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13 Catholic missionaries and pastoral workers reportedly killed worldwide in 2024

Dec 30, 2024

By AC Wimmer

The Vatican’s missionary agency documented that five pastoral workers were killed in Africa, five in America, and two priests died... Read more

Believers gather at the Namugongo Shrine for the Martyrs’ Day Pilgrimage on June 3, 2024, in Uganda. The Catholic population in Africa surpassed 272.4 million people in 2022 after seeing a rise of more than 7.3 million people — the largest increase of any continent, according to Vatican statistics released in October 2024.

Vatican statistics: Catholic population shrinks in Europe, rises everywhere else

Oct 18, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

The Catholic population decline coincided with a total population reduction on the continent, which recorded a net loss of 517,000... Read more

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As breastfeeding groups begin admitting men, advocates launch new women-only effort

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

French bishops reveal 12 new abuse allegations against Abbé Pierre

Friar Clodovis Boff belongs to the Order of the Servants of Mary.

Former liberation theology leader calls on Latin American bishops to focus on Christ

Idaho State Capitol building, Boise.

10 years after Obergefell, state legislators fight uphill battle against same-sex marriage

A view from an upper window of Sacra di San Michele, Italy, July 2025.

PHOTOS: Invisible ‘sword’ of St. Michael guides pilgrims to these 7 sacred sites

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Flight attendant fired over expressing Catholic beliefs can proceed with lawsuit

St. Joseph Cathedral, Buffalo

New York Supreme Court halts payments to Buffalo abuse fund amid parish merger dispute

Father Bashar Fawadleh, Latin rite pastor of Taybeh, with children from his community.

Christian village in Palestine holding out under attacks by Israeli settlers

Bishop John Kiplimo Lelei, who has been serving as an uuxiliary bishop of the Eldoret diocese in Kenya, has been appointed the first bishop of the new Kapsabet Diocese.

New diocese erected in Kenya, pope appoints its first bishop 

Malawi is preparing for its first Eucharistic Congress. Other countries in Africa have hosted such congresses —Madagascar held its third National Eucharistic Congress Aug. 23-26, 2024,

Malawi getting ready for first-ever Eucharistic Congress 

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