- Where is Pope Francis going in Iraq and why? A CNA Explaineron February 25, 2021 at 19:00
Rome Newsroom, Feb 25, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- In a week’s time, Pope Francis is expected to make history by becoming the first pope to travel to Iraq. […]
- Bishop: Mozambique’s persecuted Christians living an ‘experience of the cross’on February 25, 2021 at 16:01
Rome Newsroom, Feb 25, 2021 / 09:01 am (CNA).- Catholics living in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province have lived an “experience of the cross” amid the […]
- Lagos archbishop urges Nigerian president to secure release of kidnapped girlon February 24, 2021 at 02:49
Lagos, Nigeria, Feb 23, 2021 / 07:49 pm (CNA).- Three years after Leah Sharibu was abducted from her school in Dapchi in Yobe State within Nigeria’s Diocese […]
- Catholic clinic in South Sudan closes temporarily as doctors test positive for Covidon February 19, 2021 at 17:45
Wau, South Sudan, Feb 19, 2021 / 10:45 am (CNA).- A Catholic health centre of the Diocese of Wau has temporarily shut down after all three doctors at the […]
- ‘Offer the light of the Gospel’: Tehran’s new Catholic archbishop is ordainedon February 18, 2021 at 19:00
Rome Newsroom, Feb 18, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- A Franciscan friar was ordained archbishop of Tehran-Isfahan this week and commissioned to “offer the light of […]
- Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq comes as country faces ‘multiple crises’on February 17, 2021 at 13:05
Rome Newsroom, Feb 17, 2021 / 06:05 am (CNA).- Pope Francis’ trip to Iraq comes at a time when the country faces severe political, socioeconomic, and […]
- Nigerian bishop laments continuing insecurity since seminarian's killing a year agoon February 16, 2021 at 02:19
Sokoto, Nigeria, Feb 15, 2021 / 07:19 pm (CNA).- One year after the burial of Michael Nnadi, an 18-year-old Nigerian seminarian abducted and killed by gunmen, […]
- Iraqi government imposes COVID restrictions weeks before papal visiton February 15, 2021 at 13:30
Rome Newsroom, Feb 15, 2021 / 06:30 am (CNA).- The Iraqi government has announced new COVID-19 restrictions, including the closure of all places of worship, […]
- Twins among those ordained priests in Uganda’s Kasese dioceseon February 13, 2021 at 14:00
Kasese, Uganda, Feb 13, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).- Among the 12 men ordained priests of the Diocese of Kasese earlier this month was a pair of twins. Fr. Peter […]
- Catholic missionary priest nominated for Nobel Peace Prizeon February 11, 2021 at 19:00
Rome Newsroom, Feb 11, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- A Catholic missionary priest in Madagascar known for serving the poor living on a landfill has been nominated […]
- Maronite Catholic leader calls on international community to ‘help save Lebanon’on February 9, 2021 at 19:00
Rome Newsroom, Feb 9, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- Lebanon’s Maronite patriarch called on Tuesday for the United Nations to help resolve the country’s crisis by […]
- Vatican releases logo of Pope Francis' trip to Iraqon February 9, 2021 at 00:48
Baghdad, Iraq, Feb 8, 2021 / 05:48 pm (CNA).- As Pope Francis’ trip to Iraq becomes more likely, the Holy See Press Office released Feb. 8 the logo for the […]
- Pope Francis to visit Iraqi cathedral burned by Islamic Stateon February 8, 2021 at 19:10
Rome Newsroom, Feb 8, 2021 / 12:10 pm (CNA).- The Great Al-Tahira Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Bakhdida was charred black inside after the Islamic State […]
- Who is Ali al-Sistani, the Muslim leader whom the Pope will meet in Iraq?on February 2, 2021 at 22:19
Baghdad, Iraq, Feb 2, 2021 / 03:19 pm (CNA).- During his upcoming trip to Iraq, Pope Francis will meet with the Shia Muslim leader Ali al-Sistani, a man in his […]
- Vatican cardinal visits Cameroon as Catholic Church seeks to resolve Anglophone crisison January 28, 2021 at 19:00
Rome Newsroom, Jan 28, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- The Vatican’s Secretary of State kicked off a week-long trip to Cameroon on Thursday in which he will visit a […]