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Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical "DILEXI TE"
Jordan Bishop Twal, CCSM Consultation Council exchange views on developing media performance

en.abouna.org: On Saturday, May 9, 2026, Latin Patriarchal Vicar for Jordan Bishop Iyad Twal held a meeting with the Catholic Center for Studies and Media (CCSM) Consultation Council in the presence of the CCSM members of staff. The meeting was dedicated to exchanging views on the strategic media plan of the Latin Vicariate in Jordan, within the framework of enhancing church media performance and presence.   At the outset of the meeting, following th ...more

Abouna Opinion
Building Bridges with the Islamic world

By Fr. Dr. Rif’at Bader : Pope Leo XIV has summed up his apostolic journey to Africa, at the outset of which ...more

The ESSENCE of POPE LEO XIV in GESTURES: the moments that have defined his first year as pope
Marco Rubio meets with Leo XIV the day before his one-year anniversary as pope
New FILM on the SACRED HEART to PREMIER in June for the 250th ANNIVERSARY of UNITED STATES
JOY fills KILAMBA as 100,000 faithful welcome POPE LEO XIV with dancing -VIDEO
KEY POINTS: ONE YEAR WITHOUT POPE FRANCIS
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“Not AFRAID” of TRUMP. Pope Leo will continue speaking out
Day one in ALGERIA concludes: grand MOSQUE, Augustinian nuns, and Our Lady of AFRICA
The FIRST time a POPE visits ALGERIA: the HISTORIC visit of POPE LEO XIV
POPE LEO MEETS with new US PAPAL NUNCIO amid rumored THREATS from the PENTAGON
World
Vatican The ‘Son of Saint Augustine’ who became Pope

Tiziana Campisi/ vaticannews.va: “I am a son of Saint Augustine, an Augustinian.”   That’s how Pope Leo XIV introduced himself to the world upon his election on May 8, 2025, from ...more

Arab World
Sudan Sudan’s forgotten war: A Church leader cries out for peace

Ngala Killian Chimtom/ cruxnow.com: As the conflict in Sudan enters its third year, the nation faces a humanitarian catastrophe, with thousands of people killed, millions of others ...more

Holy Land
Palestine The solemnity of the finding of the Holy Cross at the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher
Fr. Alberto Joan Pari/ custidia,org: Every year, on May 7, the Church of Jerusalem relives with profound devotion the memory of the Finding of the Holy Cross, an event that, according to ...more
Gaza's parish priest: 'Pope Leo encourages us to have hope'
Holy Land increasingly emptied of Christians: “People leave because they don’t see a future”
Celebration marking the World Day of Vocations in the Diocese of Jerusalem
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Building Bridges with the Islamic world

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In Antioch: A present that mirrors memory and future

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When governance becomes a civilizational narrative

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