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Filipino bishops hit vote buying, urge vigilance after 2025 elections

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British envoy to Vatican looks forward to collaborating with new pope

May 14
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV greets people at Jubilee of the Oriental Churches in the Vatican’s Audience Hall on May 14, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo XIV says Eastern Catholics often see violence, calls for peace

May 14
Charles Collins

Bolivian President Luis Arce gives a press conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, April 7, 2025. (Credit: Juan Karita/AP.)

Bolivian bishops make unprecedented critical tone against the government before elections

May 14
Eduardo Campos Lima

People walk through the flooded streets of Kinsasha, Democratic Republic of Congo, on April 6, 2025. (Credit: Samy Ntumba Shambuyi/AP.)

Caritas urges respect for environmental laws after floods in eastern DRC

May 13
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas attends the launch of a voter empowerment campaign led by the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan at PHINMA University of Pangasinan, March 28, 2025. (Credit: Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.)

Filipino bishops hit vote buying, urge vigilance after 2025 elections

May 15
Joseph San Mateo

The Vicar General of Kafanchan, Father Emmanuel Faweh Kazah, in the company of the Dean of Kafanchan Deanery, Father Rock Douglas, Sister Rosemary Joseph, and Sister Peninah paid a visit to Church of Mount Carmel, Unguwar Rimi Bajju after the desecration of the church. (Credit: Diocese of Kafanchan Facebook page.)

Nigerian diocese laments desecration of Church, orders reparation

May 15
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope Leo XIV greets people at Jubilee of the Oriental Churches in the Vatican’s Audience Hall on May 14, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo XIV says Eastern Catholics often see violence, calls for peace

May 14
Charles Collins

British envoy to Vatican looks forward to collaborating with new pope

May 14
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