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'Red Week' highlights plight of persecuted Christians (Aid to the Church in Need)
Posted on 11/19/2025 02:11 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“413 million Christians live in countries where religious freedom is severely violated—of these, approximately 220 million are directly exposed to persecution,” according to the charity’s Religious Freedom in the World Report.
Ukrainian Catholic leader deplores corruption (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)
Posted on 11/19/2025 02:11 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“Our law enforcement agencies have uncovered a criminal corruption scheme that was destroying Ukraine’s energy system,” he said. “We share the pain of our society and, fulfilling the prophetic role of the Church, we consistently denounce and condemn the phenomenon we call corruption.”
Ukrainian officials face accusations of embezzling $100 million from the nation’s state-owned energy companies.
Papal tribute to Father Casamassa, 20th-century Augustinian scholar (L'Osservatore Romano (Italian))
Posted on 11/19/2025 01:11 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, wrote in the message that Pope Leo “hopes that the remembrance of this esteemed spiritual son of Saint Augustine will inspire renewed commitment to the study of the Fathers and knowledge of the past, necessary to reinvigorate the Church’s awareness of herself and her mission.”
Bishops of Sudan, South Sudan lament ongoing conflicts (Holy See Mission)
Posted on 11/19/2025 01:11 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“Selfish interests have unleashed violence, aggravating humanitarian crises, community-based hatred, widespread displacement, the misappropriation of public funds, hunger, and the looming threat of famine,” the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sudan and South Sudan said in its statement. “We are witnessing unprecedented ethnic and tribal divisions in the name of politics.”
South Sudan, a nation of 12.7 million (map), is 61% Christian (39% Catholic), 32% ethnic religionist, and 6% Muslim. In 2011, it gained independence from Sudan (map); the nation of 50.5 million is 92% Muslim and 4% Christian, with 3% adhering to ethnic religions.
Pope Leo XIV Says Missionaries ‘Become a Presence Everywhere of the Whole Church’
Posted on 11/19/2025 00:41 AM (The Daily Register)
New York Sees Rising Catholic Conversions Amid Broader National Trends
Posted on 11/19/2025 00:18 AM (The Daily Register)
Nov. 19 Wednesday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
Posted on 11/19/2025 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)
Pope Leo XIV On Nigeria: ‘Christians and Muslims Have Been Slaughtered’
Posted on 11/18/2025 22:58 PM (The Daily Register)
Pope Leo XIV Urges Humane Treatment of Immigrants, Calls for Heeding U.S. Bishops’ Message
Posted on 11/18/2025 22:55 PM (The Daily Register)
Pope Leo XIV Encourages Stronger Climate Actions
Posted on 11/18/2025 22:48 PM (The Daily Register)