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Nigerian bishops decry ‘trail of terror’ after latest attacks
Nigeria’s Catholic bishops have condemned the mass kidnapping of more than 60 Muslims during Friday prayers, calling the escalating violence across the country an “unabated trail of blood and terror”. Source: Crux.
Students return as Holy Family Parish in Gaza reopens school
Students in Gaza are returning to a vastly different reality as the school at Holy Family Parish reopens for the first time since the start of Israel’s military campaign. Source: OSV News.
Iraqi PM calls on Christians living abroad to return
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al Zaidi has called on Iraqi Christians living overseas to return to their homeland. Source: National Catholic Register.
Philippines bishop pleads for protection of trees
A Catholic bishop in the Philippines has criticised the country’s government for issuing permits to cut more than 218,000 trees in the western province of Palawan. Source: UCA News.
Global invitation to join Pope in Rosary for peace
Pope Leo XIV will preside over a worldwide Rosary for peace on May 30, uniting Marian shrines across continents in simultaneous prayer to close the Church’s month of devotion to the Virgin Mary. Source: OSV News.
Probing the relationships of adult children with parents
Estranged siblings who reunite after years apart are forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents in this comedy-drama. Source: Australian Catholics.
Vatican cited in Cuba’s move to release 51 prisoners
Cuba’s government said that it would release 51 people from the island’s prisons in an unexpected move it says stems from a spirit of goodwill and close relations with the Vatican. Source: AP.
Vatican, Microsoft launch font inspired by Michelangelo
Writing with the distinctive hand of one of the Renaissance’s greatest geniuses is now possible, with the introduction of a new digital typeface faithfully modelled on the handwriting of Michelangelo Buonarroti. Source: EWTN News.
South Korean Catholics celebrate 1500th Mass for unity
Catholics in South Korea’s Seoul Archdiocese joined the 1500th weekly Mass for reconciliation and unity in the Korean Peninsula, which has been celebrated since 1995. Source: UCA News.