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Welcome to the 'home' for American priests in Rome
April 9, 2026 - 11:40amVatican News takes an inside look at 'Casa Santa Maria' of the Pontifical North American College, the home away from home for American priests to live and pray together during their studies in Rome, that leaves them 'tremendously enriched' and ready for their mission back home, and contributes to their always falling more in love with the faith and the Lord.
Congregation of Holy Cross lives missionary revival through new mission
April 9, 2026 - 10:29amHeading Pope Francis’ call to go to the peripheries, the Holy Family Mission in Papua New Guinea has revived the missionary charism of the Congregation of Holy Cross to cross borders in hope.
Pope Leo XIV: A pilgrim in Africa
April 9, 2026 - 9:57amThe Director of the Holy See Press Office presents Pope Leo’s upcoming Apostolic Journey to Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea: an itinerary marked by the richness and diversity of histories, cultures and traditions.
UNICEF in Iran: Despite ceasefire, violence will have lasting effects on children
April 9, 2026 - 5:41amAs the U.S.-Israeli ceasefire appears to hold in Iran, UNICEF outlines the ongoing danger and impact this war has and will continue to have on children as they “bear the brunt of the conflict.”
‘Even just one of these children’ announced as title of World Migrants Day
April 9, 2026 - 5:37amPope Leo XIV releases the theme for the 2026 World Day of Migrants and Refugees, which focuses on the need for pastoral care for minors on the move.
Parish Flocknote
Divine Mercy Sunday
April 8, 2026 - 2:01pmOn Sunday, April 12, 2026, we celebrate the Feast of Divine Mercy, a feast day added to the liturgical calendar by St. John Paul II to celebrate the overwhelming mercy of Jesus Christ. In recognition of this very special day, the...Wayne Eultgen and Ellie Watt
April 6, 2026 - 9:01amWayne Eultgen One of our long-time parishioners Wayne Eulgten died this past week. His Funeral will be this coming Tuesday, April 7 at 10:00 am in the Cathedra Basilica of St. Louis. Fortified with the sacraments of Holy Mother...Holy Week Reminder
April 1, 2026 - 2:02pmHoly Thursday — April 2 Chrism Mass: 10:00 a.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper: 7:00 p.m. Tenebrae: Following Mass (approximately 9:00 p.m.) Basilica closes at midnight (All Holy Thursday Masses will be livestreamed) Good Friday...Palm Sunday
March 27, 2026 - 2:01pmDear Parishioners, On Palm Sunday, we go up the mountain with Jesus towards the Temple, accompanying Him on His ascent. The procession which normally takes place before the Mass is meant, then, to be an image of something...Stations of the Cross change in Time
March 27, 2026 - 9:41amPlease note that the Stations of the Cross on Friday, March 27 will take place at 6:00 PM instead of 7:00 PM due to the Cathedral Concert later this evening. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to praying...
National Catholic Register
Noting Pope Leo’s Key Overtures to Spain and Monaco
April 9, 2026 - 4:24pm
Pope Leo waves to the faithful in Monaco during his one-day visit on March 28, 2026.
COMMENTARY: Both events indicate what has become a key theme of the new pontificate: easing frictions and tensions.
US Births Declined Slightly in 2025, CDC Reports
April 9, 2026 - 3:46pm
The general fertility rate in the U.S. dropped 1% in 2025, per the CDC.
The report reflects the ongoing gradual decline in U.S. births that has persisted for most of the past two decades, only interrupted by a modest uptick in 2024.
Catholic Moral Theologians Worry for Civilians Amid Shaky Iran Ceasefire, Trump Rhetoric
April 9, 2026 - 3:43pm
A man walks through a shop that was destroyed by an Israeli drone strike on April 8, 2026, in Sidon, Lebanon.
The fighting is paused for about two weeks, but Trump’s threats against civilian infrastructure alarm Catholic moral theologians, who emphasize that it is immoral to intentionally harm noncombatants.
