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“The ocean became their grave”: Catholic Priest Mourns Suspected African Migrants Feared Dead off Canary Islands
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1018+ words) Freetown, 04 September, 2026 / 11:55 pm (ACI Africa). Executive Director of Caritas Freetown in Sierra Leone has mourned migrants who perished on a boat believed to have left West Africa for Europe with 127 people on board, expressing sorrow that those who left home…...
Pope Leo XIV to Arab-region Churches: "Do not be afraid of your smallness"
1+ week, 1+ day ago (432+ words) ACI Prensa Staff, 04 September, 2026 / 2:00 pm (ACI Africa). Pope Leo XIV offered a clear measure for the mission of the Church in the Middle East, a region marked by conflict, migration, and hardship, telling Latin-rite bishops serving across the Arab world…...
Pope Leo XIV Appeals for Release of Haiti Hostages, Prays for Flood Victims in Nepal and Tibet
1+ week, 6+ day ago (765+ words) Vatican, 30 August, 2026 / 11:38 pm (ACI Africa). CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called for the immediate release of hostages taken in a deadly massacre in Haiti, appealed to authorities to protect the population from violence and prayed for victims…...
Pope Leo XIV Takes Part in Historic Marian Procession on Lake Albano at Papal Summer House: Photos
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (125+ words) By EWTN News Staff ACI Prensa Staff, 29 August, 2026 / 7:49 pm (ACI Africa). Pope Leo XIV took part in an historic boat procession on Aug. 29, becoming what the Vatican said was the first pope to travel across the waters of Lake Albano…...
Pope Leo XIV: Mary Shows That "true beauty’ is found in ‘the light of the Risen Lord"
4+ week, 12+ hour ago (448+ words) By EWTN News Staff ACI Prensa Staff, 15 August, 2026 / 7:30 pm (ACI Africa). Pope Leo XIV on Aug. 15 called on Catholics to look to Mary, the Mother of God as an example of “true beauty,” with the Holy Father pointing to her…...
Pope Leo XIV: Child Migrants are Too Easily Ignored by Society
4+ week, 1+ day ago (311+ words) Vatican, 14 August, 2026 / 12:09 AM Pope Leo XIV has appealed to all people to recognize the suffering of child migrants, noting that they are often the most vulnerable during mass migration. In a message published by the Vatican on Aug. 14, the pope…...
Vatican Releases Schedule for Pope Leo XIV’s September Trip to France
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (544+ words) ACI Prensa Staff, 07 August, 2026 / 11:30 pm (ACI Africa). The Vatican on Aug. 7 published the official schedule for Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic journey to France, where he will visit Paris, Lourdes, and Metz from Sept. 25–28. The Vatican also announced that, as he…...
Ferrán Torres, the Catholic forward who won the World Cup for Spain
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (370+ words) By Walter Sanchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, 20 July, 2026 / 4:11 am (ACI Africa). Ferrán Torres is the Catholic forward who secured a 1–0 victory for Spain over Messi's Argentina in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final, played on Sunday, July 19, in New Jersey. “The…...
Pilgrimage to Brazil’s Basilica Shrine of the Divine Eternal Father Draws 4 million
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (487+ words) By Diego Lopez Marina ACI Digital, 13 July, 2026 / 10:53 PM More than 4.2 million pilgrims participated this year in the traditional pilgrimage of the Divine Eternal Father in the city of Trindade, in the Brazilian state of Goiás, once again making this one…...
How the design for the official logo for Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France was created
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (619+ words) By Diego Lopez Marina ACI Prensa Staff, 10 July, 2026 / 11:23 pm (ACI Africa). The French Bishops' Conference unveiled the official logo for Pope Leo XIV's visit to France, scheduled for Sept. 25–28, and it is a design rich in symbolism. The modern design…...