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Pope Francis meets with 300 priests taking part in the World Meeting of Parish Priests on May 2, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

The Church Could Not Go on Without You: Pope Francis to World’s Parish Priests

May 2, 2024

Pope Francis published a letter on Thursday addressed to all parish priests in the world with his advice for building a missionary Church.

Statue of St. Peter in front of St. Peter's Basilica. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome to Host World Meeting of Parish Priests in Preparation for Synod on Synodality

Apr 17, 2024

The World Meeting of Parish Priests for the Synod on Synodality will be held April 29–May 2 in Sacrofano, Rome.

Pope Francis at the Synod on Synodality’s closing Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 29, 2023. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Launches Study Groups for Synod on Synodality's Key Issues, Announces Assembly Dates

Feb 17, 2024

The Vatican announced Saturday that Pope Francis has launched synodal study groups to analyze key issues ahead of October’s Synod on Synodality assembly.

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Mons. Séamus Patrick Horgan greets Pope Francis in Rome. Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Appoints First-ever Resident Apostolic Nuncio in South Sudan

Today, May 14, We Celebrate St. Matthias, Apostle

Archbishop Hubertus van Megen with Catholic communicators in the Archdiocese of Nairobi. Credit: ACI Africa

World Communications Day in Nairobi: Apostolic Nuncio Advocates for Responsible, Prudent Digital Culture Fostering Truth

Missionary Institute of Consecrated Life Records “numerical growth, expansion” in Cameroon: Official

Monitor Children’s Social Media Exposure, “use parental control”: Journalist to Parents at Communication Week in Angola

Pope Francis opens the Holy Doors at St. Peter's Basilica to begin the Year of Mercy, Dec. 8, 2015. / Credit: L'Osservatore Romano

How to Obtain a Plenary Indulgence During the Catholic Church's 2025 Jubilee Year

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“Media must not ape, add to AI alarm, confusion”: Catholic Bishop in Nigeria on 2024 World Communications Day

The nine Deacons ordained in Kenya's Catholic Diocese of Kakamega of 11 May 2024. Credit: Capuchin TV

“People are losing hope”: Catholic Bishop in Kenya Urges Priests at Ordination to Counter News Media Pessimism

To Contribute to Peacebuilding, Ethiopia’s Religious Leaders Need to Be “free from ethnic sectarianism”: Catholic Bishop

Archbishop Hubertus van Megen with Catholic communicators in the Archdiocese of Nairobi. Credit: ACI Africa

World Communications Day in Nairobi: Apostolic Nuncio Advocates for Responsible, Prudent Digital Culture Fostering Truth

In New Book, Cameroonian Catholic Priest Links “remarkable story” of His Life to “enduring power of divine timing”

"We reflect with gratitude on all mothers, and let us also pray for mothers who have gone to heaven. We entrust mothers to the protection of Mary, our heavenly mother," said Pope Francis on May 12, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

"Let us also pray for mothers who have gone to heaven": Pope Francis on Mother’s Day

Monument of the Guardian Angel of Portugal apparition to the three little shepherd children of Fatima. / Daniel Ibanez / CNA.

Nine Things to Know and Share about the Marian Apparitions at Fátima, Portugal

Monitor Children’s Social Media Exposure, “use parental control”: Journalist to Parents at Communication Week in Angola

Mons. Séamus Patrick Horgan greets Pope Francis in Rome. Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Appoints First-ever Resident Apostolic Nuncio in South Sudan

Missionary Institute of Consecrated Life Records “numerical growth, expansion” in Cameroon: Official

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