CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS): The crisis in Zimbabwe, where white-owned farms have been invaded by people demanding land, has raised concerns that a similar situation could arise in neighbouring South Africa...

JERUSALEM (CNS): In a joint Easter message, the heads of Christian communities in Jerusalem noted the encouraging "manifestations of (Christian) solidarity" which have taken place during the Jubilee Year in the Holy City...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Though a religious organisation, the Vatican extends its international diplomatic concern to all people, not just believers, Pope John Paul II said...

BELFAST Northern Ireland (CNS): In a Holy Week gesture of reconciliation, a former member of the Irish Republican Army washed the feet of his one-time enemy, a former member of the Ulster Volunteer Force...

VATICAN CITY (Zenit): The Vatican has called on the international community to intervene against prostitution and other exploitation of women, children, and illegal immigrants...

ORLANDO, Florida (CNS): The 100,000 East Timorese refugees residing in Indonesian-controlled western Timor must be allowed to return to their country and not be forced to resettle in other parts of Indonesia, apostolic administrator of Dili, Bishop Carlos Belo said...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II has accepted the resignation of prominent 75 year-old Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia of San Cristobal de las Casas in Mexico, and has named the bishop of another diocese in the Mexican state of Chiapas to replace him...

Pope John Paul II completed his long-desired pilgrimage to the Holy Land on March 26, in which he preached peace and reconciliation among the region's peoples and religions...

Pope John Paul II will travel to Fatima, Portugal, in May to beatify two shepherd children who had visions of Mary in 1917, a Vatican official confirmed...