Father Roger Landry appointed national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies USA — By: Catholic News Agency

Father Roger Landry. / Credit: EWTN News/Screenshot CNA Staff, Sep 5, 2024 / 15:56 pm (CNA). Father Roger Landry was announced Thursday as the new national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies USA (TPMS-USA), the pope’s ministry that supports Catholic missionary activity through moral support, prayer, and financial contributions.  Landry, a priest of the Diocese of Fall…

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Nicaragua releases 135 political, religious prisoners; many still remain in custody — By: Catholic News Agency

The freed prisoners included Catholic laypeople, 13 individuals associated with the Texas-based evangelical group Mountain Gateway, and human rights activists. / Credit: ADF International/Mountain Gateway Order, Inc. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 5, 2024 / 16:26 pm (CNA). Nicaraguan authorities released 135 political and religious prisoners following international pressure, but many critics of the government still…

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