Pope Francis meets with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on June 20, 2023, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 15, 2025 / 13:15 pm (CNA). The Cuban government announced the release of 553 prisoners through the mediation of Pope Francis “in the spirit of the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025.” “President [Miguel]…

Pope Francis greets pilgrims gathered in the Paul VI Audience Hall for his Wednesday general audience on Jan. 15, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 15, 2025 / 10:50 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday called for a global commitment to eradicate child labor, saying injustices committed against “the invisible…

Church at the Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Kaduna, Nigeria. / Credit: Father Samuel Kanta Sakaba, rector of a Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Kaduna Rome Newsroom, Jan 15, 2025 / 11:20 am (CNA). Nigeria was the country with the most Christians killed and kidnapped in 2024, according to the latest report from advocacy group…

On Jan. 7, 2025, two religious sisters were kidnapped in the Archdiocese of Onitsha in Nigeria. / Credit: Diego Cervo/Shutterstock ACI Africa, Jan 15, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The two members of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ, (IHM) who were abducted on Jan. 7 from the Archdiocese of Onitsha in Nigeria…