Armed attackers kidnap children from Catholic elementary school in Nigeria — By: Catholic News Agency

Over 200 Christians were murdered by Islamist militants in Nigeria on June, 13, 2025. / Credit: Red Confidential/Shutterstock ACI Africa, Nov 21, 2025 / 17:20 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Kontagora in Nigeria has described as “painful and disturbing” the Friday, Nov. 21, kidnapping of children and staff at St. Mary’s Catholic Nursery, Primary, and…

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Joy in Dublin as papal designation gives city first Catholic cathedral since Reformation — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Dermot Farrell of the Dublin Archdiocese holds up the decree on Nov. 14, 2025, that Pope Leo XIV sent him granting his request that St. Mary’s Pro Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Dublin be designated as the cathedral Church of the archdiocese. / Credit: John McElroy/Dublin Archdiocese Dublin, Ireland, Nov 21, 2025 / 12:09…

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Sen. Klobuchar meets Pope Leo XIV to advocate for abducted Ukrainian children — By: Catholic News Agency

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, meets Pope Leo XIV, along with a delegation of Ukrainian mothers, wives, and teenagers, at the Vatican on Nov. 21, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 21, 2025 / 12:40 pm (CNA). U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, joined a delegation of Ukrainian mothers, wives, and teenagers forcibly taken…

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Nigeria ‘no longer safe for children,’ Catholic bishop says after abduction of 25 girls — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Bulus Yohana Dauwa of Nigeria’s Diocese of Kontagora. In an interview with ACI Africa on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, Dauwa described the recent kidnapping of 25 schoolgirls is a tragic reminder that the country is no longer “safe for its children.” / Credit: ACI Africa/Catholic Diocese of Kontagora ACI Africa, Nov 21, 2025 /…

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Human rights advocates decry Armenian government crackdown on Christian church — By: Catholic News Agency

Peter Flew, a lawyer and writer, says at a congressional briefing Nov. 20, 2025, that he collected evidence and witness statements regarding government persecution of the Apostolic Church in Armenia. / Credit: Photo courtesy of George Goss/Image Herder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 21, 2025 / 14:10 pm (CNA). Human rights advocates told members of Congress…

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One-third of recent Catholic priests in England are Anglican converts, report shows — By: Catholic News Agency

The ordination of Jonathan Goodall (former Anglican bishop) to the Catholic priesthood in Westminster Cathedral, London, March 12, 2022. / Credit: Mazur/CBCEW.org.uk London, England, Nov 21, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). A new report reveals that significant numbers of Anglican clergy have converted to Catholicism in the United Kingdom since 1992. The report, “Convert Clergy…

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