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Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered for Mass on the solemnity of the Epiphany on Jan. 6, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

Pope Francis calls potential U.S. deportation plans ‘a disgrace’

Jan 19, 2025

By AC Wimmer

“If this is true it is a disgrace because it makes the poor unfortunate who have nothing pay the price... Read more

Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman at the inauguration ceremony. U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2021. Credit: mccv / Shutterstock.

Amanda Gorman, inaugural poet for Biden, has history of abortion advocacy 

Jan 27, 2021

By Kevin J. Jones

Poet Amanda Gorman made a splash with her performance at President Joe Biden’s inauguration. But less than two years earlier,... Read more

Fr. Marceli Godlewski. Credit: Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary, Warsaw.

How a Catholic pastor saved hundreds of his Jewish neighbors in the Warsaw Ghetto

Jan 27, 2021

Before the war, Fr. Marceli Godlewski seemed an unlikely candidate to be honored as “Righteous Among the Nations.” But he... Read more

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Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, during an interview at the Vatican on Dec. 11, 2024.

Vatican: Avoid duplicating Good Friday’s Pontifical Collection for the Holy Land

Andrew Peter (left), a seminarian, and Father Philip Ekweli (right) were abducted March 3, 2025, from a parish rectory in Nigeria’s Docese of Auchi. Andrew Peter was murdred, though Ekweli was released and is receiving medical attention.

Abducted seminarian murdered in Nigeria; priest released after 10 days in captivity

St. Cyril of Jerusalem.

St. Cyril of Jerusalem: a beacon of courage in the face of misunderstanding and opposition

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

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