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Nigerian bishops meet with Pontiff (Vatican News)
Pope Leo XIV received a group on Nigerian bishops on March 6. The prelates were in Rome for their ad limina visit; Vatican News posted a short video of the …
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Felicity and Perpetua: On the horns of heroic dilemma
The martyrdom of Perpetua, Felicity (Felicitas), Revocatus, Saturninus and Secundulus, from the “Menologion of Basil II” (c. 1000 AD). (Image: Wikipedia) The expression “caught on the horns of a dilemma” …
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In Oscar-nominated ‘Sirāt,’ the journey is literal, spiritual and existential
Director Óliver Laxe spoke with NCR about art that kills the ego, disruption in the creative process and facing our shadows.
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Presence and absence in times of grief
God is present. Love is present. Jacob is present, even in our loss. Even in the excruciating feeling of his absence
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AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA – With the visit of Pope Leo XIV, the country becomes the epicenter of world news
Malabo – The apostolic visit of Pope Leo XIV to Equatorial Guinea, scheduled for April 21-23, 2026, will be a historic event, and preparations are already in full swing in …
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Franciscan friar describes ‘terrifying night’ in Jerusalem (CWN)
A friar of the Franciscans’ Holy Land province described the night of March 5-6 in Jerusalem as a “terrifying night.”
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Italian journalist, in Vatican newspaper, rues demographic collapse (CWN)
In a front-page op-ed in the Vatican newspaper, an award-winning Italian journalist lamented the demographic collapse in her native Milan since her childhood and linked it to a despair over …
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ASIA/CAMBODIA – In 2026, the Church’s commitment to education will increase
Phnom Penh – “The year 2026 is a year full of hope for the education sector of the Vicariate of Phnom Penh,” Bishop Olivier Schmitthäusler MEP, Apostolic Vicar of Phnom …
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Vatican newspaper condemns airstrike on Iranian elementary school (CWN)
In a strongly worded op-ed, the Vatican newspaper condemned the airstrike on a girls’ elementary school in Iran on the opening day of the Iran war.
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Bl. Christopher Buxton—If I had a hundred lives, I would willingly lay down all in defense of my faith.
If I had a hundred lives, I would willingly lay down all in defense of my faith. — Bl. Christopher Buxton