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African bishops: No climate justice without land justice

Nov 10, 2022
Fredrick Nzwili, CNS

Italian missionary sister beatified in Kenya after serving nearly a century ago

Nov 8, 2022
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Ethiopian cardinal says he hopes peace agreement will end war

Nov 4, 2022
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Congolese cardinal urges Global North to lead in tackling climate crisis

Oct 23, 2022
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Eritrean authorities detain Catholic bishop, but won’t say why

Oct 18, 2022
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As Kenya’s government lifts ban on GMOs, some bishops express reservations

Oct 9, 2022
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Ethiopian bishop urges action to save millions in renewed war in Tigray

Oct 9, 2022
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African faith leaders call for cancellation of punitive foreign debts

Oct 8, 2022
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Vatican diplomat in southern Africa warns poverty threatens synodality

Oct 2, 2022
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Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for Gemelli Hospital medical staff on his fourth day in hospital, Oct. 16, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

First images released of Pope Leo celebrating Mass at hospital after cancer surgery

Oct 16
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University of San Francisco basketball player Bill Russell is carried from the floor of the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo., by students celebrating a win over La Salle for the NCAA basketball championship, March 19, 1955. (Credit: Bill Streator/AP.)

From March Madness miracles to a season opener in Rome: The story of Catholic college hoops

Oct 16
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President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Majestic Valley Arena, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, in Kalispell, Mont. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

Catholic support for Trump is declining, but is it just part of a national trend?

Oct 16
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A Palestinian family harvest olives in a valley in the West Bank town of Birzeit, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. (Credit: Leo Correa/AP.)

Israeli settlers attack olive harvest of Christian villagers in the West Bank

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First images released of Pope Leo celebrating Mass at hospital after cancer surgery

Pope Leo XIV arrives at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, where doctors expect to remove a lung nodule. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo is eating, celebrating Mass and walking after cancer surgery, but trip is in question

Oct 15
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An image of Pope Leo XIV rests at the base of a statue of late pope St. John Paul II outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where Leo is hospitalized for surgery to remove a lung nodule, in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV’s cancer diagnosis raises questions about the future and the very recent past

Oct 15
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Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for Gemelli Hospital medical staff on his fourth day in hospital, Oct. 16, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

First images released of Pope Leo celebrating Mass at hospital after cancer surgery

Oct 16
Nicole Winfield

A nun holds a picture of Pope Leo XIV prior to the start of a Mass to conclude the Vatican meeting of the heads of Eastern Catholic Churches and presidents of bishops’ conferences titled “Ten Years After Amoris Laetitia: Proclaiming the Gospel With Families Today,” in St. Peter¥s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer called adenocarcinoma. Here’s what that means

Oct 15
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