Dictatorship in Nicaragua expels three priests; exiled bishop meets with Pope Francis — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Consecrated Missionaries of the Most Holy Savior ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 22, 2024 / 18:30 pm (CNA). Researcher Martha Patricia Molina reported that the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, has expelled from Nicaragua three priests from the same congregation after previously canceling the congregation’s legal…

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Ecumenical musical event in Beirut kicks off Week of Prayer for Christian Unity — By: Catholic News Agency

At Beirut 2024, patriarchs, bishops, and priests gathered for an ecumenical musical event the weekend of Jan. 20-21, 2024. / Credit: ACI Mena Beirut, Lebanon, Jan 22, 2024 / 17:30 pm (CNA). Deep in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, patriarchs, bishops, priests and lay faithful from various Christian ritual traditions gathered this past weekend for…

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Cardinal explains how African rejection of Fiducia Supplicans was handled — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar. / Credit: François-Régis Salefran CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 22, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA). Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), recently recounted step by step how the rejection…

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British Catholic politician demands justice for Christians killed in Nigeria at Christmas — By: Catholic News Agency

Margaret and Dominic Attah with Lord Alton and other parliamentarians on # RedWednesday 2023. / Credit: Aid to the Church in Need ACI Africa, Jan 22, 2024 / 16:45 pm (CNA). British politician Lord David Alton of Liverpool has called on the U.K. government to urgently address persecution in Nigeria, starting with last year’s Christmas…

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