Pope’s Cameroon Visit Puts Archbishop Nkea in the Spotlight
April 9, 2026 - 1:54pm
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Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea of Bamenda, Cameroon
The archbishop of Bamenda is a rising star in the Catholic Church in Cameroon and beyond.
US Officials Continue to Defend Iranian Conflict Amid Criticism From Top Catholic Leaders
April 9, 2026 - 1:53pm
A man checks the site of an Israeli airstrike on April 9, 2026, that targeted a religious Shiite complex the day before in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Sidon.
The government allegedly demanded earlier in the year that the Vatican throw support behind U.S. military actions.
First Things
Ralph Lauren, American Patriot
January 21, 2025 - 5:00amOn January 4 , President Joe Biden honored nineteen individuals with the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor. While one could argue that some were less deserving of the award than others, I believe that one honoree deserved it without question: Ralph Lauren, a living embodiment of the American dream who in turn made America his muse. His designs pay homage to the cowboy, the soldier, the Ivy Leaguer. For Lauren, no aspect of the American character isn’t worth celebrating—a welcome contrast to the self-loathing that usually pervades the upper echelons of society.
Begging Your Pardon
January 20, 2025 - 5:00amWho attempts to overthrow a government without weapons? Why would the alleged leader of an insurrection authorize military force to protect the government, and why would the alleged insurrection victims countermand that authorization? How do people who listen to speeches about democratic procedures and election integrity in one location transform into enemies of the Constitution after walking a mile and a half to the east? Who believes that interrupting a vote would overturn a government? If there was an attempted insurrection, why would a notoriously creative and aggressive prosecutor fail to find any basis for filing insurrection charges?
To Hell With Notre Dame?
January 20, 2025 - 5:00amI first visited the University of Notre Dame du Lac (to use its proper inflated style) in 2017 as a guest of some friends in the law school. By then I had already hated the place for more or less my entire life. For me, Notre Dame was synonymous with the Roman Catholic Church as I had known her in childhood: dated folk art aesthetics (has anyone ever written about how ugly the buildings are?), the Breaking Bread missalette, the so-called “Celtic” Alleluia, the thought (though not the actual writings) of Fr. Richard McBrien, jolly fat Knights of Columbus in their blue satin jackets, avuncular permanent deacons named Tom, Pat, or, occasionally, Dave. At the age of twenty-seven, I expected to find preserved something of the religious atmosphere of the middle years of John Paul II’s papacy: the quiet half-acknowledged sense of desperation, the all-pervading horror of unbelief that could never be allowed formally to take shape among the grandchildren of European immigrants who had done well for themselves in the professions—perhaps too well.
The Mercurial Bob Dylan
January 17, 2025 - 5:00amThere’s a version of Bob Dylan for everyone: small-town boy from Duluth, Minnesota; scrappy folk troubadour of Greenwich Village; electric rock poet who defied expectations at Newport; introspective born-again Christian; Nobel Laureate. As any journalist who has interviewed him will attest, Dylan is an enigma. Capturing the whole man is harder than making a bead of mercury sit still in one’s palm.
The Theology of Music
January 17, 2025 - 5:00amÉ lisabeth-Paule Labat (1897–1975) was an accomplished pianist and composer when she entered the abbey of Saint-Michel de Kergonan in her early twenties. She devoted her later years to writing theology and an “Essay on the Mystery of Music,” published a decade ago as The Song That I Am , translated by Erik Varden . It’s a brilliant and beautiful essay, but what sets it apart from most explorations of music is its deeply theological character.
