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  • [ June 29, 2026 ] Filipino cardinal: Catholics should be agents of change, not ‘keyboard warriors’ News Briefs
  • [ June 29, 2026 ] Religious leaders in Italy sign pact to promote dialogue and coexistence News Briefs
  • [ June 29, 2026 ] Spanish bishop says new bill persecutes same-sex-attracted Catholics who want to live chastely News Briefs
  • [ June 29, 2026 ] Pope Leo XIV: Peter and Paul show the path to Christian unity News Briefs
  • [ June 29, 2026 ] French election politics bring surrogacy back into Europe’s spotlight News Briefs

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Iraqi Christians face political challenges as election approaches

August 23, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

The streets of Qaraqosh — also known as Baghdeda — in Iraq are filled with joy as residents celebrating Palm Sunday carry olive branches and palm fronds in a grand procession of nearly 20,000 Christians on April 13, 2025. / Credit: Ismael Adnan/… […]

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New digital app to link over 60 Catholic radio stations in east Africa

August 21, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Participants gather at the Aug. 18, 2025, launch event for a new digital app that will bring together 66 Catholic radio stations in east Africa. Father Don Bosco, editor-in-chief of ACI Africa, CNA’s news partner in Africa, is pictured in the ce… […]

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Vatican approves new patron saints for entire Arabian Peninsula

August 20, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

The Arabian Peninsula. / Credit: NASA Images/Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 20, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA).
The Vatican’s Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments approved the new regional calendar of the Apostolic Vicar… […]

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English priest presents Our Lady of Persecuted Christians icon to Iraqi bishop

August 19, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Benedictus Hanno receives the Our Lady of Persecuted Christians icon in Qaraqosh, Iraq, on Aug. 6, 2025, from Father Benedict Kiely of Nasarean.org. / Credit: Father Benedict Kiely

ACI MENA, Aug 19, 2025 / 14:03 pm (CNA).
Marking the 1… […]

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Latin patriarch of Jerusalem: Satan wants to rule where Jesus lived

August 18, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa tours the war-torn area surrounding Holy Family Church with the parish’s pastor in Gaza, Father Gabriel Romanelli. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 18, 2025 / 16:… […]

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Israel issues evacuation order for Holy Family Parish’s Gaza City neighborhood

August 18, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Worshippers attend a Sunday morning Mass led by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, at the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Gaza City on July 20, 2025. / Credit: OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images

CNA Sta… […]

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Cameroon government lauds Catholic Church’s peace-building efforts ahead of election

August 17, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Some members of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC) meet with the minister of state, secretary-general at the presidency. / Courtesy: President of the Republic of Cameroon

ACI Africa, Aug 17, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The minister… […]

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From Rome to Alexandria: Catholic Youth Jubilee continues its mission in Egypt

August 14, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

The August 2025 Youth Jubilee in Egypt is taking place in two phases this month. The jubilee is under the patronage and presence of apostolic vicar of the Latins in Egypt, Bishop Claudio Lurati, organized by his deputy Monsignor Antoine Tawfiq a… […]

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Pan-African Congress urges support for missionaries facing visa, racism challenges

August 13, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Delegates of the third Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society, and Pastoral Life gathered in Ivory Coast’s city of Abidjan from Aug. 5–10, 2025. / Credit: Radio Grace Espoir

ACI Africa, Aug 13, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Delegates of th… […]

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Westminster archbishop issues statement condemning Israel’s plan to take over Gaza City

August 11, 2025 Catholic News Agency 3

Cardinal Vincent Nichols (pictured celebrating a Mass in 2021) condemned in an Aug. 8, 2025, statement Israel’s plans to take over Gaza City. / Credit: Mazur/cbcew.org.uk

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 11, 2025 / 16:32 pm (CNA).
Archbishop of W… […]

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