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Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience on Nov. 15, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis "deeply saddened" by Shooting at Prague University 

Dec 22, 2023

A 24-year-old student opened fire in the university’s philosophy department building after first killing his father outside of Prague. The gunman killed himself after the rampage.

Bishop David O'Connell leads a non-denominational memorial service to provide a space for community members who have lost loved ones in 2020 at the St. Cornelius Catholic Church in Long Beach, California, on Nov. 14, 2020. / Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images)

UPDATE: Murder Investigation Underway in Shooting, Death of Auxiliary Bishop in USA

Feb 19, 2023

Bishop David G. O’Connell, known affectionately as “Bishop Dave,” was shot in the torso on Feb. 18. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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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”

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

"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

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

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

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

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