CatholicPhilly presents a weekly roundup of international news from Vatican News, the official news portal of the Holy See. The following report on the week of Feb. 15, 2026 links to stories on ...

Addis Ababa, February 20, 2026 (ENA) –The President of the Pan-African Tourism Board (PATB), Mariam Lesian, has recognized Ethiopia as a leading model for tourism development in Africa, citing the ...

As Lent begins, Catholic leaders across Eastern Africa are urging prayers -- and action -- for millions facing a deepening drought crisis.

By Bezawit Bogale As the Catholic Church enters the season of Lent, Cardinal Abune Berhaneyesus, CM, President of the ...

I work for the Plattsburgh State Art Museum as a gallery attendant, and I found a personal connection to an Ethiopian healing scroll in the permanent collection. The scroll is about five feet long and ...

This past Jan. 15 — ironically, on the actual birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. — the 2025 Nobel laureate for peace, Maria Corina Machado, took her prize medal, encased in a gold (of course) and ...

The life of St. Josephine Bakhita, who endured enslavement as a child in Sudan before becoming a Canossian religious sister, ...

The Trump administration has unleashed a crackdown, rounding up immigrants, especially its African diaspora. The Africa ...

More than 300 members of the Wolaita community, an ethnic group from southern Ethiopia, are facing expulsion from Mandera County. Local leaders had directed them to leave the area by February 5, 2026, ...

You can’t really understand Jerusalem without understanding its Ethiopians. Not the postcard version, not the surface-level “diversity” narrative – the actual ...

A Northern Virginia church is scrambling to find a place for its congregants to pray and gather, after its roof collapsed earlier this week from heavy snow.