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How the Catholic Church brings hope to the ‘tiger widows’ of Bangladesh

EWTN News, Nov 29, 2025 / 15:30 pm Rashida Begum still remembers the day her life changed forever: Feb. 2, 2000, when her husband, Mojid Kaguchi, went to catch crabs in the Sundarbans, a vast [...]

Pope Leo XIV Visits Emblematic Turkish Mosque in Sign of Fraternity With Muslims

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Don’t let Christmas take you by surprise: advice on Advent from the Church

Denver, Colorado, Nov 29, 2025 / 12:36 pm The First Sunday of Advent 2025 is tomorrow, Nov. 30, less than four weeks before Christmas this year, and while the Church provides this time to allow [...]

A snapshot of Catholics in Turkey at the Pope’s Mass

In the aisles of the Volkswagen Arena, converted for a day into a modern cathedral, the mosaic of faces is impressive. Visiting Turkey’s small Catholic community, estimated at 33,000 souls, did the Pope expect to find here in Istanbul the same diversity of faithful that his city of Rome welcomes every day? Turks, Congolese, Cameroonians, Read More…

A snapshot of Catholics in Turkey at the Pope’s Mass

Advent is Apocalyptic

Readings: • Is 2:1-5 • Ps 122: 1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 • Rom 13:11-14 • Mt 24:37-44 Advent is apocalyptic. Perhaps you’ve never thought of it in that way. But the readings for this [...]

Pope Leo XIV, at Mass in Turkey, calls for Catholic, ecumenical and interreligious unity

Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 29, 2025 / 11:20 am Pope Leo XIV marked the start of Advent on Saturday with an appeal for unity and peace, telling thousands gathered for Mass in Istanbul that Christians “journey [...]

Pope Leo XIV and Bartholomew I ‘deeply alarmed’ by global tensions

Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 29, 2025 / 10:07 am Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople said on Saturday they are “deeply alarmed by the current international situation,” issuing a joint appeal for [...]

Airbus computer issue affects papal plane during trip to Turkey

CNA Staff, Nov 29, 2025 / 08:30 am The papal plane set to fly Pope Leo XIV from Turkey to Lebanon on Sunday is one of thousands of Airbus A320 aircraft affected by a computer [...]