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Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea - Statistics
April 9, 2026 - 8:49amStatistics of the Catholic Church in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024 (from the Central Office of Church Statistics)
Table 1 – Population and ecclesiastic structure in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024
Table 2 - People engaged in activities of the apostolate in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024
Table 3 - Indicators of pastoral workload in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024
Table 4 – Priestly vocations in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024
Table 5 - Educational centres owned / managed by ecclesiastics or religious in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024
Table 6 - Charitable and social centres owned / managed by ecclesiastics or religious in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024
The following are some statistical data regarding the situation of the Catholic Church in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024:
Table 1 – Population and ecclesiastic structure in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024
Algeria
Cameroon
Angola
Equatorial Guinea
Area (km²)
2,381,741
475,442
1,246,700
28,051
Population
(in thousands)
46,794
28,759
35,122
1,669
Density (inhabitants/Km 2 )
20
60
28
59
Catholics (in thousands)
9
8,303
20,310
1,248
Catholics per 100 inhabitants
0.02
28.87
57.83
74.78
Ecclesiastical circumscriptions
4
26
20
5
Parishes
29
1,426
519
99
Other pastoral centres
5
3,019
1,483
568
Catholics per pastoral centre
257
1,868
10,145
1,871
Table 2 - People engaged in activities of the apostolate in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024
Algeria
Cameroon
Angola
Equatorial Guinea
Bishops¹
9
35
27
6
Diocesan priests
12
2,388
1,007
172
Religious priests
48
912
504
93
Priests in total
60
3,300
1,511
265
Permanent deacons
1
21
18
3
Men religious (other than professed priests)
18
260
340
28
Professed women religious
105
3,331
2,460
169
Members of Secular Institutes
-
33
8
1
Lay missionaries
20
108
43
19
Catechists
6
26,328
56,559
790
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¹ Situation as of 28.02.2026
Table 3 - Indicators of pastoral workload in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024
Algeria
Cameroon
Angola
Equatorial Guinea
Catholics per priest
146
2.516
13,441
4,709
Catholics per pastoral worker
41
248
333
974
Priests per pastoral centre
1.76
0.74
0.76
0.40
Priests per 100 people engaged in activities of the apostolate
30.9
10.0
2.5
21.2
Table 4 – Priestly vocations in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024
Algeria
Cameroon
Angola
Equatorial Guinea
Minor seminarians
-
1,831
1,598
52
Major seminarians
4
2,218
2,366
105
Major seminarians per 100,000 inhabitants
0.01
7.71
6.74
6.29
Major seminarians per 100,000 Catholics
45.77
26.71
11.65
8.41
Major seminarians per 100 priests
6.67
67.21
156.59
39.62
Table 5 - Educational centres owned / managed by ecclesiastics or religious in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024
Algeria
Cameroon
Angola
Equatorial Guinea
Schools:
- Pre-school and primary
3
1,668
389
86
- Middle and secondary
2
276
131
31
- Higher education and universities
9
34
10
3
Students of:
- Pre-school and primary
230
299,586
321,122
17,617
- Middle and secondary
100
127,871
121,218
8,129
- Higher education and universities
2,617
15,842
24,233
112
Table 6 - Charitable and social centres owned / managed by ecclesiastics or religious in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024
Algeria
Cameroon
Angola
Equatorial Guinea
Hospitals
-
59
48
-
Clinics
1
279
76
9
Leper colonies
-
7
7
1
Homes for the elderly and disabled
2
12
12
3
Orphanages and nurseries
5
42
112
6
Family consultation centres
1
21
5
-
Special social education or rehabilitation centres
-
30
5
1
Other institutions
9
138
70
15Resignations and Appointments
April 9, 2026 - 5:17amResignation and appointment of apostolic nuncio in Germany
Resignation of bishop of Nicopolis, Bulgaria, and appointment of apostolic administrator sede vacante
Appointment of members of the Dicastery for Communication
Resignation and appointment of apostolic nuncio in Germany
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the office of apostolic nuncio in Germany, upon reaching the age limit, presented by Archbishop Nikola Eterović, and has appointed Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen, titular of Novaliciana, until now apostolic nuncio in Kenya, as apostolic nuncio in Germany.
