October 7

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Family members of Oct. 7, 2023, Israeli hostages gather in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, March 11, 2025.

Families of Israeli hostages met with Catholic support during D.C. visit

Mar 12, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

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Daiana Guspero and Massimiliano Varrese dance tango in the plaza outside Gemelli Hospital on March 16, 2025.

Dancers dedicate tango to Pope Francis at Gemelli Hospital

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Wichita Catholic church vandalized with hate speech; federal authorities investigating

Cathedral of Managua, Nicaragua.

Nicaraguan dictatorship tightens monitoring of Catholic priests

While Church leaders are yet to comment, ACI Africa, CNA’s news partner in Africa, has confirmed media reports that tensions have increased between Ethiopia and Eritrea of late, resulting in rumors of war.

Situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region ‘unstable’; Church leaders yet to comment

At dawn on March 17, 2025, a group of Christians gather around St. Patrick’s grave in Downpatrick, County Down, in Ireland to pray the Lord’s Prayer 100 times for peace and unity.

Christians pray 100 Our Fathers at St. Patrick’s grave in Ireland for peace and unity

Attendees visit vendors at the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia’s 2025 “From Inclusion to Belonging Conference” on March 25, 2025.

‘From Inclusion to Belonging’ conference welcomes Catholics with disabilities

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Aug. 10, 2023.

Northern Ireland’s police service faces anti-Catholic discrimination cases

Candles are placed at the bottom of the St. John Paul II statue at Gemelli Hospital in Rome as prayers for Pope Francis continue as he marks one month in the hospital for treatment of bronchitis and double pneumonia on March 14, 2025.

LIVE UPDATES: Pope Francis’ health remains ‘stable with slight improvements’ on Monday

The Vatican on Sunday, March 16, 2025, shared the first photo of Pope Francis since he entered Gemelli Hospital on Feb. 14.

Holy See shares first photo of Pope Francis since he entered Gemelli Hospital

Firefighters and police officers inspect the nightclub where a fire broke out overnight in Kocani, a town some 62 miles east of the capital Skopje, on March 16, 2025. A fire tore through an overcrowded nightclub packed with mostly young people in North Macedonia overnight, killing 59 people, apparently after on-stage fireworks at a hip-hop concert set the venue ablaze, authorities said.

Pope Francis prays for victims and families of deadly nightclub fire in Macedonia

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