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Massacre in Plateau, Nigeria, on Dec. 24, 2023.

Nearly 150 Catholic priests kidnapped across Nigeria in past decade, at least 11 killed

Mar 13, 2025

By Agnes Aineah

A report published March 12 by Agenzia Fides shows that of the 145 Catholic priests kidnapped in Nigeria between 2015... Read more

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In his message on March 16, 2025, the Holy Father particularly thanked his medical team and all people who, through their dedicated work, shine the light of God’s infinite life in hospitals and places of care.

Pope Francis praises God for those who shine ‘light of his infinite love’ in the world

From left to right: Abe Bueno-Jallad (Big James), Noah James (Andrew), Elizabeth Tabish (Mary Magdalene), Shahar Isaac (Simon Peter), Luke Dimyan (Judas), and Paras Patel (Matthew) of “The Chosen.”

Cast of ‘The Chosen’ tease what’s in store for their characters in Season 5

Carolyn Woo, the former president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, speaks with “EWTN News in Depth” on Friday, March 14, 2025.

Former Catholic Relief Services head speaks out amid funding freeze

U.S. Supreme Court.

U.S. bishops back Oklahoma Catholic charter school at Supreme Court

Pope Francis addresses bishops gathered in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican for the Synod on Synodality closing Mass on Oct. 27, 2024.

Vatican announces plans for 2028 Church postsynodal assembly

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks about a toll highway relief program during a press conference held at the Greater Miami Expressway Agency on April 1, 2024, in Miami.

Florida bishops urge DeSantis to commute death sentence of convicted killer Edward James

Well-wishers leave notes for Pope Francis at the foot of the St. John Paul II statue outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome on March 14, 2025.

LIVE UPDATES: Pope’s condition ‘stable,’ therapies continue to show improvement

Hallow’s Lent Pray40 Challenge: “The Way.”

St. Josemaría Escrivá’s ‘The Way’ tops Amazon charts thanks to Hallow’s Lent challenge

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople during an audience at the Patriarchal headquarters in Istanbul with the German Association of the Holy Land, March 12, 2025.

Patriarch Bartholomew says 1054 church division ‘not insurmountable’ as Nicaea anniversary nears

Bishop Evelio Menjivar speaks with “EWTN News in Depth” on Friday, March 14, 2025.

Salvadoran-born Bishop Evelio Menjivar: Migrants ‘make the United States a great nation’

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