Archive for December 30, 2023

Pope Francis waves at the crowd of 1.5 million people who attended the closing Mass of World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal on Aug. 6, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

What countries did Pope Francis visit in 2023 and what did he say?

Despite advanced age and health challenges, the pope visited six countries on three continents in 2023. Read more

Children of Afghan immigrants to St. Louis play during a holiday party on Dec. 9, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Catholics continue to rally around Afghan refugee families in St. Louis

Exhausted Afghan men, women, and children continue to arrive to the United States. In many places, Christians are the ones... Read more

A screen grab from a video shared with ACI Africa that shows the parish house at St. Raphael Fadan Kamantan Catholic Church of the Diocese of Kafanchan in flames Sept. 7, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Here’s where Christians continued to face persecution in 2023

Christians have been persecuted by adversarial groups since the time of the apostles, and in varied parts of the world... Read more