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Nahida Anton and her daughter Samar Anton were killed as they were walked to the Missionaries of Charity convent in the compound of Holy Family Parish in Gaza on Dec. 16, 2023. / Credit: Father Gabriel Romanelli/Facebook CNA Staff, Jan 2, 2024 / 18:36 pm (CNA). Twenty Catholic missionaries were murdered in 2023, according to…

Attendance at the 2024 Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) SEEK conference topped 19,000, a 28% increase over last year. / Credit: Jonah McKeown/CNA St. Louis, Mo., Jan 2, 2024 / 17:53 pm (CNA). The Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) SEEK24 conference is underway this week in St. Louis with the attendance of more…

Daniel Ortega/Bishop Silvio Báez. / Credit: Ricardo Patiño (CC BY-SA 2.0)/Facebook Silvio José Báez ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 2, 2024 / 15:50 pm (CNA). The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, in Nicaragua ended 2023 with two bishops, 15 priests, and two seminarians in custody. The most recent arrests…

Pope Francis prays during his general audience address in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican on Dec. 27, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Jan 2, 2024 / 13:50 pm (CNA). Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of January is for the gift of diversity in the Church. “There is no…

Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience on Nov. 15, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Jan 2, 2024 / 14:50 pm (CNA). Each month Pope Francis shares a prayer intention as part of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network. The monthly prayer intentions express the Holy Father’s concerns for humanity and the mission of…