Former U.S. President Donald Trump is interviewed by EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo just prior to attending the annual Al Smith dinner in support of the charitable work of the Archdiocese of New York on Oct. 17, 2024. / Credit: The World Over with Raymond Arroyo/Scxreenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 18, 2024 / 09:55 am (CNA). Former…

Believers gather at the Namugongo Shrine for the Martyrs’ Day Pilgrimage on June 3, 2024, in Uganda. The Catholic population in Africa surpassed 272.4 million people in 2022 after seeing a rise of more than 7.3 million people — the largest increase of any continent, according to Vatican statistics released in October 2024. / Credit:…

Bishop José Libardo Garcés Monsalve of Cúcuta, Colombia. / Credit: Romanuspontifex, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Lima Newsroom, Oct 18, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Going out to find and recover Catholics not living according to their baptism is one of the great challenges of pastoral work, along with the evangelization of those who…