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In reference to the testimony of a young nun suffering from demonic possession who said that the devil said he hated the pope, the Holy Father said that, as a Christian, he would expect that.

By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Apr 5, 2023 / 09:53 am Pope Francis has offered advice for how to have a fruitful Holy Week, urging people to focus on the essentials and look to the cross as the source of hope. In his last…

By Guitta Maroun CNA Newsroom, Mar 1, 2023 / 10:15 am Only a few hours after Bassel Habkouk, a young Lebanese Catholic and father of two, arrived for a visit in Turkey on Feb. 6, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country and…

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Feb 17, 2023 / 04:30 am In his message for Lent 2023, Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to listen to what Jesus wants to tell them through the Scriptures and through others. Using the story of…

By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Feb 15, 2023 / 06:10 am Pope Francis said Wednesday that Christians are called to bring the Gospel into the world without becoming worldly. “For the Church, falling into worldliness is the worst…

By Matters India Reporter Narmadapuram, Fen 13, 2023: Unidentified persons have set fire to a Protestant church in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Police have launched a probe against those behind the burning of the…

“One of the jihadists condemned me to death, put a knife to my neck, and threatened me,” he said.

By Jude Atemanke Ado Ekiti, Nigeria, Dec 9, 2022 / 12:05 pm Six months after the Pentecost Sunday attack on St. Francis Xavier Owo Catholic Parish in Ondo Diocese, which left 39 Catholic worshipers killed and more than 80 injured,…

By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Dec 8, 2022 / 08:42 am On Thursday, Pope Francis publicly visited the statue dedicated to the Immaculate Conception near Rome’s Piazza di Spagna for the first time in two years. Marking the…