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Bishops of Mozambique gather for plenary assembly in Maputo as Cardinal Parolin visits
Posted on 12/4/2025 06:51 AM ()
The Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (CEM) has said that Cardinal Pietro Parolin will visit Mozambique this week. The visit is being seen as a gesture of reassurance and closeness by the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, given the ongoing insurgency in the restive Cabo Delgado Province. Attacks by Islamist militants have displaced thousands and caused the deaths of many innocent civilians. CEM’s plenary assembly will also take place during this period. Cardinal Parolin is expected to be in Mozambique
Jubilee Year 2025 concludes without comprehensive debt cancellation
Posted on 12/4/2025 05:47 AM ()
Africa’s economic crisis expected to continue after creditors’negative response to appeals for debt relief.
Archdiocese of Bangalore, India, opens new 'Pope Francis' migrant centre
Posted on 12/4/2025 05:40 AM ()
The Pope Francis Migrant’s Centre & Short Stay Home will offer pastoral care, counselling services, legal aid, skill development programmes, and emergency support.
Petrocchi Commission says no to female diaconate, though judgment not definitive
Posted on 12/4/2025 05:00 AM ()
A report presenting the results of the Commission’s work has been released. It rules out admitting women to the diaconate understood as a degree of the sacrament of Holy Orders, but says that it is not currently possible “to formulate a definitive judgment, as in the case of priestly ordination.”
Transforming pain into hope: Patriarch Minassian on Apostolic Visit
Posted on 12/3/2025 10:01 AM ()
In the wake of Pope Leo XIV’s Apostolic Visit to Türkiye and Lebanon, the Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church reflects on the journey's legacy.
US pauses processing of immigration applications
Posted on 12/3/2025 09:41 AM ()
The Trump administration on Tuesday said it paused all immigration applications, including green card and U.S. citizenship processing, filed by immigrants from 19 non-European countries, citing concerns over national security and public safety.
Shortage of supplies blights daily life in Gaza
Posted on 12/3/2025 09:26 AM ()
Israel is preparing to open the Rafah crossing to allow Gaza residents into Egypt, officials said Wednesday.
Pope Leo to continue traditionaI visit for Immaculate Conception
Posted on 12/3/2025 08:48 AM ()
On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Leo XIV will continue the papal tradition of visiting the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary near Rome’s Spanish Steps.
Sri Lanka: Local Christian communities offer aid to victims of Cyclone Ditwah
Posted on 12/3/2025 07:24 AM ()
As flooding and landslides continue to devastate Southeast Asia, Catholic and Christian parishes and organizations step up to offer support and “together to alleviate the suffering of the victims.”
Pope: ‘I was thinking of retiring, but instead I surrendered to God’
Posted on 12/2/2025 10:30 AM ()
Aboard the papal plane returning to Rome from Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists about the role of the Holy See, which works “behind-the-scenes” in peace negotiations, so that all parties may lay down arms. Regarding Ukraine, the Pope underlines Europe’s involvement and the important role Italy could play, and answers a question about how he reacted to his election, stressing the importance of giving one’s life to God and letting him "lead the way".