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Bangladesh’s first woman prime minister, Catholic school alumna, dies at 80 — By: Catholic News Agency

Begum Khaleda Zia, former Bangladesh prime minister and chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, in 2010 at the Diploma Engineers Institute, Dhaka. | Credit: Mohammed Tawsif Salam, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Dec 30, 2025 / 19:22 pm (CNA). Catholic leaders in Bangladesh are mourning the death of Begum Khaleda Zia, an alumna of Catholic-run…

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‘Faith must be lived within a community,’ bishop tells historic parish in Kenya — By: Catholic News Agency

Family Day celebrations at St. Austin’s Msongari Parish. | Credit: St Austin’s Msongari Communications Dec 30, 2025 / 13:34 pm (CNA). Parishioners of St. Austin’s Msongari Parish, Kenya’s oldest inland Catholic church in the Archdiocese of Nairobi, have been told to find belonging in small groups within the parish — such as small Christian communities,…

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Thousands of young Europeans are beginning the new year at ecumenical gathering — By: Catholic News Agency

Afternoon prayers for an ecumenical youth gathering organized by the Taize Community are taking place in the Accor Arena, which can accommodate more than 20,000 people. Credit: Vilacor, via Wikimedia Commons Dec 30, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). Thousands of young Catholics and other fellow Christians from various traditions are in Paris this week ushering…

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