1+ week, 6+ day ago   (211+ words) The bishops of Sudan and South Sudan published a three-year strategic plan to promote peace and reconciliation in their nations. “We remain committed to walking together in the search for truth, justice, reconciliation, and lasting peace,” said Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro…...

1+ mon, 7+ hour ago   (224+ words) A South Sudanese prelate described cultural dance as “a powerful instrument for unity, peace, reconciliation, youth empowerment, and nation-building.” “When we dance together, we teach our young people to appreciate who they are, respect one another, and value the beauty…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (150+ words) Members of the World Catholic Association for Communication (SIGNIS) elected a new president for a four-year term. Father Walter Chikwendu Ihejirika, who earned a doctorate at the Pontifical Gregorian University, is professor of Development Communication and Media Studies at the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (230+ words) Pope Leo XIV sent a telegram of condolence to the apostolic administrator of Xai-Xai, Mozambique, following the death of Cardinal Júlio Duarte Langa (1927-2026), who governed the see from 1976 to 2004. The Pontiff recalled Cardinal Langa, who ministered during the Mozambican Civil…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (243+ words) The prefect of the Dicastery for Communication encouraged the World Catholic Association for Communication (SIGNIS) to be a network rather than a bureaucracy. “SIGNIS should not be an ecclesiastic bureaucracy, but a network of people, a network of professionals sharing…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (214+ words) Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, I.C.P.B., the head of the Armenian Catholic Church, celebrated the opening Mass at the World Armenian Catholic Youth Days in Lebanon. The event, which has attracted 250 Armenian Catholic youth from around the…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (225+ words) In a chirograph on May 27, Pope Leo XIV established a Steering and Supervisory Commission for the House for the Relief of Suffering, the hospital established in 1956 by St. Pio of Pietrelcina. Unions representing employees there announced a hunger strike earlier…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (167+ words) The vicar apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos, ordained two Redemptorists to the priesthood on April 22 in Thakhek, a city of 90,000. Twenty priests minister to 53,000 Catholics in Laos. The Southeast Asian nation of 8.1 million (map), a Communist state, is 54% Buddhist and 3% Christian,…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (185+ words) A South Sudanese bishop called on authorities to renew their search for Father Luke Yugue and his driver, two years after their reported abduction. “Their disappearance is not a private loss. It is a national wound. It is a moral…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (218+ words) The president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) said he was “proud and happy” after Pope Leo’s apostolic journey to four African nations and called for a greater worldwide recognition of the importance of the…...