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  • [ December 1, 2025 ] The Holy See closed the 2024 fiscal year with a surplus of $1.86 million News Briefs
  • [ December 1, 2025 ] Aid to the Church in Need welcomes appointment of Cardinal Koch as its new president News Briefs
  • [ December 1, 2025 ] Reactions mount in Canada to undercover video exposing late-term abortions News Briefs
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Exclusive: Gaza priest injured in Israeli bombing discusses impact on parish community

July 24, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

Father Gabriel Romanelli, parish priest at the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family who was wounded in a recent strike on the church, stands before the altar during a Sunday morning Mass held by the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem at the church… […]

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Israel says ‘deviation of munitions’ led to deadly strike on Gaza Catholic church

July 23, 2025 Catholic News Agency 3

A picture shows a view of a damaged facade of the Holy Family Church on July 18, 2025, a day after it was hit in an Israeli strike in Gaza City on July 17. / Credit: OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images

CNA Staff, Jul 23, 2025 / 16:13 pm (CNA).
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Nigerian priest released from captivity after being kidnapped by Boko Haram

July 22, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Father Alphonsus Afina. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Fairbanks

CNA Staff, Jul 22, 2025 / 14:16 pm (CNA).
A Nigerian priest who served for years in the U.S. has been released after being held in captivity by the Islamic terrorist g… […]

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Cardinal Pizzaballa: ‘Christ is not absent from Gaza’ amid war

July 22, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa (left) and Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III hold a joint press conference in Jerusalem on July 22, 2025. / Credit: AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images

Rome Newsroom, Jul 2… […]

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National congress for laity in Angola ‘decisive milestone for Church’

July 22, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Sebastião Marques Panzo, director of the National Secretariat for the Apostolate of the Laity of the Bishops’ Conference of Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe (CEAST). / Credit: ACI Africa

ACI Africa, Jul 22, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
The upcoming T… […]

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Pastor of Gaza church hit by Israeli fire: ‘We are in God’s grace and we persevere in faith’

July 21, 2025 Catholic News Agency 10

Father Gabriel Romanelli, parish priest at the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family who was wounded in a recent strike on the church, stands before the altar during a Sunday morning Mass held by the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem at the church… […]

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Palestine’s president calls Pope Leo XIV concerning Holy Land conflict

July 21, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Pope Leo XIV on Monday, July 21, 2025, to discuss the ongoing conflict in Gaza and the West Bank. / Credit: A Katz/Shutterstock

Rome Newsroom, Jul 21, 2025 / 11:47 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV spoke on the p… […]

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Catholic bishops in Ethiopia call for ‘unified voice’ in confronting violent conflicts

July 20, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia say the situation currently in Ethiopia “calls more than ever” for a unified voice. / Courtesy of CBCE

ACI Africa, Jul 20, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
In a statement shared on July 13 following… […]

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Pizzaballa, Patriarch Theophilos III visit Holy Family Church in Gaza after Israeli attack

July 18, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III, leave the church after a visit to Holy Family Parish in Gaza on July 18, 2025. / Credit: Caritas Jerusalem

Rome Newsroom, Jul 18, 2… […]

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Israel says Holy Family Church in Gaza was ‘mistakenly’ hit, ‘regrets’ damage

July 18, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

A view of the damage to Holy Family Church in Gaza City following an Israeli strike on the church in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City on July 17, 2025. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said an Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic churc… […]

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