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Talitha Kum members hold a sculpture of St. Josephine Bakhita in St. Peter's Square on Feb. 6, 2022. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: "It is never too late to take action" against Human Trafficking

Feb 8, 2024

The pope established the International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking 10 years ago to coincide with the feast of St. Josephine Bakhita.

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Jesuits, Georgetown Donate $27 Million to Fund for Slave Descendants

Sep 14, 2023

With the additional funding, the Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation’s fund has now reached 42% of its five-year goal of $100 million.

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Mosaic of Our Lady of Guadalupe inside Christ Cathedral in Orange, California. / Credit: Kate Veik/CNA

Mother’s Day 2024: 12 Catholic Quotes on Beauty of Motherhood

Nigerian Catholic Diocese to Translates Pope’s Message for 2024 World Day of Social Communications into Hausa

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on April 18, 2018. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Message of the Holy Father for the 58th World Day of Social Communications Marked on Sunday, May 12: Full Text

Bishop António Manuel Bogaio Constantino. Credit: Archdiocese of Maputo

Artificial Intelligence “won’t replace man”: Catholic Bishop at Launch of Communication Week in Mozambique

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Leaders of Laity Groups in Malawi Urged to “remain staunch Catholics” Post Scheduled Elections, Even if Not Re-Elected

Vatican Dicastery for Communications prefect Paolo Ruffini and Vatican Secretary-General Sister Raffaella Petrini inaugurate the photographic exhibition titled “Changes” on May 7, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Elizabeth Alva/EWTN News

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Catholic Bishop in South Africa Lauds IMBISA Golden Jubilee Theme as Showing Synodal Call to Listen, Walk Together

Thanksgiving Mass after Episcopal Consecration of Bishop John Kobina Louis at Mary Mother of Good Council Parish of Accra Archdiocese of 30 April 2023. Credit: Ernest Senanu Dovlo/Ghana

Ghana's Constitutional Governance “only scratches surface of true democracy”: Catholic Bishop

Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji of Nigeria's Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri delivering his keynote address during the Comweek public lecture in Abuja. Credit: ACI Africa

Catholic Archbishop Urges Nigeria’s Church to “handle issue of Artificial intelligence with carefulness”

Bishop António Manuel Bogaio Constantino. Credit: Archdiocese of Maputo

Artificial Intelligence “won’t replace man”: Catholic Bishop at Launch of Communication Week in Mozambique

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on April 18, 2018. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Message of the Holy Father for the 58th World Day of Social Communications Marked on Sunday, May 12: Full Text

Pope Francis greets a young girl at a conference on Friday, May 10, 2024, on the state of birth rates in Italy and the wider West at the Auditorium della Conciliazione in Rome. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis on Record-low Fertility rate: "Human life is not a problem, it is a gift"

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Europe Day: Catholic Priest Lauds Presence of Europeans in Sierra Leone as Testament of “shared values, mutual respect”

Fr. Fidelis Joseph Bature, Director, Justice Development and peace Communication (JDPC) of Nigeria's Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri. Credit: ACI Africa

Despite Relative Peace, “we are not yet out of the woods”: Catholic Priest on Insecurity in Maiduguri Diocese, Nigeria

Vatican Dicastery for Communications prefect Paolo Ruffini and Vatican Secretary-General Sister Raffaella Petrini inaugurate the photographic exhibition titled “Changes” on May 7, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Elizabeth Alva/EWTN News

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