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Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin meets with President Alar Karis of Estonia at the Vatican on April 3, 2025, to discuss local and regional issues including prospects of ending the Russia-Ukraine war.

Cardinal Parolin holds audience with Estonia’s president at the Vatican

Apr 3, 2025

By Kristina Millare

During an April 3 audience, Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Estonia President Alar Karis expressed appreciation for “good bilateral relations” between... Read more

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The Catholic Church in France will welcome a record number of adults into the faith in 2025, with particularly strong growth in the numbers of young adults and teenagers, according to newly released statistics from the country’s Conference of Bishops (CEF).

Social media and personal research driving France’s record baptism boom, survey reveals

Beds sit amid the debris in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on the Al-Ahli hospital, also known as the Baptist or Ahli Arab hospital, in Gaza City on April 13, 2025.

Church leaders condemn Israeli military Palm Sunday strikes on Anglican hospital in Gaza

The new White House Faith Office is in high gear for Holy Week.

Holy Week at White House features dinner with Christian leaders, religious service

Illinois state capitol in Springfield.

Illinois bishops call on faithful to oppose assisted suicide bill

Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo and her husband, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.

Nicaragua once again bans Holy Week processions

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Judge denies religious groups’ suit to halt immigrant arrests at churches, worship sites

Father Antonio Aurelio is vicar general of the Trinitarian order.

Trinitarians, guardians of persecuted Christians: ‘We were born to go to the dungeons’

Archbishop Charles Scicluna (left) and Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu (right).

Sodality of Christian Life signs its official dissolution decree

Pope Francis kisses the foot of one of the 12 women whose feet he washed at the Rebibbia Women’s Prison in Rome on Holy Thursday, March 28, 2024.

Vatican says cardinals to celebrate Holy Week liturgies as Pope Francis’ health improves

The new statue by Timothy P. Schmalz titled “Be Welcoming” is displayed in St. Peter’s Square, Tuesday, April 15, 2025.

Vatican unveils new Timothy Schmalz statue ‘Be Welcoming’ in St. Peter’s Square

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