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Catholics believe assisted reproduction bill can be defeated in Ecuador
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (138+ words) A view of the Basilica del Voto Nacional in Quito, Ecuador. (Image credit: By Cayambe – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link ) Catholic pro-life activists are confident a bill aimed at regulating assisted reproduction – and containing several provisions that go against Church…...
Heeding pope’s call, religious & traditional leaders map path to reconciliation in Cameroon
8+ hour, 9+ min ago (122+ words) Pope Leo XIV with religious and traditional leaders in St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Bamenda, Cameroon, on 16 April 2026. (Image ©Vatican Media) Religious and traditional leaders in Cameroon’s war-ravaged English-speaking North West and South West regions have pledged to assist the government in…...
‘Preventing children from going to school is diabolical,’ says papal representative in Cameroon
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (835+ words) Students listen to the teacher in the Holy Infant high school, in Yaounde, Cameron, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (Credit: Angel Ngwe/AP.) YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – At the start of the 2026/2027 academic year in Cameroon, the Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon, Archbishop José Avelino Bettencourt,…...
Nigerian Bishops decry ‘trail of terror’ after latest attacks
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (986+ words) Nigeria’s Catholic Bishops have condemned the mass kidnapping of over 60 Muslims during Friday prayers earlier this month, calling the escalating violence across the country an “unabated trail of blood and terror.” Gunmen stormed the Kpenya Mosque in the Borgu Local…...
Church mourns victims of CAR mining disaster as government closes site
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (716+ words) The Church in the Central African Republic has joined the nation in mourning the deaths of more than 100 people who died following the collapse of an artisanal gold mine on Tuesday, August 18. In a statement August 20, the Bishop of the…...
South African Bishop says deadly mine collapse exposes deep economic sins
3+ week, 7+ hour ago (1590+ words) After a deadly accident in an off-limits mine in South Africa earlier this month, one leading Catholic bishop is calling for accountability. Tens of thousands of so-called “artisanal” miners work illegally in disused gold and platinum mines formerly operated by…...
Pope appeals for int’l solidarity as deadly Ebola outbreak spreads
3+ week, 7+ hour ago (340+ words) Pope Leo XIV at the Angelus on Sunday, 23 August 2026. (Image ©Vatican Media) Pope Leo XIV called for international solidarity with the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, as the African nation battles a deadly Ebola virus outbreak. “In my prayers,…...