Bishop Willy Ngumbi Ngengele had directed that all Catholic communities in the diocese observe strict preventive measures aimed at limiting the spread of the deadly virus.

As the International Communication Conference at Rome’s Pontifical Urbaniana University on “Preserving human voices and faces” got underway on Thursday, 21 May, Nigeria’s Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo of the Diocese of Oyo has reiterated Pope Leo XIV’s message for communication that does not alienate.

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After students, teachers and young children were abducted in Nigeria's Oyo State on May 15, Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo has urged Catholics to pray for the victims.

Before opening the new facility, Catholic Charities collaborated with neighbors and community leaders to understand what they wanted and needed.

Pope Leo XIV encourages leaders of ecclesial movements and lay associations to guide those under their care with discernment and transparency, so that they may remain open to the world and grounded in communion.

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Pope Leo XIV addresses a group of non-resident Ambassadors to the Holy See, and expresses his wish that their mission may "strengthen dialogue, deepen mutual understanding, and contribute to the peace so greatly needed in our world."

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For three pilgrims from a small town in Queensland, Australia, meeting Pope Leo after the General Audience helped close the gap between their “geographically isolated” homeland and the heart of the Catholic Church.

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The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has published a letter of solidarity with the Church in Mali expressing its condolences following several attacks in the area.

Bishops are asking the appellate court to overturn a ruling that would require employers to offer accommodations to employees who seek to obtain an abortion.

The Augustinian community in Spain waits in great anticipation for Pope Leo's visit to the country, though the pope has visited numerous times previously as prior general of the order.