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Bishop-elect Joseph A. Williams. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 18, 2025 / 11:35 am (CNA). Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Dennis Sullivan from the Diocese of Camden, New Jersey, appointing Coadjutor Bishop Joseph Williams as his successor.  Apostolic Nuncio Cardinal Christophe…

Volunteers at a Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center help Central American refugees prepare to take a bus to go stay with U.S. family on Aug. 17, 2017, in McAllen, Texas. / Credit: Vic Hinterlang/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 18, 2025 / 12:05 pm (CNA). The Trump administration has paid out $47 million in grants to a…

Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, during an interview at the Vatican on Dec. 11, 2024. / Credit: EWTN News Vatican City, Mar 18, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The prefect of the Holy See’s Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, asked bishops to avoid promoting fundraising…

Andrew Peter (left), a seminarian, and Father Philip Ekweli (right) were abducted March 3, 2025, from a parish rectory in Nigeria’s Docese of Auchi. Andrew Peter was murdred, though Ekweli was released and is receiving medical attention. / Credit: Catholic Diocese of Auchi ACI Africa, Mar 18, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). A seminarian abducted…