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by Jake Frost In our family, we have so many nicknames that our nicknames now have nicknames of their own — we call them “nick-nicknames.” Such as “umpkins” — it’s …

Kinshasa – The M23/AFC guerrilla fighters announced on December 16 that they had withdrawn from the city of Uvira in South Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, near …

Pope Leo XIV looks out from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica after his election on May 8, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 17, 2025 …

Vatican City – The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Lúcio Andrice Muandula, until now bishop of Xai-Xai, as bishop of the diocese of Chimoio, Mozambique.Bishop Lúcio Andrice Muandula was born …

Wolisso – Twenty-five years later, in the Jubilee year, Doctors with Africa CUAMM celebrates the anniversary of the construction of St. Luke hospital in Wolisso, and the adjacent training center …

Armed men attacked an evangelical church in Nigeria during a Sunday service, killing one person and abducting 13 worshippers. The December 14 attack on the Evangelical Church Winning All was …

John Prevost reflects on the years after his brother left home, from his brother Robert’s time in the minor seminary and missionary life in Peru to his transition into the …

Advent peace is not the peace of sanitized images, writes Kat Armas. It is the peace of God-with-us in our flesh, our struggle, our vulnerability. A peace that does not …