The Center for World Catholicism & Intercultural Theology (CWCIT) at DePaul University is a center of research & reflection on the Church in the global South.
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We're very proud to partner w/the Vatican's Dicastery for Evangelization on "The Church of the Sheaves," a new global formation program co-directed by our own @stanchuilo; it kicked off last week in Rome with its 1st international conference. LEARN MORE: fides.org/en/news/78324
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Meeting with Church foundations that assist Eastern Christians, Pope Leo XIV calls for dialogue between culture and history in search for an “unarmed and disarming peace.”
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"The Church teaches clearly that refugees and asylum seekers should be protected. This means access to fair processes, due consideration of their claims, and humane treatment while their cases are evaluated."
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A Catholic filmmaking initiative is training marginalized young people in Africa for screen roles and drawing on their experiences to develop stories, according to Nigerian-born member of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), Fr. Cyril Odia.
Speaking to ACI Africa in Nairobi on October 29, the Executive Producer of The Oratory, the Nigerian-produced Catholic film inspired by St. Don Bosco’s mission to vulnerable young people, said developing talent among young people with limited access to the film industry was part of the project’s purpose.
More: aciafrica.org/news/25063/cat…
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Il noto cantautore e poeta @bobdylan, @NobelPrize per la letteratura, in tour con tappa anche a Roma, è stato ricevuto oggi nel Palazzo Apostolico da Leone XIV. Il Pontefice ne aveva citato i versi nella prefazione di un libro sul disarmo
Leggi qui ⬇️
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On Friday, I will travel to South America to visit #Uruguay, #Argentina, and #Peru. I entrust myself to your prayers, so that this journey may strengthen faith, renew hope, rekindle the fire of charity, and encourage us to continue joyfully proclaiming the Gospel. #ApostolicJourney
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What makes a home? 🏠
For Momo Rakhain, working with displaced people in the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh has shown her that home is much more than a physical place.
Watch her story, part of Saints and Samaritans, Caritas Internationalis' 2026 campaign.
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“Politics that tends to the wounds of peoples and of those who suffer injustice offers grounds for hope for the future of humanity,” the Pope highlighted.
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In his catechesis for the Wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo XIV focuses on how Christians can engage in economic and political life in order to build peace, as he continues his reflection on the 1965 Pastoral Constitution 'Gaudium et Spes.'
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Good news from #Burundi: #Missio’s training programme, delivered by PCI, has been extended by a month to complete its work on active nonviolence. So far, 1,791 sisters and 4,865 young people have received training. More in our latest newsletter ➡️ paxchristi.net/pax-christi-a…
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Through work, one develops as a person, provides for family needs, expresses one’s own talent, participates in social life, and builds a better world by collaborating in God’s creative work. The real challenge is to offer everyone opportunities to make the most of their abilities. Unemployment, exploitation, and working conditions that endanger health and life itself are unacceptable (Gaudium et Spes, 67). #GeneralAudience
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NEW: Will County, Illinois, election officials confirm they received Pope Leo XIV’s ballot today, completing the historic first vote cast in a democratic election by a reigning pope in the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year history.
Leo has said Catholics cannot be “unengaged spectators.”
Over the past 18 months, he has clashed with the Trump administration over the Iran war, immigration raids, the death penalty, and climate change. thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope…
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At dawn on Oct. 29, people were already lining up outside the Catholic Cathedral of God the Merciful Father in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. By morning, about 2,000 had gathered for bread, among them children carrying empty bags, some without their parents. bit.ly/4ixdAbg
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Saint Martin de Porres, pray for us! franciscanmedia.org/saint-of…
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In Uruguay, Holy Week is officially Tourism Week. Christmas is the Day of the Family, and the Dec. 8 feast of the Immaculate Conception became the Day of the Beaches.
But when Pope Leo XIV visits Latin America, his journey will bring him before a small Marian image that Uruguay’s determined secularization could never entirely separate from the country’s national identity.
Thankful to @OSVNews and @Guzik_Paulina for allowing me to write a handful of articles about Pope Leo coming to Latin America!
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Celebrate Black Catholic History Month by learning about the long, rich history of Black Catholics in the Archdiocese of Boston.
Watch Hidden in Plain Sight now on YouTube. 📺 Watch now at bit.ly/HiddenInPlainSightDoc
#BlackCatholic #BostonCatholic #EvangelizeBoston
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Catholics should raise our voices—and the church should use its considerable influence—to prevent coerced institutionalization from becoming the future for our brothers and sisters who have disabilities.
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Pope Leo XIV’s Message for the 41° #WYD has been published! 😇
“Take courage: I have overcome the world!” (cf. Jn 16:33) is the verse that guides Pope Leo XIV’s Message for this 41st World Youth Day. 🇰🇷
#LaityFamilyLife #WYD #PopeLeoXIV #Seoul2027
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join this information session and learn more about this program.
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The $100 million project, expected to take about 15 years, is reviving centuries-old masonry techniques to create a self-sustaining monastery complex that will eventually house up to 40 sisters.
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Looking for a research opportunity?
CWCIT's accepting applications for its 2027-28 and 2028-29 research fellowships, offering a monthly stipend, travel reimbursement to/from Chicago, office space, support, and library access.
Applications due January 1 on go.depaul.edu/CWCITfellowshi…
