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Pope names Irish sister to lead Vatican’s missionary efforts
Pope Leo XIV has named Irish Sr Mary Teresa Barron to lead the Vatican’s global network of missionary societies, making her the first woman to hold the post and continuing his pattern of appointing women to senior positions in the Roman Curia. Source: NCR Online.
Pope writes prologue for new catechism on love, marriage
Pope Leo XIV has written the foreword to a new edition of YouCat: Love Forever, a catechism aimed at young people preparing for marriage, due for release in November. Source: Aleteia.
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.