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How an American missionary empowered Bangladesh’s Christian community
Posted on 11/18/2025 10:20 AM (Catholic World Report)
‘Hero of the confessional’ Father Carmelo De Palma beatified in Italy
Posted on 11/18/2025 10:12 AM (Catholic World Report)
3 things to know about the 2 papal basilicas dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul in Rome
Posted on 11/18/2025 10:04 AM (Catholic World Report)
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne: Great missionary of the Midwest
Posted on 11/18/2025 09:54 AM (Catholic World Report)
25 School girls, priest kidnapped in Nigeria; another priest killed
Posted on 11/18/2025 07:39 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
A group of gunmen stormed a boarding school, killing the vice principal and kidnapping 25 schoolgirls in Maga, Kebbi State, Nigeria, in the early morning of Monday, November 17. Armed with “sophisticated weapons,” the group stormed the dormitories at the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School around 4 a.m., said police spokesperson Nafi’u Abubakar Kotarkoshi. “A Read More…
25 School girls, priest kidnapped in Nigeria; another priest killedPope on COP30: Not enough progress
Posted on 11/18/2025 07:05 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
As the COP30 meeting is set to close this Friday in Brazil, Pope Leo has sent a video message to urge prelates to continue to choose hope over despair. The COP30 is the 30th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the parent treaty Read More…
Pope on COP30: Not enough progressItaly displays its most famous illuminated Bible
Posted on 11/18/2025 06:38 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
A rare Renaissance treasure is drawing attention in Rome as part of the Holy Year calendar: the Borso D’Este Bible, a 15th-century illuminated masterpiece normally kept out of public view in Modena. Presented in the Italian Senate, the two-volume work is available to visitors through January 16, offering a close encounter — digital and in Read More…
Italy displays its most famous illuminated BibleHow to suffer well, without losing joy: Advice from Cardinal Tagle
Posted on 11/18/2025 06:37 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
In May 2017, Anglican priest Nicky Gumbel interviewed Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle before an audience of 6,000 at a leadership conference in London. The conference was hosted by Alpha, a global ecumenical ministry founded by Gumbel. During their exchange, they discussed how Christians, and particularly Christian leaders, should engage with the realities of widespread suffering. Read More…
How to suffer well, without losing joy: Advice from Cardinal TagleCould you give a gift to keep thousands connected to the faith?
Posted on 11/18/2025 06:22 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
Before the candles of Advent are lit, we invite you to help keep another light burning: Aleteia’s mission. As Advent approaches, most of us are thinking about gifts — the meaningful kind, not the panic-buy-at-the-last-minute kind. But here’s a thought: What if you gave a small gift that keeps thousands of people connected to their Read More…
Could you give a gift to keep thousands connected to the faith?Leo XIV warns against turning people into “objects, data, statistics”
Posted on 11/18/2025 06:17 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
In a recent address to participants in the Seminar on Ethics in Health Management, Pope Leo XIV offered a sharp and timely observation about the direction of modern healthcare. Speaking in the Sala Clementina, he warned that systems under economic and political pressure may begin to sort people “according to the treatments they need and Read More…
Leo XIV warns against turning people into “objects, data, statistics”