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A Sister of the Missionaries of Charity touches the bronze Holy Door at the papal basilica during its opening for the 2025 Jubilee Year. The religious sister, wearing the distinctive white and blue habit of the order founded by Mother Teresa, joins other faithful in this traditional gesture of devotion as they pass through the ceremonial door on Jan. 1, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Holy Door Opens at Rome’s Marian Marvel As New Cardinal Highlights Hope at St. Mary Major: PHOTOS

Jan 2, 2025

The distinctive dong of an ancient bell accompanied the opening of the Holy Door at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major on Jan. 1.

Left to right: Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe, Archbishop Fernando Chomali, Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo, Archbishop Rolandas Makrickas, and Bishop Mykola Bychok, CSsR, will be made cardinals in a consistory on Dec. 7, 2024. / Credit: EWTN News; Marco Mancini/ACI Stampa

New Cardinals Emphasize Church Unity, Evangelization ahead of November 7 Consistory

Dec 6, 2024

“I am with my heart, and I would say with my whole body, for a synodal vision,” Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo of Abidjan said.

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World Day of the Sick: Salesians Highlight Programs Supporting Medical Care Needs of Africa’s Youths

Today, February 12, we celebrate St. Julian the Hospitaller

“A beautiful smile”, Showing God’s “tender love” among Ways to Foster Hope in Patients: Vicar General in Kenyan Diocese

“We cannot remain indifferent”: Entity of Africa’s Catholic Bishops Appeals for Action towards DR Congo Violence Victims

Fr. Arnaud Ameledji during the February 10 press conference. Credit: CECCI

We’re Taking “concrete action”: Catholic Official in Ivory Coast on Planned Three-Year Mental Health Initiative

Archbishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias of Angola’s Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda

Pastoral Agents “must be bearers of hope”, Catholic Bishop in Angola Says, Emphasizes Trust in the Lord Who Strengthens

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“This is business”: Catholic Bishops in Africa Warn about Biggest Beneficiaries in Human Trafficking

Br. Adolphe Mulengezi Mihingano of the Institute of the Consolata Missionaries (IMC) pursuing further studies in Rome. Credit: Br. Adolphe Mulengezi Mihingano

Foreign Interference, Resource Exploitation among Root Causes of Crisis in Eastern DR Congo: Native Religious Missionary

Cardinal Michael Czerny is the prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. / Credit: Pablo Esparza/CNA

People "terrorized" by U.S. Crackdown on Illegal Immigration: Vatican Official

God Doesn’t “call the qualified; He qualifies the called”: Archbishop in Nigeria on Need to Embrace Call Despite Defects

Pope Francis meets with participants of the conference “Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledge and the Sciences,” sponsored by the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences, held at the Vatican from March 14–15, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Defending Indigenous Rights "a matter of justice": Pope Francis

Thirty-three university students of diverse faiths participate in the Middle Meets project at the headquarters of Scholas Ocurrentes in the Roman neighborhood of Trastevere. / Credit: Scholas Ocurrentes

Young Christians, Muslims, Jews at the Vatican: "It’s possible to live together in peace"

“We cannot remain indifferent”: Entity of Africa’s Catholic Bishops Appeals for Action towards DR Congo Violence Victims

AMECEA Bishops Appeal for Long-Term Solution to Great Lakes Region Conflicts amid Protracted DR Congo Crisis

Fr. Arnaud Ameledji during the February 10 press conference. Credit: CECCI

We’re Taking “concrete action”: Catholic Official in Ivory Coast on Planned Three-Year Mental Health Initiative

Archbishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias of Angola’s Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda

Pastoral Agents “must be bearers of hope”, Catholic Bishop in Angola Says, Emphasizes Trust in the Lord Who Strengthens

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