Nicaraguan dictatorship tightens monitoring of Catholic priests — By: Catholic News Agency

Cathedral of Managua, Nicaragua. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons Lima Newsroom, Mar 17, 2025 / 15:25 pm (CNA). The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and his “co-president” and wife, Rosario Murillo, in Nicaragua continues to persecute the Catholic Church and other Christian communities. The regime is now keeping Catholic priests under surveillance, checking their cellphones, and demanding…

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Wichita Catholic church vandalized with hate speech; federal authorities investigating — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Gil C/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 17, 2025 / 16:10 pm (CNA). Police have arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of heavily vandalizing and defacing the interior of a Catholic parish in Wichita, Kansas, over the weekend.  According to the Wichita Police Department, officers responded to a reported burglary at St. Patrick Parish on…

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Situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region ‘unstable’; Church leaders yet to comment — By: Catholic News Agency

While Church leaders are yet to comment, ACI Africa, CNA’s news partner in Africa, has confirmed media reports that tensions have increased between Ethiopia and Eritrea of late, resulting in rumors of war. / Credit: Ethiopia Catholic Secretariat ACI Africa, Mar 17, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Tension is brewing in Ethiopia’s northernmost territory, the…

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Christians pray 100 Our Fathers at St. Patrick’s grave in Ireland for peace and unity — By: Catholic News Agency

At dawn on March 17, 2025, a group of Christians gather around St. Patrick’s grave in Downpatrick, County Down, in Ireland to pray the Lord’s Prayer 100 times for peace and unity. / Credit: Siobhán Brennan Belfast, Northern Ireland, Mar 17, 2025 / 13:40 pm (CNA). Inspired by St. Patrick’s “Confessions,” in which the patron…

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