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Nigerian Christians cry foul over Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket

Nigeria’s ruling party announced on July 10 that its ticket in the 2023 presidential election will not include a Christian, as presidential candidate Bola Tinubu selected Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate in the 2023 general elections. The announcement came less than a month after the Nigerian bishops’ conference warned that a ticket consisting only of […]

In Pope’s native land, bishops say people are ‘starving’ in body and spirit

As Pope Francis’s native Argentina finds itself on the brink of hyperinflation and led by a president and vice president in a public dispute, the country’s bi-shops say the people are “starving,” hungry both in body and spirit. “Today our homeland is a hungry, bewildered, worried and wounded people. Many families lack daily bread and […]

Pope to Ukrainian Bishops: ‘Stay close to your flock’

Pope Francis has urged the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishops to be shepherds of their flock and to be close to the faithful entrusted to their care, giving them courage and hope. The Ukrainian Bishops are holding their annual Synod to discuss the theme of synodality in their Church. The meeting, running from 7-15 July, had […]

European bishops hit back against resolution on abortion

Europe’s top body of bishops has condemned the European Parliament’s favourable vote Thursday, July 7, on a resolution calling for access to abortion to be included in the E.U. Charter of Fundamental Rights. The resolution, titled, “European Parliament resolution on the US Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights in the United States and the […]

Webb telescope images feed the mind and spirit, Jesuit astronomer says

The Jesuits at the Vatican Observatory were wowed like most people by the beauty of the photos from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, but the director said they also are excited by the scientific information the telescope will reveal. “Such images are a necessary food for the human spirit — we do not live by […]

Pope Francis says becoming pope made him less rigid and more merciful

Pope Francis said the goals he has achieved in more than nine years as pope were simply the fruit of the ideas discussed by the College of Cardinals prior to his election. In an interview with Argentine news agency Télam published July 1, the pope said that objectives, such as the reform of the Roman […]

Nigerian bishop says country ‘worse off’ now

While the Catholic Church continues to play its part in helping people in Nigeria, the policies of the current government obstruct a clear path toward peace and reconciliation between Christians and Muslims, said Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto, Nigeria. Addressing a virtual conference on peacebuilding, hosted by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies […]

I Plant Secret House Churches Because I Was Saved into One

“I was raised in a Muslim family in Tehran, Iran. My mother was a teacher and the principal of an elementary school. She knew a lot about Islam and did her best to follow its teachings. She helped me learn to read the Qur’an, taught me to pray at least three times a day, and encouraged […]

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