Three more priests arrested in Nicaragua as persecution against the Church worsens — By: Catholic News Agency

Cathedral of Managua, Nicaragua. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 29, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA). President Daniel Ortega’s dictatorship in Nicaragua has arrested three more priests: Monsignor Carlos Avilés, vicar general of the Archdiocese of Managua; Father Héctor Treminio, pastor of Holy Christ Parish in  Esquipulas, in the same archdiocese; and Father…

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Pope Francis urges young adults at Taizé event to ‘dare to build a different world’ — By: Catholic News Agency

A prayer meeting organized by the Taizé community. / Credit: Christian Pulfrich, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED, Wikimedia CNA Staff, Dec 29, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA). Pope Francis urged young people attending the 46th European Meeting organized by the ecumenical monastic community Taizé to “dare to build a different world, a world of listening, dialogue,…

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Black Pentecostal leader urges pope to withdraw same-sex blessing document — By: Catholic News Agency

Rev. Eugene F. Rivers III. / Credit: Ben P L from Provo, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 29, 2023 / 12:20 pm (CNA). With some African bishops expressing concerns about the Vatican’s new same-sex blessing declaration, one prominent black Pentecostal leader is voicing his “solidarity” with African Catholics and…

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India’s Modi hosts Christian leaders for Christmas amid rising persecution — By: Catholic News Agency

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts a Christmas gathering with Christian leaders, including Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai and Delhi Archbishop Anil Couto, at his residence in New Delhi on Dec. 25, 2023. / Credit: Prime Minister of India’s office Bangalore, India, Dec 29, 2023 / 13:15 pm (CNA). Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader…

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‘Benedict trusted Francis. But he was bitterly disappointed,’ biographer says in new interview — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is greeted by Pope Francis during the Ordinary Public Consistory at St. Peter’s Basilica on Feb. 14, 2015. / Credit: Franco Origlia/Getty Images CNA Newsroom, Dec 29, 2023 / 10:57 am (CNA). On the eve of the first anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s death, his biographer, Peter Seewald, raised serious concerns…

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