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Brazilian bishops invite Pope Leo to visit nation for 2029 missionary congress (Vatican News (Portuguese))
Posted on 01/13/2026 02:01 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The prelates discussed the work of the commission and thanked the Pope for beginning a series of Wednesday general audiences on the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Archbishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa, CP, of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim asked Pope Leo to “speak more about the wars in Africa, which are all due to natural resources, and which are spoken about very little in Brazil and elsewhere.”
Venezuelan Nobel Prize winner María Corina Machado meets with Pope (Vatican News)
Posted on 01/13/2026 01:01 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“Today I had the blessing and the honor of being able to share time with His Holiness and to express our gratitude for his attention to what is happening in our country,” Machado said following yesterday’s audience. “I also conveyed to him the strength of the Venezuelan people, who remain steadfast and in prayer for the freedom of Venezuela, and I asked him to intercede for all Venezuelans who remain kidnapped and disappeared.”
Amid armed conflict, Cameroon's bishops discuss communion, collegiality (Vatican News)
Posted on 01/13/2026 01:01 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The central African nation of 32 million (map) is 58% Christian (28% Catholic), 22% Muslim, and 19% ethnic religionist. Pope Benedict XVI made an apostolic journey there in 2009.
In Brussels, Cardinal Parolin urges Europe to rediscover Christian boldness (Vatican News)
Posted on 01/13/2026 01:01 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Cardinal Parolin preached that “it is not numerical weakness that undermines Christian witness, but the loss of evangelical boldness.”
“The Church does not stand above history, nor does she simply merge with it,” he added. “She journeys through it as a presence that accompanies, discerns and serves.”
Heritage Foundation Aims to Tackle Marriage, Family Crisis
Posted on 01/13/2026 00:07 AM (The Daily Register)
Dictatorship in Nicaragua Releases Dozens of Political Prisoners After US Pressure
Posted on 01/13/2026 00:01 AM (The Daily Register)
Jan. 13 Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Hilary of Poitiers, Bishop and Doctor, Opt. Mem.
Posted on 01/13/2026 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)
Pope Leo XIV Proclaims Franciscan Jubilee Year
Posted on 01/12/2026 23:52 PM (The Daily Register)
Gabon's leading prelate condemns ritual murders (Fides)
Posted on 01/12/2026 05:01 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“My heart is filled with sorrow for the ritual murders that are staining our beloved country with blood,” Bishop Jean Vincent Ondo Éyéne of Oyem said on the recent National Day for Combating All Forms of Violence and Attacks on Life. “I think of those who have been taken from life, whose bodies have been desecrated, and whose innocence has been broken.”
The central African nation of 2.5 million (map) is 84% Christian (52% Catholic) and 11% Muslim, with 3% adhering to ethnic religions.
Former Irish president says infant baptism violates human rights (Irish Times)
Posted on 01/12/2026 05:01 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Writing in Ireland’s leading newspaper, McAleese charged that infant baptism violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989).