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Myanmar Catholics celebrate Jubilee amid ongoing conflict
Posted on 06/13/2025 04:14 AM ()
On Pentacost Sunday Catholic faithful in Myanmar celebrate the "Jubilee of Ecclesiastical Movements"
DRC Bishops committed to promoting peace, reconciliation and national cohesion
Posted on 06/13/2025 03:15 AM ()
The National Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of Congo (CENCO) responded on Thursday, 12 June, to a statement made on Monday, 9 June, during a press briefing by the DRC’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Jean-Pierre Bemba, accusing Catholic Bishops of attitudes that could harm the country’s stability. The Congolese Bishops fear that such a statement from a senior government minister could jeopardise and undermine national cohesion and peaceful coexistence.
‘You Are My Hope’: Pope Leo XIV’s Message for 9th World Day of the Poor
Posted on 06/13/2025 01:36 AM ()
As the Church prepares to mark the Ninth World Day of the Poor on Sunday, 16 November 2025, Pope Leo XIV issues a message centred on the theme: “You are my hope”, and expresses his hope that this Jubilee Year may encourage the development of policies aimed at combatting forms of poverty both old and new.
South Africa: Cardinal Brislin celebrates Pentecost with Zimbabwean Catholics in Johannesburg
Posted on 06/13/2025 00:57 AM ()
In a joyful and Spirit-filled celebration of Pentecost, the Archbishop of Johannesburg, Cardinal Stephen Brislin, joined the Zimbabwean Catholic community resident in Johannesburg, for a pastors’ visit.
Peter To Rot: A saint, fruit of a shared mission
Posted on 06/13/2025 00:30 AM ()
In the first Ordinary Public Consistory of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV sets the date for the canonisation of eight Blesseds, including Peter To Rot, the first canonised saint from Papua New Guinea.
Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati to be canonized together
Posted on 06/12/2025 23:55 PM ()
Pope Leo XIV presides at an Ordinary Public Consistory for the Vote on Causes for Canonization, which gave formal approval for the canonizations of eight Blesseds, and set the date for their canonizations.
Floribert Bwana Chui: First Blessed of St. Egidio Community
Posted on 06/12/2025 23:04 PM ()
The Community of St. Egidio is preparing to welcome its first Blessed, Congolese martyr Floribert Bwana Chui, who will be beatified on Sunday, June 15, in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, according to Aline Minani, head of the Community in Goma.
Sisters serving migrants and refugees at Ghana's border
Posted on 06/12/2025 21:49 PM ()
As West African migration routes shift, Sisters of Mary Mother of the Church (SMMC) are delivering frontline support to displaced communities in the Aflao Ghetto, one of the most overburdened informal settlements in Ghana.
With war ever present, young people from Kharkiv visit the Pope
Posted on 06/12/2025 08:55 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV meets with a group of 32 young men and women from Ukraine, who presented the Pope with a framed photo of one of their classmates who was killed last year in a bombing.
Pope Leo continues Vatican's solidarity with Ukraine
Posted on 06/12/2025 07:21 AM ()
A truck loaded with humanitarian aid has arrived in Kharkiv, one of the Ukrainian cities most severely affected by recent Russian attacks. The Papal Almoner reaffirms the unwavering commitment of the Holy See to bring the Pope’s charity to those in need.