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Pope Francis has chosen the theme for World Communications Day in 2025, calling on people to “share with gentleness the hope that is in your hearts.”
Pope Francis appointed Sr. Simona Brambilla (in photo), an Italian-born religious sister from the Consolata Missionaries, as Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, along with Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime as Pro-Prefect.
Mexico is one of the most dangerous nations in the world to be a Catholic priest, a new report has found.
In 2024, according to data verified by Agenzia Fides, 13 Catholic “missionaries” were killed worldwide, including eight priests and five lay people. This year too, Africa and America recorded the highest number of pastoral workers killed: five on both continents.
Pope Francis has proposed celebrating the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea together with Orthodox leaders in a personal letter to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.
Pope Francis has called on local churches to add a new date to their calendars. Starting November 9, 2025, they will be invited to “commemorate and honor” annually the local spiritual figures–saints, blessed, venerable, and servants of God from their regions.
A recently released report from a European watchdog group has found nearly 2,500 documented instances of hate crimes against Christians living in Europe. Approximately 1,000 of these attacks took place in France.
Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie (in photo), M.C.C.J., Superior General of the Comboni Missionaries as auxiliary bishop of the Archeparchy of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
New statistics from the Vatican’s Agenzia Fides news agency revealed that while Europe’s Catholic population decreased by nearly half a million in 2022, growth occurred in other areas. Globally, the Catholic population reached approximately 1.39 billion, an increase of over 13 million. Catholics now make up about 17.7% of the world’s population.
The success of the just concluded Synod on Synodality hinges on the Church becoming more welcoming, even to non-Catholics, Cardinal-designate Pablo Virgilio David (in photo) said. Speaking to CBCP News at the end of the month-long second session of the Synod of Bishops’ 16th general assembly, the bishop of Kalookan said this was his hope for the particular churches, or dioceses and eparchies, across the world.
