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Nicaraguan dictatorship banned more than 16,500 religious processions, new report reveals
Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega (whose image is regularly displayed in public places) has perpetrated more than 1,000 attacks on the…
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How John the Baptist became linked to the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus
The Shrine of John the Baptist at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, believed to house the head of the…
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Andrea Bocelli, Pharrell Williams to direct Vatican concert for human fraternity
Pharrell Williams (left) and Andrea Bocelli. / Credit: Paras Griffin/Getty Images; Jakub Janecki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican…
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Ancient cross discovered in Abu Dhabi points to deep Christian roots in region
A 30-centimeter (11.8-inch) plaster cross was unearthed in an ancient monastery on Sir Bani Yas Island about 106 miles southwest…
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Pope Leo XIV brings about unity in the Syro-Malabar Church
The major archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, Raphael Thattil. / Credit: Syro-Malabar Church ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 28, 2025 /…
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Pope Leo prays for victims of ‘terrible tragedy’ in Minneapolis Catholic school shooting
Pope Leo XIV prays during his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 13, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at…
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Pope Leo XIV recalls the ‘life and witness’ of St. Augustine on his feast day
Pope Leo XIV speaks to pilgrims at the general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall, Vatican City, Wednesday, Aug.…
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Bankruptcy court accepts Diocese of Syracuse’s $176 million abuse settlement
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse, New York, where a federal court accepted the diocese’s $ 176 million…
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Pope Leo XIV urges Catholic politicians to follow the Gospel in public life
Pope Leo XIV addresses a delegation of political representatives and civic leaders from the Diocese of Créteil, France, on Aug.…
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Minneapolis Catholic Church shooter mocked Christ in video before attack
Law enforcement vehicles sit parked outside a reported residence of a suspect following a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School…
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