TODAY’S MASS SIMPLIFIED | Global Catholic mass calls faithful to renewal, compassion and open doors Pope Leo XI V celebrates mass with priestly ordinations in St. Peters Basilica. PHOTO/VATICAN. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] Catholics across the world gathered today for Sunday Mass with a powerful and unified message: return to faith, embrace repentance, and become…
SA’s Cardinal Brislin slams the US president’s attacks on Pope Leo XIV, insisting the papacy is not political theatre. The Catholic Church should never be a platform for political theatre. It would be convenient for political players across the world if it were. While the church does not seek quarrels with political leaders, neither can…
TODAY’S MASS SIMPLIFIED | Catholic congregations unite in celebration of faith, hope, and community Pope Leo XIV leads prayer vigil for peace in the world at St. Peter’s Basilica. PHOTO/The Vatican. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] Today, Catholics around the world gathered in churches, from small village chapels to towering cathedrals, to celebrate a Mass that…
Pope Leo’s decision to make Africa one of the early destinations of his young papacy signals the continent’s importance in global Catholicism. His April 2026 visit reflects both his personal ties to Africa and the rapid rise of Christianity across the continent. His 10-day itinerary to Algeria, Angola, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea is also historically…
Since the US and Israel launched a war on Iran, Israel has closed holy sites in Jerusalem, citing safety concerns. Israeli police have prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to mark Palm Sunday Mass. The Catholic Church said on Sunday that Pizzaballa and Francesco…
Fifty of the 303 children kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria on Friday have escaped, according to the Christian Association of Nigeria (Can). Can has since clarified that they escaped on Friday and Saturday and have been reunited with their parents in Niger state. However, the police say they haven’t been able…
Armed men attacked a Catholic boarding school in northwestern region of Nigeria and abducted several schoolchildren and staff early Friday. It’s the latest in a spate of abductions in Africa’s most populous country and came just days after 25 schoolgirls were kidnapped in a neighboring state. The latest abduction comes as the country is facing scrutiny…
A Minneapolis couple who live a block from Annunciation Catholic School and the church where two children were killed and 18 other people were wounded Wednesday recalled the moments after they heard the gunfire from their home. Carla and Pedro Maldonado were in their kitchen when they heard the shots and realized after the second…
The 8-year-old killed in the tragic Annunciation Catholic School shooting Wednesday was identified by his father as Fletcher Merkel. He was one of two children killed in the mass shooting in Minneapolis. The other was a 10-year-old whose identity has not been publicly released. “Yesterday a coward decided to take our 8-year-old son Fletcher away…
The church was watched over closely by the late Pope Francis, who spoke daily with its parish priest and once gifted his popemobile to the children there. In a rare and risky visit to Gaza — largely sealed off from foreign officials — Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, and Theophilos III, the…
