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The brother of Pope Leo XIV was reportedly the victim of a hoax bomb threat in a suburb outside of Chicago, according to police and media reports. The New Lenox, Illinois, Police Department said in a Facebook post on April 15 that it had responded to a “reported bomb threat at a private residence” in ... read more

BAMENDA, Cameroon — Despite bad weather, at least 20,000 people gathered on the runways of Bamenda International Airport on Wednesday to take part in the Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV, concluding the second day of the pontiff’s visit to Cameroon.In his homily, Pope Leo praised the faith of the local Church, saying: “The festive ... read more

Bamenda – It is the people who suffer the consequences of wars ordered by the powerful, and religion must not be instrumentalized to justify conflict, was the message of Pope Leo XIV during his meeting with religious leaders in Bamenda, the capital of the English-speaking region of Cameroon, on April 16, which has been ravaged ... read more

Chinese authorities are increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled official church while tightening surveillance and travel restrictions on all of China's estimated 12 million Catholics, a rights group said Wednesday. ... read more

BAMENDA, Cameroon — From Bamendaʼs Catholic cathedral on Thursday, Pope Leo XIV urged both Christians and Muslims to heal wounds of conflict in Cameroon.When Leo arrived at the Cathedral of St. Joseph, on the fourth day of his trip in Africa, he first visited the Blessed Sacrament Chapel for a moment of prayer together with ... read more

Our cover story and editorial this month is about artificial intelligence (AI), and as the Marxists say, it is not a coincidence that we are publishing this series of articles and commentary the month after we wrote about the significance of imago dei. AI presents an existential threat to humanity, but even if it does ... read more

Rome - “I am proud that Pakistan has done its utmost to bring together all the actors involved in the war in the Middle East and invite them to a negotiating table in Islamabad. Of course, this is not easy after such a serious conflict, and it is hardly possible to achieve a result in ... read more

Khartoum – Three years have passed since the start of the war in Sudan, and there seems to be no end in sight. The conflict, which broke out on April 16, 2023 , remains in a stalemate with constant changes in territorial control. The Sudanese Armed Forces have recaptured large parts of Khartoum as well ... read more

Yaoundé – Politics must be at the service of the common good, avoiding corruption that “disfigure authority and strip it of its credibility.” The words of Pope Leo XIV, spoken yesterday, April 15, at the Presidential Palace in Yaoundé during a meeting with authorities, civil society, and the diplomatic corps, constitute a clear appeal to ... read more

A series of celebrations marking the centenary of the birth of Pope Benedict XVI will take place across four continents beginning on April 16, 2027.An international committee for the centenary celebrations established by the Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation is coordinating the initiatives, the foundation announced. “The centenary of Ratzingerʼs birth is an opportunity to ... read more

Bratislava - The meeting of the “European Conference of Missionary Childhood,” known as CEME, French acronym for Conférence de l’Enfance Missionnaire Européenne), held in Bratislava from Sunday, April 12 to Thursday, April 16, concluded today with the Eucharistic celebration .The participants, from some 20 European countries, shared their experiences of faith developed with children and ... read more

DOUALA, Cameroon — Pope Leo XIV launched a passionate appeal to authorities in Cameroon to invest in the education and training of young people for lasting peace in the central African nation, where he embarked on a three-day apostolic visit Wednesday.In his April 15 meeting with civic authorities and the diplomatic corps at the presidential ... read more

Yangon - Following the verbal attack by US President Donald Trump, the Burmese bishops of the Bishops' Conference of Myanmar express their solidarity with Pope Leo XIV. They praise the Pope “amid the noise of war and the turmoil of conflicting interests” as “a clear and courageous moral voice, a shepherd who proclaims the truth ... read more

It felt like a scene taken out of the Middle Ages—only much sillier. A political leader publicly calls out the pope for his lack of support for a particular military engagement. It riles up the faithful, who now feel conflicted between their country and their Faith. Finally, everyone demands some kind of response from the ... read more

For 125 years, Dominican Sisters belonging to an order founded by Venerable Rose Hawthorne Lathrop (Mother Mary Alphonsa, O.P.), the youngest child of Nathaniel Hawthorne, have lovingly nursed the poor dying of cancer at Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne, New York. According to the Westchester County facility’s website, Rosary Hill Home accepts no remuneration from ... read more