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Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov 18, 2025 / 09:00 am On the 37th anniversary of his death, Bangladesh’s Christian community honored an American Holy Cross priest and microcredit pioneer who transformed their economic future — Father Charles [...]

ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 18, 2025 / 07:00 am Father Carmelo De Palma, a priest known as the “hero of the confessional,” was beatified Nov. 15 in Bari, Italy. Pope Leo XIV recognized the new [...]

Vatican City, Nov 18, 2025 / 05:00 am Nov. 18 is celebrated in the Catholic Church as the feast day of the Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter and Paul. Here are three things [...]

CNA Staff, Nov 18, 2025 / 04:00 am On Nov. 18 the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, a French religious sister who came to the United States as a [...]

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 killed

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 progress

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 Bible

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 Tagle

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?

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”