Killings Remain Unanswered

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis Says the Catholic Church is "more alive" Outside of Europe

Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea during the inauguration blessing of St. Blaise Catholic Hospital in Cameroon's Bamenda Archdiocese

“God's blessing to the people”: Catholic Archbishop in Cameroon Says New Hospital will Reduce Suffering

Only Fund Biodiversity Initiatives that Protect Indigenous Communities: Africa’s Catholic Bishops to European Union

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Family of Cape Verde’s First Cardinal to Establish Foundation, Museum ahead of His 75th Birthday

Family members of Mafia victims take part in a demonstration organized by Libera on the occasion of the National Day of Remembrance and Commitment to Remembering the Victims of the Mafia on March 21, 2023, in Milan, Italy. / Credit: Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images

Pope Francis: More Needs to be Done to Restore Dignity to Organized Crime Victims

Archbishop Zacarias Kamwenho

At 90th Birthday Celebration, Catholic Archbishop in Angola Advocates for Peaceful Coexistence, “we must be peacemakers”

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin attends a plenary session at the Summit on Peace in Ukraine at the Burgenstock resort near Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 16, 2024. / Credit: ALESSANDRO DELLA VALLE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

International Human Rights Conventions Must be Safeguarded in Russia-Ukraine War: Vatican Secretary of State

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