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Two men attacked Mar Elias Church in Al-Duwaileh, in Damascus, Syria, killing 22 people and injuring 59 on June 22, 2025.

Syrian Christians face ‘insecurity’ 1 year after political change

Dec 12, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed. Read more

Delegates at the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, on June 17, 2025.

Kenya hosts landmark summit on religious freedom in Africa

Jun 18, 2025

By Jude Atemanke

Regional and global experts as well as proponents of religious freedom gathered June 17 for the first International Religious Freedom... Read more

Archbishop Philip Anyolo of the Nairobi Archdiocese in Kenya.

Nairobi archbishop declines Kenyan president’s donations to Catholic parish

Nov 20, 2024

By Agnes Aineah

Archbishop Philip Anyolo Subira has declined the equivalent of $38,500 that Kenyan President William Samoei Ruto offered to a parish... Read more

Bishop Peter Chung Soon-Taick.

Pope Francis appoints new archbishops for Seoul and Nairobi

Oct 28, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

Seoul’s new archbishop is a Discalced Carmelite. Read more

Pope Francis at the General Audience address in St. Peter's Square, March 11, 2015.

Will Pope Francis visit Kenya in November?

Aug 4, 2015

Uganda, Central African Republic … and Kenya? There are no details yet for Pope Francis' trip to Africa this November,... Read more