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Vatican City - On October 7, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization , confirmed Permanent Deacon Leos Halbrstat of the Diocese of Hradec Králové, as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the Czech Republic, for another five-year term . ... read more

Vatican City - On March 5, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization , confirmed Reverend Father Jean Noël Gossou, of the clergy of the Diocese of Yopougon, as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Côte d'Ivoire, for another five-year period . ... read more

Vatican City - On April 11, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization , confirmed Rev. Jafet Alberto Peytrequin Ugalde, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica, as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Costa Rica for the five-year period 2024-2029. . . ... read more

Lest anyone accuse me of Jew hatred, let me make it abundantly clear that I would welcome with open arms all 15 million Jews in the world to move into my state of Virginia, most especially the orthodox; maybe not the Soros types, but sure, bring them, too. I have always loved my Jewish brothers ... read more

The Vatican has conducted an investigation into allegations of misconduct against a Chaldean Catholic bishop, and the prelate has submitted his resignation, The Pillar reported. Born in 1956 and ordained a priest in 1984, Bishop Emmanuel Shaleta was named the Chaldean Catholic bishop of Toronto in 2015 and the bishop of the Eparchy of ... read more

A report for the Chapman Center for Demographics and Policy found that “in both the U.S. and the U.K., Gen Z men are now retaining or adopting Christian identity at rates equal to or higher than their female peers.” Examining data from various surveys, Joel Kotkin and Bheki Mahlobo, the authors of the report, ... read more

Five Spanish Franciscan friars who were slain in 1597 in what is now the State of Georgia will be beatified in Savannah in October. “Conflict arose when an heir to a Guale chiefdom, a young Indigenous man named Juanillo, sought to take a second wife as was the Guale custom,” the National Catholic ... read more

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference issued a statement today expressing “grave concern over the deepening crisis in Ghana’s cocoa sector and its devastating impact on farmers and rural communities.” “We therefore call for the immediate payment of all arrears, transparent financial restructuring of the Ghana Cocoa Board, sustained producer prices, intensified investment in productivity, ... read more

Preaching that “God does not need papers,” Cardinal Blase Cupich spoke about immigration in his Ash Wednesday homily. “You may be undocumented in the eyes of the state, but you were hand-crafted by the Creator of the universe,” Cardinal Cupich said. “Your worth does not come from a visa or a permit; it comes ... read more

Not long before he was martyred, St. Thomas More wrote a series of letters to his daughters. In those letters, which have been compiled into a work called A Dialogue on Conscience, we find his daughter Margaret attempting to persuade him to swear the oath that would save his life, which he did not do, ... read more

Jihadist fighters set fire to seven Nigerian villages on February 18, killing dozens, Agence France-Presse reported. “The current situation of kidnappings and violence is worsening, and those responsible are acting with impunity due to the government’s slow response,” Bishop Anselm Pendo Lawani of Ilorin said in an interview with Vatican News. Bishop ... read more

In its annual message for the month of Ramadan, the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue called on Muslims not to “yield to despair or to violence,” but instead strive to restore “peace to our broken world.” ... read more

In a reflection on Pope Leo XIV’s Lenten message, the lay prefect of the Dicastery for Communication spoke of the need to fast from what he called the “bulimia” of careless and hurtful words. “We rarely think of fasting as renouncing excessive words, verbal violence, the confusion of speaking without listening,” said Paolo ... read more

The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation and the Vatican’s Dicastery for Culture and Education are among the sponsors of an exhibit in Pordenone, Italy, in honor of the upcoming 100th anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s birth. The exhibit, “Ricordando Benedetto XVI: Verso il centenario della nascita” (Remembering Benedict XVI: Toward the centenary of his ... read more

In his catechetical homily for the opening of Holy and Great Lent, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople reflected on asceticism. “Asceticism is not a matter of self-willed choices and subjective particularities, but of submission to the rule and the ‘catholic experience’ of the Church,” said the Ecumenical Patriarch, who holds a primacy of honor ... read more