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Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim of Eritrea's Segheneity Eparchy

Catholic bishop, priest released after two months in Eritrea prison

Dec 29, 2022

By Kevin J. Jones

Security agents had arrested Bishop Tsalim and two priests Oct. 15 at Asmara International Airport upon the bishop’s arrival from... Read more

Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim of Eritrea's Segheneity Eparchy

Source confirms arrest of Catholic bishop, two priests in Eritrea

Oct 18, 2022

By Jude Atemanke

The members of the clergy are being accused of highlighting violations of human rights in Eritrea in their homilies, the... Read more

The flag of Eritrea.

Pope Francis appoints apostolic visitor for Eritrean Catholics in US and Canada

Jan 19, 2022

By CNA Staff

He also named an apostolic visitor for Eritrean Catholics in Europe. Read more

Then-Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demererew Souraphiel of the Ethiopian Archeparchy of Addis Abeba at the Vatican, Oct. 13, 2014.

Head of Ethiopian Catholic Church barred from entering Eritrea

Feb 27, 2020

Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, the head of the Ethiopian Catholic Church, was prohibited from leaving the Asmara airport Saturday. The... Read more

The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Asmara.

Eritrean Catholics dedicate Apostles' Fast to pray over clinics' closure

Jun 26, 2019

The head of the Eritrean Catholic Church has called for the Church's faithful to observe the current fasting season in... Read more

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Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, and Rev. Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Most Holy Trinity Monastery in Arlington, Texas.

Vatican: Nuns who feuded with Texas bishop will be governed by monastery association

Bishop Robert D. Gruss. CNA file photo.

Michigan bishop apologizes for calling President Biden ‘stupid’

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz speaks during a Senate Judiciary hearing on Capitol Hill on Sept. 15, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

Biden DOJ report: ‘No malicious intent’ behind leaked FBI memo targeting traditional Catholics

Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, was tabbed as the next chair of the Committee for Religious Liberty on Nov. 16, 2022, in Baltimore.

U.S. bishops on new federal rule: Employers should not be forced to facilitate abortions

Groups of migrants wait outside the Migrant Resource Center to receive food from San Antonio Catholic Charities on Sept. 19, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas.

Catholic Charities denies its purchase of airfare for migrants was misuse of federal funds

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Biden administration redefines sex discrimination in Title IX to include ‘gender identity’

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Catechist kidnapped and murdered in Burkina Faso, West Africa

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FBI investigating threats against ‘multiple faith communities’ in Pennsylvania

Worcester, Massachusetts, is home to Clark University, Assumption University, and Worcester State University.

Secular university’s head of Holocaust studies finds ‘warmer welcome’ at Catholic university

Pope Francis addresses the faithful at his Wednesday general audience on March 27, 2024.

Pope Francis issues motu proprio on Vatican judiciary retirement age and benefits

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