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Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical "DILEXI TE"
Vatican Successor of Peter returns to Africa as a missionary of peace

By Andrea Tornielli: The Successor of Peter has returned to Africa. Three years after the visit made at the beginning of 2023 by Pope Francis to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan, Pope Leo XIV has begun a long pilgrimage across the African continent, bringing him on Monday to Algeria and in the coming days to Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea.   It is an 11-day journey with a distinctly missionary character, marked by an intense sc ...more

Abouna Opinion
Easter reflections for this year

Fr. Dr. Rif’at Bader : The first reflection: Who holds power? Who holds power in this world? Is it the ...more

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
The ONLY IRANIAN CARDINAL MEETS with POPE LEO XIV
1,463 days of pain and uncertainty: Four years since Russia's invasion of UkraineE
World
Leo XIV Pope on board plane to Algeria: ‘I am not a politician, I speak of the Gospel'

vaticannews.va: During the short flight to Algeria, Pope Leo addressed the journalists—as is tradition on papal flights—answering questions about the statements U.S ...more

Arab World
Algeria Pope in Algeria: ‘Future belongs to men and women of peace’

Kielce Gussie/ vaticannews.va: At his first public event in Algeria, Pope Leo XIV visited the Martyrs’ Monument, “Maqam Echahid," which commemorates those who lost their lives in ...more

Holy Land
Jordan Jordan: Bishop Iyad Twal celebrates Easter Sunday Mass at St. Mary of Nazareth Church
en.abouna.org: On Sunday, April 12, 2026, Latin Patriarchal Vicar for Jordan Bishop Iyad Twal celebrated Easter Sunday Mass at St. Mary of Nazareth Church in ...more
The priest who stayed in Gaza
Reviving early Christian heritage as catalyst for religious tourism development
Jordan: Latin Patriarchate priests renew their priestly vows on Holy Thursday
Chosen articles

Successor of Peter returns to Africa as a missionary of peace

 Andrea Tornielli

Easter reflections for this year

 Fr. Dr. Rif’at Bader

Reviving early Christian heritage as catalyst for religious tourism development

 Lunna Hanna Ammari

Resurrection Day is a call to renewal

 By Rula Samain/ Jordanian writer specialized in interfaith dialogue, peace, and reconciliation

This year’s Palm Sunday: Renewed hopes for the attainment of peace

 By Fr. Dr. Rif’at Bader