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Congressional hearing examines violence against Christians in Nigeria

Jul 17, 2012

By Michelle La Rosa

Witnesses at a recent Congressional subcommittee hearing discussed continuing attacks by terrorists in Nigeria and ways that the United States... Read more

Coptic Catholic Bishop Antonios Aziz Mina.

Egyptian bishop hopes next president will protect Christians

May 29, 2012

The Egyptian elections are causing serious doubts among the country's Christians about whether the next president will protect their rights,... Read more

Victims of the Punjab government's land seizure inspect the destruction of their family homes in Lahore, Pakistan.

Pakistani bishop decries government land grab

May 26, 2012

Pakistani Bishop Sebastian F. Shaw is calling for the return of Church land that was seized after the provincial government... Read more

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Pope Leo XIV on AI: ‘All of us are concerned for children and young people’

American adults in their 20s and 30s plan to have fewer children than adults did a decade ago, Pew Research Center reported on June 19, 2025.

Pew report: U.S. adults in their 20s and 30s plan to have fewer than 2 children

The British Parliament building in London.

Archbishop ‘shocked and disappointed’ by House of Commons’ passage of assisted suicide bill

The childhood home of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, in Dolton, Illinois.

Auction for the sale of pope’s childhood home extended

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, chair of the United States’ recently created Religious Liberty Commission, talks with Raymond Arroyo on “The World Over” on June 19, 2025.

Religious Liberty Commission chair shares outlook after first hearing

The Catholic bishops in Nigeria’s Onitsha ecclesiastical province have condemned recent attacks in Benue state that reportedly resulted in the death of some 200 people and called for fasting and prayer in honor of the victims.

Nigeria bishops call for prayer, fasting for Benue attack victims

Pope Leo greets pilgrims during the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents, and the Elderly on Sunday, June 1, 2025.

Italian government leads participants in Catholic Church’s jubilee this weekend

Pope Leo XIV delivers his homily during the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity and the Jubilee of Sport on June 15, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV declares 174 new martyrs from Nazi camps and Spanish Civil War

Sister Maria Zhang made her perpetual vows as an Augustinian Recollect on May 13, 2025.

Widow, mother of 4 nuns and a priest, takes perpetual vows

Bishop Anthony Ireland was appointed the new archbishop of Hobart in Tasmania, Australia, on June 20, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV names Bishop Anthony Ireland as new archbishop of Hobart in Australia

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