Pope Leo praises witness of Algeria’s Christian martyrs and calls for unity
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Pope Leo praises witness of Algeria’s Christian martyrs and calls for unity

ALGIERS (OSV News): Pope Leo XIV honoured the memory of Algeria’s Christian martyrs on the…

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Pope Leo condemns strikes on Iran, warns of ‘irreparable abyss’ as violence escalates
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Pope Leo condemns strikes on Iran, warns of ‘irreparable abyss’ as violence escalates

(OSV News): Pope Leo XIV issued a fervent appeal for the return of diplomacy in…

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Call for shared works of peace as Ramadan and Lent begin on same day this year
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Call for shared works of peace as Ramadan and Lent begin on same day this year

MANILA (RVA News): For the first time in years, the holy month of Ramadan and…

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Seventeen Church workers murdered in 2025
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Seventeen Church workers murdered in 2025

VATICAN (CNS): Seventeen Catholic priests, sisters, seminarians and lay workers were murdered in 2025, according…

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Pursue ‘unarmed’ and ‘disarming’ peace, pope urges in World Peace Day message
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Pursue ‘unarmed’ and ‘disarming’ peace, pope urges in World Peace Day message

VATICAN (CNS): The “confrontational” tone dominating both global and national politics is “deepening instability and…

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Sixty years on, highlights of Vatican II 
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Sixty years on, highlights of Vatican II 

(OSV News): The Second Vatican Council, which after three years of dialogue and document drafting…

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Pope Leo in Lebanon: be artisans, heralds and witnesses of peace
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Pope Leo in Lebanon: be artisans, heralds and witnesses of peace

BEIRUT (Vatican News/CNS): Pope Leo XIV concluded his final Mass in Beirut on December 2,…

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