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• Missionary from India named Canadian archbishop (Edmonton Journal)
  Pope Leo XIV has appointed Father Susai Jesu, OMI, as archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Canada (map). Born and ordained in India, the priest began to minister in Canadian parishes in 2009. The appointment “was shocking for me,” said Father Jesu. “I went to the church and spent almost one and a half hours kneeling before […]
• Pope calls for liturgical, biblical formation (Dicastery for Communication)
  In an address to diocesan liturgical pastoral workers, Pope Leo XIV called upon dioceses and parishes to “initiate biblical and liturgical courses” where they are not present. “Ensure that instituted lectors and those who regularly read the Scriptures at celebrations are thoroughly prepared,” said the Pope. “Basic biblical knowledge, clear diction, the ability to sing […]
• Leading Spanish bishops meet with Pontiff (Vatican News (Spanish))
  Pope Leo XIV met with leaders of the Spanish Episcopal Conference for an hour on November 17. Archbishop Luis Argüello of Valladolid, the conference’s president, said that the prelates discussed evangelization, dwindling numbers of religious, immigration, missionary priests from Latin America and Africa, and reparations for sexual abuse victims. Commenting on the investigation into an […]
• Islamist rebels kill patients, set fire to Catholic health clinic in DR Congo (Vatican News)
  Members of the Allied Democratic Forces, an Islamist rebel group, attacked a diocesan health clinic in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Islamists “massacred patients, and then set the entire facility ablaze, killing several women in the maternity ward,” according to Vatican News, the news agency of the Vatican’s Dicastery for […]