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French archbishop appointed head of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

File photo of San Francisco de Asis Parish in Naga City. (Credit: San Francisco de Asis Parish via CBCP News.)

Filipino parish temporarily closed after teen commits suicide

Jul 3
Joseph San Mateo

Pope Leo XIV meets with Archbishop Thibault Verny in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

French archbishop appointed head of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Jul 5
Charles Collins

The Oxford Botanic Garden in England. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

British Church to shut down Bioethics office

Jul 3
Charles Collins

Bishop Matthew Kukah of Sokoto, Nigeria, with priests. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

African bishop slams ‘outdated, biased’ global finance system

Jul 3
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope Leo XIV meets with Archbishop Thibault Verny in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

French archbishop appointed head of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Jul 5
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV speaks to teachers from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, along with young people from Denmark in the Vatican on July 5, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo tells British school teachers they are ‘models in life’

Jul 5
Charles Collins

A mine worker holds bits of coltan ore in the mining town of Rubaya in the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 9, 2025. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

Cardinal says race to exploit Africa’s resources is the origin of armed conflict

Jul 5
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Bishop Matthew Kukah of Sokoto, Nigeria, with priests. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

African bishop slams ‘outdated, biased’ global finance system

Jul 3
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