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Father Vitalis Anaehobi, who serves in the southesast region of Nigeria, says that most of the young people he has spoken to are grieved by “difficulties in life” such as poverty, unemployment, and “the failure by the Church to protect them” as attacks against Christians continue in the country where religious-based persecution is one of the highest in the world. Many young people in the villages are now turning to paganism.

Priest urges Church in Nigeria to address needs of youth who are ‘returning to paganism’

Sep 14, 2024

Catholic leaders in southeast Nigeria are concerned about a trend they are witnessing among young rural Catholics — a return to paganism.

Cardinal Jaime Sin hosted both of Pope John Paul II’s visits to the Philippines in 1981 and 1995.

New museum in Philippines honors Cardinal Jaime Sin, a ‘voice’ against corruption

Sep 14, 2024

Cardinal Jaime Sin’s family residence will be home to a museum in his honor and called the “Museo Kardinal.”

French Catholic priest Abbe Pierre takes part in a demonstration on May 6, 1994.

French bishops release files on Abbé Pierre 58 years early amid sex abuse claims

Sep 13, 2024

Abbé Pierre died in 2007 and in recent months, numerous allegations have surfaced regarding alleged sexual misconduct by the well-known priest.

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Nebraska Supreme Court approves competing abortion initiatives for November ballot

Sep 13, 2024

One would establish constitutional protections for unborn children in later stages of pregnancy and the other would create a constitutional right to abortion.

Bishop José Ignacio Munilla speaks at the International Eucharistic Congress taking place in Quito, Ecuador, Sept. 8–15, 2024.

Bishop Munilla in Quito: Without Jesus Christ, we don’t know how to love

Sep 13, 2024

Bishop José Ignacio Munilla of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain, delivered a powerful summons at the International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador.

A picture taken on March 27, 2019, shows a scaffold during the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, in Paris.

Pope Francis will not go to Paris for Notre Dame cathedral reopening

Sep 13, 2024

On the plane back to Rome after his 12-day journey to Asia and Oceania, Pope Francis definitively ruled out visiting Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame cathedral.

Pope Francis speaks to journalists aboard the papal plane during an in-flight press conference on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, on his return from his nearly two-week tour of Southeast Asia.

Pope Francis: U.S. presidential election a choice between ‘the lesser evil’

Sep 13, 2024

Speaking aboard the papal plane, Pope Francis encouraged U.S. Catholics to vote with their conscience in the upcoming Nov. 5 election.

Pope Francis addresses elderly and sick people on his final day in Singapore on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, marking the conclusion of his 12-day, four-country apostolic journey to Asia and Oceania — the longest trip of his pontificate to date.

Pope Francis concludes apostolic journey with elderly and youth of Singapore

Sep 13, 2024

The interreligious meeting concluded his 12-day, four-country apostolic journey to Southeast Asia and Oceania.   

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Sep 13, 2024

The advertisements will air in three important swing states: Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

Virginia Knights receive religious freedom award after spat with federal government

Sep 13, 2024

A Knights of Columbus council in Petersburg, Virginia, has received a religious freedom award after it won a dispute over celebrating Mass at a federal cemetery.

Ryan Anderson: The pro-life movement needs to shift to promoting chastity and marriage

Sep 13, 2024

For the pro-life movement to achieve its goal of eliminating abortion, it must first help bring about a dramatic change in societal sexual ethics, Anderson says.

Pope Francis creates new archdiocese in Wales, appoints its first bishop

Sep 13, 2024

The Bishops’ Conference of England Wales welcomed the move on Thursday as a “new chapter for the Catholic community in South Wales and Herefordshire.”

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