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German cardinal instructs priests to facilitate same-sex couple blessings

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munich and Freising, has instructed priests and full-time pastoral staff to introduce the controversial handout “Blessing Gives Strength to Love.”

A rain-soaked message of mercy inside Bata Prison

On his last full day in Africa, Pope Leo XIV travels to Bata, where he has a moving encounter with inmates in the city’s prison.

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Pope Leo XIV to youth and families: ‘Peace be with you’

In Equatorial Guinea, the pope told young people and families to let Christ’s light shape a future of love, responsibility, and hope.

Day Ten in Africa: Dancing in the rain in Bata

On the last full day of his Apostolic Journey across Africa, Pope Leo celebrates Mass at the continent's second-largest Catholic church, tells prisoners that "no one is excluded from God’s love”, and watches as the young people of Bata dance in the rain.

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Southern Poverty Law Center indicted for fraudulently paying informants inside extremist groups

The Southern Poverty Law Center labeled some traditionalist Catholic groups as hate groups over views related to gender, sexuality, and marriage. No Catholic groups were mentioned in the indictment.

Pope Leo XIV to prisoners: ‘No one is excluded from God’s love’

At a prison in Equatorial Guinea, the pontiff urged inmates not to let the past rob them of hope.

Pope Leo XIV appoints new bishop of London, Ontario

With the retirement of Bishop Peter Fabbro, Bishop Daniel J. Miehm of the Diocese of Peterborough has been appointed the new bishop of London, Ontario, Canada. He will be installed on June 29.

Pope encourages young people to bear witness to Christ with courage and joy

To the young people and families gathered at the Bata Stadium, Leo XIV, responding one by one to the testimonies presented for reflection, spoke about the value of effort and discipline in life and dignified work, the challenges faced by women in the workplace, the happiness found in giving oneself to God, and the exciting mission of being spouses and parents.

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Cardinals in Rome remember Pope Francis as missionary to all 1 year after death

Pope Leo XIV, who is traveling in Africa, sent a message to be read at the Mass commemorating the first anniversary of Pope Francis' death.

Indigenous Christian families assaulted amid land grab conflict in northern Bangladesh

A mob reportedly attacked a Christian village in the Birganj area of ​​the Dinajpur Diocese injuring Indigenous Christians and Hindus and damaging property.