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Aid to the Church in Need’s 2025 report on religious freedom around the world points out how persecution is on the rise as almost 5.4 billion people live in countries with serious violations of religious freedom.

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ROME – Pope Leo XIV met with the leadership of the Ending Clergy Abuse (ECA) advocacy organization on Monday in the Vatican, Leo’s first official meeting with survivors of abuse since his election in May and the first-ever meeting between a pope and a global rights and advocacy group for […]

Cardinal Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, reflects for Vatican News on Pope Leo XIV's first Apostolic Exhortation. In his meditation he recalls the words of Saint John XXIII before opening the Second Vatican Council: the Church must be the Church of all and “particularly the Church of the poor.”

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Arms trafficking and humanitarian issues are escalating in Sudan, as smuggling networks profit from the country’s turmoil with millions of people facing hunger, disease, and displacement.

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As Cameroonians await the final presidential election results, Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea, the Archbishop of Bamenda and President of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC), has called for calm amid the anticipated official announcement.

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The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, reflects on the importance of religious freedom during a Vatican event to launch the 2025 Religious Freedom Report by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).

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Speaking to journalists at the launch of Aid to the Church in Need's Religious Freedom Report, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin decries the violence in the Middle East, attacks on Christians, and the intimidation of the free press.

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Fr. Girish Santiago, SJ, the Jesuit superior in Myanmar, has called on fellow missionaries to stand with the suffering people of Myanmar, as the Southeast Asian nation endures civil conflict.

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When people picture a Catholic religious sister, they image a woman in a habit, perhaps teaching, praying quietly in a chapel, or caring for the sick. Few imagine a religious sister in a courtroom, dressed in professional attire, standing before a judge, and introducing herself not just as “Advocate Immaculate Muthoni,” but as “Sister Immaculate.”

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Arabic and Hebrew-speaking young people attend a Youth Festival at the Marian Shrine of Deir Rafat, reaffirming their desire to be beacons of hope in a time marked by tension, uncertainty, and grief.

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