After five years holding Mass in a gymnasium, Charlotte’s only Black Catholic church could spend more than $6 million to repair parish buildings.
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Pope Leo recalls Francis’ legacy of generosity, mercy for Church and world
Aboard the flight from Angola to Equatorial Guinea, Pope Leo XIV recalls his predecessor Pope Francis on the first anniversary of his death, saying the late Pope “gave so much through his life and his closeness to the poor.”
By Salvatore Cernuzio – Aboard papal plane | Vatican News
“On this first anniversary of his death, I would like to remember Pope Francis, who left so much, who gave so much to the Church through his life, his witness, his words, and his gestures. He did so by truly living closeness to the poorest, to the least, to the sick, to children, and to the elderly.”
Pope Leo XIV heads to Catholic shrine in Angola that was a center of African slave trade
By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press
LUANDA, Angola — Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for Angolans to fight the “scourge of corruption” with a culture of justice as he opened a poignant day in his African odyssey that will take the American pope to an epicenter of the African slave trade.
Pope Leo XIV honors Algeria’s martyrs, encourages small Catholic community
ALGIERS — Pope Leo XIV honored the memory of Algeria’s Christian martyrs Monday evening, telling the country’s tiny Catholic community that the blood of those who died for their faith remains “a living seed that never ceases to bear fruit.”
Bishop Simon Peter Engurait Is First African Catholic Bishop Named in U.S.
From EWTN News In Depth
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Simon Peter Engurait as the Bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana, making him the first African U.S. Catholic Bishop — he sits down with Mark Irons.