1. All speeches and messages from Pope Leo XIV since his May 8 election are available on the Vatican website and should be consulted before sharing alleged quotes or videos, …
Africa
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Africa doesn’t need charity — it needs justice, mutual respect and dignity in partnership, the Catholic bishops of Europe and Africa said.
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African church leaders share their experiences of meeting the future Pope Leo XIV when he visited the continent as prior general of the Augustinian order.
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Pope Francis visited 10 countries during his five apostolic trips to Africa, where he spoke about the need for peace, and discussed economic exploitation and corruption, refugees and migrants, and …
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(OSV News) — As the world recalled the Rwanda genocide, a survivor and now Jesuit scholar reflected on the power of forgiveness and leadership in recovering from atrocities, both in Rwanda …
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CRS, African women religious describe life-threatening impact of US foreign aid cuts
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — Women religious from Africa and a representative of Catholic Relief Services, the overseas charitable arm of the Catholic Church in the U.S., grappled with the Trump administration’s …
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NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) — From Nigeria to Mozambique, Sudan and Congo to Burkina Faso, Christians across Africa were victims of horrific persecution in 2024, mainly because of their faith. …
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(OSV News) — As he’s sitting in a shed at a salmon farm in Argyll, a remote part of Scotland, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow’s life is only seemingly calm. He quit his …
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NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) — A disagreement between the Catholic bishops in Kenya and the government has taken a new twist, with the church rejecting a $40,000 donation from President …
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YAOUNDE, Cameroon (OSV News) — Father Christophe Komla Badjougou, a priest of the Diocese of Yagoua in northern Cameroon, was in Yaoundé to get his visa to Italy, when he …