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New report shows systematic abuse in Israeli prisons

The Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem, released new figures and testimonies revealing the extent of violence employed against Palestinians in Israeli prisons, which function as a network of torture camps

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Nicaraguan regime bans urban and rural “door-to-door” missions in the country’s dioceses

The ban affected pastoral outreach scheduled for January 24 as part of the so-called Ecclesiological Year proclaimed by Bishop Sócrates René Sándigo, who governs both the dioceses of León and neighboring Chinandega

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Woman Accused of Harassment Simply for Praying Outside An Abortion Clinic

Claire Brennan was convicted for staging an illegal protest and appealed the conviction, while David Hall admitted his guilt. Lawyer Christian Concern described the conviction as "an unprecedented development." The woman filed a motion to recuse the presiding judge of the County Court, Ciaran Moynagh, due to his extensive history of pro-abortion activism.

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The Catholic Church’s Mission Territories Continue to Grow: Here Is the Data

Currently, there are 1,132 mission territories, which depend on the Dicastery for Evangelization of the Holy See, formerly the Propaganda Fide or Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

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French government reports increase in visits to Catholic cathedrals: these are the most visited

Cathedrals, in Catholic theology, are not museums with altars but living churches whose primary purpose is sacramental and pastoral. The current surge in attendance suggests that beauty and transcendence still exert a powerful pull in an increasingly secular society

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Brazil: Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro sees increase in number of sacraments celebrated

In 2025, the Christ the Redeemer sanctuary did not simply receive more people. It became more Church

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Leo XIV, a pro-life Pope, sends a message to participants in the March for Life in the USA

Pope Leo XIV wanted to be present at the March for Life with a message.

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John L. Allen Jr. and the task of explaining the Vatican to the world: one of the most important Vaticanists passes away

He was remembered not as an activist or a polemicist, but as a craftsman of information: a journalist who believed that clarity is a form of service, and that understanding the Church requires patience, historical memory, and intellectual honesty

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Cardinals, the first consistory of Leo XIV, and Cardinal Zen’s public objections

For now, Leo XIV appears content to listen, to slow the pace, and to allow ideas championed under his predecessor either to mature organically or quietly recede

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China in the Heart of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

The relics of a young Chinese seminarian were brought by Bishop Louis Faurie, Apostolic Vicar of Kweichow, current Chinese Archdiocese of Guiyang, who had met him at the Paris Foreign Missions Seminary, where this Bishop was formed as a seminarian.

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