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  • [ November 18, 2025 ] How an American missionary empowered Bangladesh’s Christian community News Briefs
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  • [ November 18, 2025 ] 3 things to know about the 2 papal basilicas dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul in Rome News Briefs
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Lebanese Catholics abroad await Pope Leo XIV’s visit to their homeland with hope

November 17, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Youssef Absi of Antioch (left) and Father Chihade Abboud, rector and parish priest of the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin (center), speak with Melkite Catholic Elie Bassila. Members of the Lebanese Catholic d… […]

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Tanzania bishop urges respect for life amid reports of thousands killed post-election

November 14, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Stephano Lameck Musomba of the Diocese of Bagamoyo in Tanzania has denounced the killings connected to the country’s disputed Oct. 29, 2025, general elections. / Credit: Radio Maria Tanzania

ACI Africa, Nov 14, 2025 / 12:24 pm (CNA).
The… […]

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Cardinal sounds alarm on ‘unprecedented’ crisis in Sudan, South Sudan

November 11, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Stephen Ameyu, president of the Sudan and South Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SSS-CBC), urged Catholic leaders this week to strengthen unity, foster nonviolence, and reinforce pastoral structures as the Church responds to the plig… […]

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2 Nigerian minor seminarians released months after kidnapping, 1 killed in captivity

November 5, 2025 Catholic News Agency 4

On Nov. 4, 2025, the Catholic Diocese of Auchi in Nigeria announced the release of two seminarians who were abducted in July during an armed attack on Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Ivianokpodi while confirming the death of a third vict… […]

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Syrian transitional president visits Greek Orthodox patriarch in Damascus

October 28, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Greek Orthodox Patriarch John X Yazigi of Antioch and All the East (right) receives Ahmad al-Shar’a, the head of Syria’s transitional administration, on Oct. 26, 2025, at the patriarchal residence in Damascus. / Credit: Syrian Presidency

ACI ME… […]

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After Tunisian shipwreck kills 40, archbishop urges world to tackle migration crisis

October 24, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

A member of the Tunisia’s national guard stops a fishing boat in the sea bordering Tunisia and Libya as they check vessels for illegal migrants trying to reach Europe, Tuesday, May 5, 2015. / Credit: FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images

EWTN News, Oct… […]

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Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem speaks out after first phase of peace deal completed

October 15, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa (L) and a members of a Christian visit the Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City on July 18, 2025. / Credit: OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 15, 2025 / 17:51… […]

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Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem welcomes Gaza agreement as step toward ending war

October 9, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Latin Patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa looks out at some of the destruction in Gaza. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

ACI MENA, Oct 9, 2025 / 11:55 am (CNA).
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has welco… […]

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Jerusalem churches face mounting tax pressures under Israel’s ‘Arnona’ property levy

October 7, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Churches in Jerusalem face ongoing tax pressures amid long-standing negotiations. / Credit: Amizor via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

ACI MENA, Oct 7, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
In Jerusalem, the property tax, known as the “Arnona” tax, has becom… […]

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Catholic University in Erbil celebrates fifth graduating class

October 2, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

A student receives his diploma during a graduation ceremony at the Catholic University of Erbil in Iraq on Sept. 30, 2025. / Credit: ACI MENA

ACI MENA, Oct 2, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
The Catholic University of Erbil in Iraq (CUE) on Sept. 30 cel… […]

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