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Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical "DILEXI TE"
Leo XIV Day Four in Africa: Pope Leo addresses Cameroon’s ‘Anglophone crisis'

Joseph Tulloch/ vaticannews.va: Pope Leo on Thursday, April 16, visited Bamenda, a city in Cameroon’s troubled north-west region which is at the center of a decade-long conflict known as the 'Anglophone Crisis'.   Since 2016, rebel groups belonging to Cameroon's English-speaking minority have been fighting government forces in the region, in an attempt to create a separate state in the North-west and South-west of the country.   Killing and devastation ...more

Abouna Opinion
When religion respects the role of politics and remains free to tell the truth

Fr. Dr. Rif’at Bader : During Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Africa and while he was on the plane heading to ...more

“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
POPE LEO XIV REMEMBERS POPE FRANCIS, who DIED on EASTER MONDAY 2025
The history of the washing of the feet: Why Pope Leo is breaking with Pope Francis' tradition
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem prevented from entering the Holy Sepulcher for Palm Sunday
CARDINAL FILONI in HOLY LAND: “CHRISTIANS WERE HERE. No: Christians are here”
Pope Leo to be awarded US Medal of Religious Liberty
War Will Not Have the Last Word – Chronicle of the Christian Community of Gaza
World
Leo XIV Pope in Bamenda: ‘Woe to those who manipulate religion for military or political gain’

Kielce Gussie/ vaticannews.va: In the midst of a pause in the ongoing violence in Cameroon, Pope Leo XIV travelled to Bamenda - an English-speaking city located in the northwestern ...more

Arab World
Algeria Archbishop Lhernould: Pope's Algeria visit invited us to fraternity, a remedy for peace

Tiziana Campisi/ vaticannews.va: "This was an historic event that will have a broad and lasting impact on the Church and Algerian society." This is how the president of the North ...more

Holy Land
Jordan Jordan: Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa bestows on Musa Hijazin the Gold Order of the Holy Sepulcher
en.abouna.org: In a gesture of appreciation, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has awarded Mr. Musa Hijazin the Gold Order of the Holy Sepulcher, the highest ...more
Jordan: Bishop Iyad Twal participates in meeting designed to establish Hashemite Waqf in Jerusalem
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa's message for vocations Sunday 2026
Celebration and sadness at Easter in Gaza
Chosen articles

Jordan’s flag above our Churches is a living witness of faith and belonging

 Fr. Dr. Rifat Bader :

Popes and wars in the contemporary era

 Andrea Tornielli

When religion respects the role of politics and remains free to tell the truth

 Fr. Dr. Rif’at Bader

Successor of Peter returns to Africa as a missionary of peace

 Andrea Tornielli

Easter reflections for this year

 Fr. Dr. Rif’at Bader