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Pope Leo XIV Says Parishes Should Reflect a Church That "cares for her children"
10+ hour, 44+ min ago (881+ words) ACI Prensa Staff, 08 March, 2026 / 8:07 PM Pope Leo XIV continued his pastoral visits to parishes on the outskirts of Rome Sunday, traveling to the Santa Maria della Presentazione parish in the Torrevecchia neighborhood, where he encouraged Catholics to ensure parish activities…...
Asian Catholics Begin Spiritual, Logistical Preparations for World Youth Day Seoul 2027
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (693+ words) CNA Staff, 05 March, 2026 / 2:00 pm (ACI Africa). DHAKA, Bangladesh " Catholic youth across Bangladesh, India, and Nepal are preparing for World Youth Day 2027, scheduled for Aug. 38 in Seoul, South Korea, with Church leaders describing the gathering as an opportunity for spiritual renewal,…...
Liberiaâs Cape Palmas Diocese Concludes 5th Annual Youth Festival with Calls for Servant Leadership
2+ week, 6+ day ago (691+ words) By ACI Africa Staff Monrovia, 17 February, 2026 / 4:16 PM The Catholic Diocese of Cape Palmas in South-eastern Liberia has concluded its fifth annual Diocesan Youth festival with a resounding call on young people in the Diocese to embrace servant leadership and take…...
Tanzanian Catholic Bishop Urges Parents to Support Young People in Answering the Call to Priesthood and Religious Life
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (642+ words) Morogoro, 30 January, 2026 / 4:49 pm (ACI Africa). Parents in Tanzania's Catholic Diocese of Morogoro have been encouraged to support and nurture vocations among young people to help grow the number of Priests and members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of…...
Leaders Cannot Evade Responsibility to Provide: Participants in Synodality Course at South African Seminary Told
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (696+ words) Johannesburg, 08 January, 2026 / 11:55 PM Participants in a short course on synodality underway at St. John Vianney Seminary in Pretoria, South Africa, have been challenged to embrace leadership that takes responsibility for others, drawing inspiration from Jesus" feeding of the multitudes. In…...
Let’s “protect our dignity”: Catholic Youths in Liberia’s Monrovia Archdiocese Cautioned against Social Vices
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (448+ words) By ACI Africa Staff Monrovia, 03 January, 2026 / 11:09 pm (ACI Africa). Catholic youths in Liberia's Monrovia Archdiocese have been cautioned against social vices and urged to safeguard their human dignity as followers of Jesus Christ. Speaking during the 2025 Archdiocesan Youth Festival, which…...
Children from Troubled African Countries Pray the Rosary “for the first time” in Global Campaign
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (575+ words) Nairobi, 14 October, 2025 / 11:34 pm (ACI Africa). Children from across Africa, including those in countries experiencing persecution and political instabilities, joined their peers in the just concluded "One Million Children Praying the Rosary" campaign by Catholic Pontifical and charity foundation, Aid to…...