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Approximately 470,000 pilgrims gathered in Fátima, Portugal, on May 12–13 to commemorate the 108th anniversary of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Pope Leo XIV met Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner at the Vatican on Wednesday.
The Dicastery for Communication said “Leo XIV inherits the X @Pontifex accounts used by Pope Francis and previously by Benedict XVI.”
Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but maintained a close relationship with Pope Francis.
Readers of the book, “Languages and Cultures – Introduction to Ethnolinguistics and African Oralities”, which was launched on Monday, May 12 are to gain insights into the relation between language and culture, the author of new publication has said.
Africa’s leaders need to be actively involved in defending the family institution and its values, the Chairman of the Kenya Christian Professionals Forum (KCPF) has said.
Members of the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA) have proposed that those at the helm of the countries in the region put their heads together in addressing conflicts in the region, key among them religious extremism.
Peace, dialogue, reconciliation, and global solidarity are to define the Pontificate of Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, who has been elected as the Catholic Church’s 267th Pontiff and taken the Papal name Leo XIV, the representative of the Holy Father in Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe has said.
Bishop Edinson Farfán of Chiclayo, Peru, is publicly defending the actions of his predecessor, now Pope Leo XIV, in the face of accusations that he covered up sexual abuse.
Bishop Cleophas Oseso Tuka of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Nakuru has emphasized the importance of strengthening the family as the foundation of the society and the Church.
Pope Leo XIV, when he was bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, offered a special prayer of consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary before the pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fátima.
Francis Rooney said Pope Leo XIV will be a “fantastic pope” because he “can communicate with people in a very clear but nonthreatening way.”
The Catholic Church has entered a new era of missionary dynamism and global unity with the May 8 election of Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as the Catholic Church’s 267th Pontiff, the Apostolic Nuncio in Nigeria has said.
The 2025 Conclave that brought together 133 Cardinal Electors on May 7 resulting in the following day’s election of Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as the Catholic Church’s 267th Pontiff has a lot to teach governments, especially those in Africa, a Kenyan Catholic Bishop has said.
The Second Pan-African Conference on Family Values (PACFV) has opened in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, with a call to unapologetically defend the institution of the family as willed and made by God “in the Garden of Eden”.
In his first address to international media on Monday, Pope Leo XIV thanked journalists for their service to the truth and for communicating peace in difficult times.
President of the Papal Foundation, which carries out the Holy Father’s humanitarian aid projects, thinks Leo XIV’s papacy might increase charitable giving in US.
Here are some of the countries the Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV has visited — or where he has been based for pastoral reasons — outside of the U.S. in the last three decades.
A Catholic Bishop in Kenya has urged the Clergy to be cautious of how they relate with the people of God under their pastoral care, noting that “the evil one is closer” to them, waiting for them to fail in their Priestly calling.
Bishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka of the Catholic Diocese of Mthatha in South Africa has challenged members of the various Christian churches in Eswatini to go beyond the engagement in “charitable works” and examine the common “belief system” as followers of Jesus Christ.