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Pope wishes a Happy Easter, especially to Ukraine
39+ min ago (219+ words) Virginie Nguyen Hoang / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP P'ques orthodoxe en Ukraine. While the East and the West celebrated Easter on the same day during the Jubilee of 2025, this year, the two calendars diverged again. According to the Julian…...
Holy Fire from Jerusalem arrives in Ukraine - border guards meet the relic
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (279+ words) April 12 2026, 09: 28 AM604views The relic was brought from Jerusalem via Warsaw and handed over to Volyn border guards. The fire was delivered to Lutsk and will later be sent to churches and the front. On the night of April 12 - the day of…...
Celebration of "Holy Saturday" in the churches of Palestine. - " " "
1+ day, 46+ min ago (10+ words) Celebration of "Holy Saturday" in the churches of Palestine." " "...
Pope Leo XIV at Vatican peace vigil: "Enough of war!"
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (759+ words) By Walter Sanchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, 11 April, 2026 / 7: 37 pm (ACI Africa). "Enough of war!" Pope Leo XIV cried out while presiding over a vigil for peace at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on April 11. Prior to the vigil in…...
Pope Leo at Prayer Vigil for Peace: Stop planning arms and death
16+ hour, 27+ min ago (1178+ words) VATICAN CITY ""I receive countless letters from children in areas of conflict. In reading them, one perceives, through the lens of innocence, all the horror and inhumanity of actions that some adults boast of with pride." Pope Leo XIV gave…...
The trip for the Blessed Fire took a complicated logistical route
4+ hour, 38+ min ago (147+ words) According to Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and All Moldova, the route included several stages: Chisinau " Istanbul " Jordan, followed by a passage to Israel and arrival in Jerusalem under the coordination of the travel agency "Panda-Tur. However, the Israeli authorities allowed…...
Pope Leo IV will become the first-ever pope to visit Algeria
15+ hour, 38+ min ago (627+ words) Updated on: 12 April, 2026 01: 34 PM IST "|" Vatican City AFP | Leo XIV will become the first pope to visit Algeria on Monday, taking a message of dialogue with Islam on a trip that also represents a personal pilgrimage for the American pontiff....
On Africa trip, Pope Leo will face debate over polygamy as Catholicism booms
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (159+ words) The Washington Post VATICAN CITY " This week, Pope Leo XIV will walk in the footsteps of his icon, Saint Augustine of Hippo, a towering theologian whose birth in what is now Algeria makes him history's most revered African Catholic. In…...
Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki confirms death of Bishop Nworie
8+ hour, 35+ min ago (170+ words) The Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki has announced the passing oof its Bishop, Most Rev Peter Nworie at the age of 60. The notification of his death is contained in an a statement issued to journalists on Friday by the Vicar General,…...
Religious Scholars Stress Continuous Worship, Spiritual Practices In Shawwal
3+ hour, 3+ min ago (643+ words) Faizan Hashmi Published April 12, 2026 | 01: 40 PM ISLAMABAD, (Urdu Point / Pakistan Point News - 12th Apr, 2026) The Islamic month of Shawwal is underway after Eid-ul-Fitr marking continued spiritual reflection gratitude and voluntary worship for Muslims worldwide. Shawwal, the tenth month of the Islamic lunar…...