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New diocese erected in Kenya, pope appoints its first bishop 

July 11, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop John Kiplimo Lelei, who has been serving as an uuxiliary bishop of the Eldoret diocese in Kenya, has been appointed the first bishop of the new Kapsabet Diocese. / Courtesy of KCCB

ACI Africa, Jul 11, 2025 / 15:06 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV … […]

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Malawi getting ready for first-ever Eucharistic Congress 

July 11, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Malawi is preparing for its first Eucharistic Congress. Other countries in Africa have hosted such congresses —Madagascar held its third National Eucharistic Congress Aug. 23-26, 2024, / Credit: EWTN

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 11, 2025 / 1… […]

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Armed robbers attack religious sisters’ home for girls in Mozambique

July 5, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

The Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in the Diocese of Pemba, Mozambique. / Credit: ACN

ACI Africa, Jul 5, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Armed robbers attacked a girls’ home in the Diocese of Pemba in northern Mozambique run by the Merceda… […]

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UN delegation makes surprise visit to Catholic parish in Gaza

July 2, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

People gather at the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family on Palm Sunday in al-Zaitoun neighborhood of Gaza City on March 24, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. / Credit: AFP via Getty Images

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Churches in Syria resume liturgies amid heightened security and unease

June 30, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

The faithful take part in the Divine Liturgy at Our Lady of the Olive Church in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, June 29, 2025. / Credit: Mohammad Al-Rifai/ACI MENA

ACI MENA, Jun 30, 2025 / 14:56 pm (CNA).
A week after the deadly attack on Mar Elias… […]

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Priest warns: Christian town in Holy Land no longer safe amid settler attacks

June 26, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

The view of the West Bank and Israel from Mount Nebo. / Credit: quantestorie via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)

ACI MENA, Jun 26, 2025 / 17:02 pm (CNA).
In a disturbing and increasingly frequent pattern, the Palestinian town of Taybeh, located east of R… […]

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Pope Leo XIV approves new custos of the Holy Land amid regional crisis

June 25, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Father Francesco Ielpo, a Franciscan friar, on June 24, 2025, was appointed the new custos of the Holy Land and guardian of Mount Zion. Previously, since 2022, he was president of the Holy Land Foundation in addition to holding other organizatio… […]

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Solemn farewell for victims of Damascus church bombing amid anger at government silence

June 25, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

Mourners gather at the Church of the Holy Cross in Qassaa, Damascus, on June 24, 2025, around white caskets of some of the worshippers who lost their lives in a terrorist attack at the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighborhood of Syria’s capit… […]

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Cardinal Pizzaballa in the Holy Land: ‘The Church must be a point of connection for everyone’

June 24, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, in an interview with ACI MENA, CNA’s Arabic-language news partner, emphasized that the Catholic Church in the Holy Land must remain “open”: “The Church must remain open and acce… […]

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Church leaders react to deadly attack on Mar Elias church in Damascus

June 23, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

An attack on Mar Elias Church in Al-Duwaileh, Damascus, by a suicide bomber reportedly killed 22 and injured 59 people on June 22, 2025. / Credit: Mohammed Al-Rifai/ACI MENA

ACI MENA, Jun 23, 2025 / 12:06 pm (CNA).
The death toll from the attac… […]

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