A photo display of persecuted Christians in Iraq and Nigeria can be seen at the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C., until Feb. 8, 2026. / Credit: Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA Washington, D.C., Dec 3, 2025 / 13:50 pm (CNA). A discussion featuring Father Atta Barkindo and Father Karam Shamasha breathed life into a…

Archbishop Juárez Marqués shepherds the Archdiocese of Teresina, Brazil. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Archbishop Juárez Marqués Brasilia, Brazil, Dec 3, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). “We don’t need to say that Mary is co-redemptrix, that Jesus needs Mary to save humanity. Mary herself is prepared, saved by God; she is a creature of God….

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto is the founder of The Kukah Centre, a Nigeria-based public policy institute. / Credit: The Kukah Centre ACI Africa, Dec 3, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). The Kukah Centre (TKC), a Nigeria-based public policy institute, has responded to what it describes as a “mischaracterization” of…

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Custos of the Holy Land Detroit, Michigan, Dec 3, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of Detroit will welcome Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, for a pastoral visit Dec. 4–7. In an interview with CNA, Father Adam Nowak, vice chancellor…

Pope Leo XIV greets sick and disabled people, including a young child in a wheelchair, in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall after the Wednesday general audience on Sept. 10, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 3, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Catholic adults with disabilities talked about how faith guides their lives…