Resignation of bishop of Nicopolis, Bulgaria, and appointment of apostolic administrator sede vacante
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Nicopolis, Bulgaria, presented by Bishop Strahil Veselinov Kavalenov, and has appointed Bishop Rumen Ivanov Stanev of Sofia and Plovdiv as apostolic administrator sede vacante of the same circumscription.
Appointment of members of the Dicastery for Communication
The Holy Father has appointed the following as members of the Dicastery for Communication: Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches; Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap., archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, president of the Symposium des Conférences Episcopales d’Afrique et de Madagascar ; Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B., archbishop of Rabat, Morocco; Cardinal Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão, archbishop of Goa and Damão, India, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences ; Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education; Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for Fundamental Questions regarding Evangelization in the World; Archbishop Ryan Jimenez P. of Agaña, Guam; Bishop Bernardin Francis Mfumbasa of Kondoa, Tanzania, president of the Pan African Episcopal Committee for Communications ; Bishop Marcelino Antonio M. Maralit of San Pablo, Philippines, president of the Office of Social Communications of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences ; Bishop Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A., auxiliary bishop and vicar general of Cuzco, Peru, secretary general of the Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano y Caribeño ; the Reverend Father Roberto Pasolini, O.F.M. Cap., preacher of the Papal Household; and the distinguished Dr. Helen Osman, president of SIGNIS.Notice of Briefing
April 9, 2026 - 5:13amToday , Thursday 9 April 2026 , at 13.00 , at the Holy See Press Office, Via della Conciliazione 54, the Director Matteo Bruni will give a briefing to present the programme of the Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea , from 13 to 23 April 2026.
Remote participation
Journalists and media operators who wish to participate in the Briefing remotely must apply, no later than two hours before the event, via the Holy See Press Office online accreditation system at https://press.vatican.va/accreditamenti , selecting the event: Briefing Viaggio Apostolico Algeria, Camerun, Angola e Guinea Equatoriale .
During the request phase, please select the option “Sì” in the box “Partecipazione da remoto”.
Journalists and media operators who are admitted will receive confirmation of participation via the online accreditation system and, at the same time, the link to access the virtual platform and participate actively in the Briefing, with the possibility to ask questions.l
Participation in person
Journalists and media operators who wish to participate in the Briefing in person must apply, no later than 24 hours before the event, via the Holy See Press Office online accreditation system at https://press.vatican.va/accreditamenti , selecting the event: Briefing Viaggio Apostolico Algeria, Camerun, Angola e Guinea Equatoriale .
Journalists and media operators who are admitted will receive confirmation of participation via the online accreditation system.
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Journalists and media operators accredited for the Briefing are advised to arrive 30 minutes before the start time.Audiences
April 9, 2026 - 5:09amThis morning, the Holy Father received in audience:
- Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, titular of Sepino, apostolic nuncio in the United States of America;
- Dr. Federico Antellini Russo, director of the Supervisory and Financial Information Authority;
- Mr. Carlo De Benedetti, national coordinator of the Cursillos de Cristiandad in Italy;
- Ms. Chiara Amirante, founder of the Nuovi Orizzonti (New Horizons) Foundation;
- Athletes of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games;
- Mr. David M. Axelrod, and entourage.Press Release of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development: Title of the Message for the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees
April 9, 2026 - 5:09amTitle of the Message for the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees
“Even just one of these children”
His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has chosen “Even just one of these children” as the title for his message for the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, making clear reference to the Gospel according to Matthew: “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me” ( Mt 18:5). With this choice, the Holy Father intends to express the Church’s concern for minors directly involved in migration, recalling the duty to welcome each one of them as the Gospel teaches us.
This is not the first time that the Popes have spoken authoritatively on this issue, but the current migration situation presents new challenges that seriously threaten the rights and dignity of the youngest among us and require urgent and effective responses. Therefore, this is not a matter of discussing numbers or percentages, because “even just one” has the highest value.