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About 495 faith leaders and advocates, including U.S. President Donald Trump, are set to gather in Washington, D.C., to read the entire Bible aloud ahead of the nationʼs 250th anniversary.America Reads the Bible is a national Scripture-reading event and movement led by Christians Engaged, a nonprofit organization committed “to discipling Americans on biblical worldview and ... read more

YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Pope Leo XIV was welcomed by the happy chatter of children on Wednesday at the Ngul Zamba Orphanage in Yaoundé, Cameroon, where he shared a message of Godʼs presence.“Dear children, I know that many of you have endured difficult trials. Some of you have known the pain of loss through the death ... read more

The U.S. bishops’ chair for doctrine issued a clarification on April 15 reaffirming that Catholic just war theory sets strict moral limits on the use of military force, emphasizing that it is not a political endorsement of war but a moral framework.The statement came as President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, the latter ... read more

YAOUNDE, Cameroon — “Peace, in fact, cannot be decreed: It must be embraced and lived," Pope Leo XIV emphasized on Wednesday in a meeting with government authorities, the diplomatic corps, and civil society in Cameroon — the second stop of his journey in Africa.In a dense address, the pope expressed confidence in Cameroonʼs society, often ... read more

Paul Tuns: Artificial intelligence (AI) is celebrated by its boosters as a game-changing innovation that promises not merely greater efficiency and convenience, but solutions to humanity’s greatest challenges and problems. As Marc Andreesson, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, says, “AI will save the world.” AI’s critics warn that it creates new problems from widespread unemployment ... read more

The Knights of Columbus issued a statement that affirms the Catholic fraternal organization’s solidarity with Pope Leo XIV as President Donald Trump criticized the Holy Father a second time on Truth Social.“The Knights of Columbus has always stood in solidarity with the Holy Father, recognizing in him a spiritual father who calls the world not ... read more

YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Pope Leo XIV arrived Wednesday in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, after a five-hour flight. While meeting with journalists aboard the papal plane, he delivered a brief address, thanking the Algerian authorities and reflecting on the first leg of the journey.Leo, speaking in English, expressed his “gratitude to all the authorities in ... read more

MANILA, Philippines — Amid growing concerns over mental health, Cardinal Jose Advincula, the archbishop of Manila, Philippines, stressed on April 2 that priests must prioritize their mental health to sustain their missionary work.Celebrating the chrism Mass on Holy Thursday at the Minor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, commonly known as Manila Cathedral, ... read more

Just a few weeks since the death of her husband, Miguel, and amid her grief, Virginia Pérez de Santana, clutching a rosary, recounted with serenity and strength their story of a love that endures, sustained to the very last moment by the certainty that God exists and never abandons us.Although she grew up in a ... read more

Consider a first-year university student writing a paper at the end of the term. The task is daunting, and a tumult of emotions besets the young writer as he sits down to do his work. He is excited by the swirl of nascent ideas and by a handful of what sound, in his head, like ... read more

ANNABA, Algeria — Pope Leo XIV met privately Tuesday with fellow members of the Augustinian order, sharing lunch with the local community in what the order described as a “beautiful and pleasant” fraternal encounter.A statement from the Order of St. Augustine said the meeting reflected the joy of brothers dwelling together in unity.“After visiting the ... read more

Christians in Algeria say they are hoping Pope Leo XIV’s visit will be what “leads to change” as they have recently faced a massive spike in church closures and Christian arrests.Pope Leo is visiting Algeria April 13–15 for the first part of his African papal trip. The popeʼs presence has been “widely viewed by the ... read more

Johannesburg – Verbal remarks by US President Donald Trump about Pope Leo XIV are "a cause for great concern," according to Cardinal Stephen Brislin, Archbishop of Johannesburg, in an article published by the Daily Maverick newspaper, speaking in his capacity as President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference . Referring to insinuations about the ... read more

Seoul – According to the Archdiocese of Seoul, a striking symbol will accompany the events of World Youth Day 2027 in Seoul, which will focus intensively on the division between North and South Korea: a “Cross of Peace” will be created from discarded barbed wire from the Demilitarized Zone – the buffer zone along the ... read more

Vatican City - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Jean-Marie Vianney Musul Masas, until now chancellor of the metropolitan archdiocese of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as auxiliary bishop of the same archdiocese, assigning him the titular see of Satafis.Msgr. Jean-Marie Vianney Musul Masas was born on 23 August 1974 in Fungurume, archdiocese ... read more