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  • [ May 14, 2025 ] Pope Leo XIV’s American citizenship: Can he keep it as pope? News Briefs
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7 Franciscan Capuchins in Nigeria die in car accident, leadership appeals for prayer

May 10, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Seven members of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in Nigeria’s Enugu state died May 3, 2025, a result of a car accident. Six others sustained injuries and are being treated. / Credit: ACI Africa

ACI Africa, May 10, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Memb… […]

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Who are the Middle Eastern cardinals participating in the conclave?

May 8, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

From left to right: Cardinal Louis Sako (Iraq), Cardinal Mario Zenari (Syria), Cardinal Dominique Mathieu (Iran),
Cardinal Louis Sako (Iraq), Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa (Jerusalem), and Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero (Morocco). / Credit… […]

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Prioritize children’s schooling over gold mining, Angolan bishop says

May 8, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Maurício Agostinho Camuto of the Diocese of Caxito in Angola greets children at Our Lady of the Assumption Parish of his Episcopal See. / Credit: Radio Ecclesia Angola

ACI Africa, May 8, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).
The formal education of chi… […]

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Middle Eastern Christians speak: What they want from the next pope

May 5, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

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ACI MENA, May 5, 2025 / 17:12 pm (CNA).
As the College of Cardinals prepares to gather in the conclave, the global Church enters a moment of discernment — and of speculation. Behind closed doors, names a… […]

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Catholic priest recounts massacres in Nigeria during Lent and Holy Week

May 3, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

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ACI Africa, May 3, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).
In the aftermath of this year’s Holy Week massacres in Nigeria’s Plateau and Benue states that reportedly left over 170 people dead, the pastor of St. Joseph Aboki Parish … […]

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Catholic theologians in Nigeria pledge to uphold Pope Francis’ legacy with ‘renewed zeal’

May 1, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

Members of the Catholic Theological Association of Nigeria (CATHAN) pledged to uphold the “theological and pastoral legacy” of the late Pope Francis, in a statement issued during their 39th annual conference and 40th anniversary commemoration. /… […]

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Pope Francis and the Islamic world: A legacy of dialogue and fraternity

April 26, 2025 Catholic News Agency 4

Pope Francis and Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayeb sign the Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together in 2019 . / Credit: Vatican Media

ACI MENA, Apr 26, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).
With the passing of Pope Francis, the world is refle… […]

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Pope Francis and Africa: The many highs and a moment of misgiving

April 25, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis arrives in Uganda. / Martha Calderon / CNA.

ACI Africa, Apr 25, 2025 / 16:56 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis’ more than 12-year pontificate — characterized by an emphasis on mercy and compassion, the need to care for creation, and attention… […]

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‘Brother in humanity’: Church leaders in Middle East pay tribute to Pope Francis

April 22, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

A memorial for Pope Francis is set up at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral of the Coptic Catholics in Qusiya, Egypt. / Credit: Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral of the Coptic Catholics in Qusiya

ACI MENA, Apr 22, 2025 / 13:56 pm (CNA).
On Monda… […]

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How a stolen rosary led one young woman to the Catholic Church

April 20, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Iman Hijaze and her mother, Hadidza, at St. Joseph’s House. / Credit: Alexey Gotovskiy/EWTN Vatican Bureau

Rome Newsroom, Apr 20, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
In 2017, while working at the World Food Program office in the Azarieh building in downtown… […]

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