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Pope Leo's first trip to Africa: what you need to know
3+ hour, 13+ min ago (1318+ words) Pope Leo sets out on a 10-day visit to Africa'his first as pope to this continent'on Monday morning, April 13. He will visit four countries: Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea, in that order. It is a challenging and complex trip,…...
Catholics hope Pope Leo's Africa trip will uplift countries suffering from U. S. aid cuts
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (1085+ words) During his visit, he will celebrate Mass at the Basilica of St. Augustine, which holds a relic of one of St. Augustine's arm bones. The pope's Africa visit comes at a time when the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Cameroon…...
Pope Leo XIV to embark on 10-day Africa tour and trips to Spain and Monaco
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (824+ words) ROME (OSV News) "Pope Leo XIV will travel to six countries over the next four months, including a 10-day tour of Africa and trips to Monaco and Spain, the Vatican announced Feb. 25. The pope's international travel plans include a day…...
Vatican workers now get 5 days of paid paternity leave. That's 5 more than U. S. dads.
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (842+ words) Other family-friendly policy changes included raising the age limit for children of employees covered under the Vatican's family allowance to 26 for continuing university students and adding three paid working days off each month for employees with a child who faces…...
The pressure of public witness
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (284+ words) A Reflection for the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of the Unborn "He had cured many and, as a result, those who had diseaseswere pressing upon him to touch him. And whenever unclean spirits saw him they would…...
Trump's irresponsible talk about South Africa "white genocide' stokes racial divisions
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1116+ words) Mr. Trump's reliance on a false narrative that whites are being "killed and slaughtered" was at least partly the reason his administration declined to participate in the Group of 20 summit in November. The annual gathering of leaders from the European…...
The deadly impact of the end of U. S. A. I. D. and Pepfar in southern Africa
10+ mon, 2+ day ago (1661+ words) Barbara Staley, M. S. C. , first went to Eswatini in 2004 at the height of the H. I. V. /AIDS pandemic. The country then had the highest percentage of people infected with H. I. V. /AIDS anywhere in the world. "Forty-two percent of the people in Eswatini were infected with…...
Has God ever rescued you?
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (148+ words) Where should Christ's disciples seek leadership? This Sunday's readings indicate that it will not be among the powerful of this world. It is as missionaries and through persecution that the apostles provide the best leadership. In every way, Peter and…...
The Trump administration fast-tracked South African refugees into the U. S. What will it mean for other suffering groups?
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (1568+ words) [A destroyed St. Matthew Church is seen June 27, 2022, in the village of Daw Ngay Ku, Myanmar, in eastern Kayah state. Myanmar's military junta was accused of blowing up the Catholic church with landmines and torching it. A more recent church…...
The end of bipartisan support for global AIDS treatment: 20 years of progress is on the line
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (908+ words) [Children play at the Nyumbani Children] The longer PEPFAR remains hobbled, the greater the number of patients who will suffer the terrifying consequences of stopped treatment'a kind of reverse Lazarus effect. The end of bipartisan support for global AIDS treatment:…...