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Lebanese long for peace ahead of pope’s visit

Lebanese Catholics yearn for the upcoming visit of Pope Leo XIV to achieve something lost in recent years. Signs bearing the pontiff’s photo along newly rebuilt roadways express their longing: “Lebanon wants peace.” Indeed, Pope Leo comes as pilgrim of peace, with the motto for his visit to Lebanon taken from Jesus’ Sermon on the […]

Pope: Nicaea invites Christians to unity in face of violence, conflict

At the site of ancient Nicaea, Pope Leo XIV joined around 27 other leaders of Christian Churches to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council in the Church’s history. The ecumenical prayer service took place on the second day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Türkiye. In his address, the Pope thanked Patriarch […]

Empty Tabernacles and Closed Schools to Protest Kidnappings in Cameroon

In response to the increasing number of kidnappings of religious figures in the English-speaking region of Cameroon, Archbishop Andrew Nkea of ​​Bamenda has issued an unprecedented ultimatum. The latest kidnapping of a priest, Father John Berinyuy Tatah, prompted the Cameroonian Prelate to write a Pastoral Letter on November 23rd, threatening to close all Catholic institutions […]

Pope issues ‘motu proprio’ to solve Sister Petrini’s irregular presidency

Pope Leo XIV has issued a motu proprio to restore legal clarity to the Vatican’s civil administration by formally permitting Sister Raffaella Petrini FSE to serve as President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State. The document, signed on 19 November and released 21 November, amends the 2023 Fundamental Law so that the Commission “is composed […]

Vatican defends monogamy against polygamy, polyamory

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith unveiled a newly approved text on marriage, it did so with a disarming simplicity: the mystery of two lives becoming one. Yet behind that biblical intuition lies a complex cultural moment that the Holy See considers too critical to ignore. The document, titled “Una caro (one flesh). […]