Book on the thought of Pope Francis to be distributed in Buenos Aires province schools — By: Catholic News Agency

Cover of the book “The Teacher: The Humanism of Pope Francis.” / Credit: General Directorate of Culture and Education of the Province of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug 12, 2025 / 16:22 pm (CNA). The government of Buenos Aires province in Argentina will distribute the 168-page book “The Teacher: The Humanism of Pope Francis”…

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Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince denounces the ‘collapse of humanity’ in Haitian society — By: Catholic News Agency

The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince condemned the kidnapping of nine people from an orphanage on the outskirts of the capital on Sunday, Aug. 3. / Credit: Creative Photo Corner/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 12, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince denounced the “collapse of humanity” in Haitian society, “where the unthinkable has become…

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Syracuse’s bishop takes on extra job of parish priest for 3 churches — By: Catholic News Agency

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Syracuse, New York. / Credit: Mahmoud Masad/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 11, 2025 / 16:02 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Syracuse, New York, announced on Aug. 9 that Bishop Douglas J. Lucia has taken on the additional job of parish priest at three churches in Baldwinsville, New York.  The diocese…

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Westminster archbishop issues statement condemning Israel’s plan to take over Gaza City — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Vincent Nichols (pictured celebrating a Mass in 2021) condemned in an Aug. 8, 2025, statement Israel’s plans to take over Gaza City. / Credit: Mazur/cbcew.org.uk Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 11, 2025 / 16:32 pm (CNA). Archbishop of Westminster in England and Wales Cardinal Vincent Nichols has issued a statement condemning Israel’s plans to take…

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Pope Leo XIV approves measures benefiting families of Vatican employees — By: Catholic News Agency

The Vatican City’s Governor’s Palace (Palazzo del Governatorato in Vaticano), the building that is the seat of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State in the Vatican Gardens. / Credit: Some pictures here/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 11, 2025 / 17:20 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has approved a series of measures that benefit Vatican…

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Priest injured in church attack as police investigate Northern Ireland murder — By: Catholic News Agency

The parish priest of St. Patrick in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, Canon John Murray, is in a “serious but stable” condition in hospital following the Aug. 10, 2025, assault in which his fingers were broken while defending himself. / Credit: Pacemaker Dublin, Ireland, Aug 11, 2025 / 11:27 am (CNA). A 77-year-old parish priest in Downpatrick,…

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Cardinal Chomali: 21st-century Christian ‘will either be a martyr or will not be a Christian’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Fernando Chomali, archbishop of Santiago, Chile. / Credit: Courtesy of Archdioceses of Santiago, Chile ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 11, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). “The Christian of the 21st century will either be a martyr or will not be a Christian,” the archbishop of Santiago and primate of Chile, Cardinal Fernando Chomali, said during…

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