Lebanon’s Parliament has elected Gen. Joseph Aoun to be president of the Republic of Lebanon. / Credits: Carlos Braga-Pinterest and the Directorate of Orientation, Lebanese Armed Forces
Beirut, Lebanon, Jan 9, 2025 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
Jan. 9, 202… […]
The papal ambassador to Jordan, Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, and Jordanian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Lina Annab speak at a press conference in Amman, Jordan, about the new exhibit “Jordan: Dawn of Christianity,” which will open… […]
In a statement published Jan. 3, 2025, Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of South Africa’s Mthatha Diocese weighed in on the situation of the illegal miners who have been trapped in a mine in South Africa’s North West Province since November. / Credit: S… […]
The heads of Churches and their representatives in Syria meet the de facto leader. / Credit: Add Alsama/Facebook
ACI MENA, Jan 4, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
As Syria navigates a transitional phase, questions abound regarding the Church’s role in sh… […]
Father Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo was manager of the respective schools of nursing, midwifery, and medical laboratory at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Ihiala in Nigeria. The priest, who was ordained in 2015, was reportedly murdered on Dec. 26, 20… […]
The Syrian town of Maaloula. / Credit: Valery Shanin/Shutterstock
ACI MENA, Dec 31, 2024 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
In the weeks since Syria’s government was overthrown, the Christians of Maaloula, a historic town in western Syria known for its Christia… […]
The entry of the cross into the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth on Dec. 29, 2024, marks the opening of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope in the Holy Land. The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, crossed the thres… […]
Recently arrived seminarians in Burkina Faso with new cassocks. / Credit: Aid to the Church in Need
ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 27, 2024 / 15:20 pm (CNA).
Despite constant terrorist attacks suffered by Catholics in Burkina Faso from Islamic fundament… […]
Bishop Gerald Mamman Musa of the Diocese of Katsina in Nigeria. / Credit: Diocese of Katsina
ACI Africa, Dec 26, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
The Diocese of Katsina, whose erection the Vatican made public on Oct. 16, 2023, is realizing “creative meth… […]
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, leans on his pastoral staff while listening to the proclamation of the Gospel during the Christmas Eve Mass at the Church of St. Catherine, the Latin section of the Basilica of the … […]
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