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Arab, Islamic states meet in Qatar after Israeli strike
Posted on 09/15/2025 04:57 AM ()
Arab and Islamic nations convene an emergency meeting in Qatar following Israel’s airstrike last week targeting Hamas leaders in Doha.
Rising to the challenge: Zimbabwe’s young religious called to be Pilgrims of Hope
Posted on 09/15/2025 03:47 AM ()
Young temporarily professed religious sisters, brothers, and priests have been called to experience and embody hope through the charism of their congregations. These sentiments were expressed by organisers of a recent national workshop for young male and female religious persons held over the weekend, in Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe. The gathering encouraged participants to live lives marked by transparency, accountability, and moral integrity.
Religious sisters work for an indigenous Church with an Amazonia
Posted on 09/15/2025 03:41 AM ()
In the heart of the jungle in Cuzco, Peru, Sr. Giovanna Llerena Alfaro, a Dominican Missionary of the Rosary, walks alongside the Indigenous communities of Bajo Urubamba, promoting an Indigenous Church and a form of evangelization that arises from contemplation.
Pope Leo XIV appoints new Apostolic Nuncio to Spain and Andorra
Posted on 09/15/2025 03:35 AM ()
Archbishop Piero Pioppo is appointed the new Apostolic Nuncio to Spain and the Principality of Andorra.
Calls for reform after Catholic on pilgrimage killed in Pakistan
Posted on 09/15/2025 03:29 AM ()
With sorrow and shock over the recent murder of a 42-year-old man shot dead while on pilgrimage in the Archdiocese of Lahore, leading experts in Pakistan are calling for serious and effective social reforms, especially in education, to combat the phenomenon.
Pope to Augustinians: Keep love at the centre of religious life
Posted on 09/15/2025 02:06 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV meets with Augustinians at the conclusion of their General Chapter and invites them to place love at the centre of their religious life.
Beninese Bishop: Jihadist attacks aim at preventing Church's activity
Posted on 09/15/2025 01:38 AM ()
Following a recent attack by jihadists, the Bishop of N'Dali, Benin, Martin Adjou Moumouni, explains that the community is concerned about further violence as the militants "have also made it clear that they want to prevent the Church from continuing its pastoral activities.”
Pope Leo: ‘I have always answered ‘not my will, but yours Lord'
Posted on 09/14/2025 11:24 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV is treated to a birthday cake and best wishes following the "Commemoration of the Martyrs and Witnesses of the Faith of the 21st Century" in the Basilica of St Paul’s outside the walls.
Pope: Martyrs can unite Christians of different backgrounds
Posted on 09/14/2025 09:05 AM ()
At the Commemoration of Martyrs and Witnesses of the Faith in the 21st Century, Pope Leo joins representatives of Christian denominations and communities in remembering the examples of the martyrs, whose hope was based on Christian values rather than violence.
Israeli airstrike levels Gaza tower as civilian death toll rises
Posted on 09/14/2025 05:44 AM ()
Israeli warplanes have destroyed a multi-story building in western Gaza City, the latest in a series of strikes targeting urban areas amid the ongoing conflict.