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Philippine bishops urge military not to destabilize the Marcos government

Catholic bishops urged the Philippine military to refrain from any destabilizing efforts against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. amid alleged flood control controversy involving government officials and others. On Nov. 14, former congressman Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co accused Marcos and his cousin and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez of alleged involvement in the insertion of 100 billion […]

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). […]

Activist Nicaraguan priest: The Ortega dictatorship ‘can’t take away our faith’

Nils de Jesús Hernández, 56, has lived in the United States for 36 years, far from his native Nicaragua. Forced to leave the country in 1988 in the midst of the civil war, he serves a parish in Iowa where he ministers to the Hispanic community and speaks out for the Nicaraguan people. Hernández, known […]

Over 300 students kidnapped from Catholic school in Nigeria

More than 300 students and teachers at the Catholic school of St. Mary in the Agwara district were forcibly taken and abducted by masked militiamen who stormed in on motorcycles and pick-up trucks. The mass abduction, in Niger State, in western Nigeria, carried out by an unidentified armed commando, marks the latest such tragedy. The […]