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Hong Kong’s new bishop promises bridge building, healing
THE newly installed Catholic bishop of Hong Kong has promised action to heal divisions within the Catholic community and wider...
Pope calls migrant crisis ‘shipwreck of civilisation’
By CNS and staff reporters POPE Francis has greeted refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos, saying the world needs...
Nigerian priest kidnapped by Fulani herdsmen ‘narrowly escaped death’
NIGERIAN priest Fr Bako Francis Awesuh remembers watching late-night television in mid-May when he heard gunshots outside. Speaking to Aid...
The US Supreme Court ready for the biggest abortion case in decades
CNS and staff reporters WHEN the United States Supreme Court hears oral arguments today for the biggest abortion case in...
End the war demands Ethiopian bishop whose region is under bombardment and suffering atrocities
AN Ethiopian bishop has called for an immediate end to aerial bombardment in Tigray, the Ethiopian region where a deadly...
Dominicans safe as buildings stoned and burned in Solomon Islands unrest
TWO dozen Dominican friars and sisters ministering on the Solomon Islands are safe despite extensive damage and fires across the...
Pope encourages young people to be the critical conscience of society
POPE Francis has told young people that, with Jesus, people can find the courage to swim against the current, to...
Catholics urge for greater protection, resettlement of Afghan refugees
ABOUT 600 leaders from Catholic communities across Australia have signed letters urging the Australian Government to step up protecting people...
Out of pain comes hope, Pope Francis says on World Day of the Poor
THE world passes and the Word remains, Pope Francis reminded the faithful in today’s Angelus commentary in St. Peter’s Square....
Bishops living in Amazon ask COP26 for actions to save planet
BISHOPS from the Amazon region are calling on world leaders at the U.N. Climate Change Conference to commit to protect...
Catholic campaigners join global marches to highlight the climate crisis
HUNDREDS of campaigners with the Church’s international aid agency in Britain, CAFOD, have joined in marches for climate justice in...
Pope prays for peace and victims of horrific explosion
POPE Francis on Sunday decried the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia and remembered victims from a fuel explosion in Sierra...
Bethlehem is back in business, waiting for tourists
WHEN Christy Zeidan, office manager of the Three Arches 2 souvenir shop, put the key in the door lock for...
Pope urges leaders at COP26 to be courageous in tackling climate change
EDUCATION, a change in lifestyles and a model of development focused "on fraternity and on the covenant between human beings...
Cathedral funeral for filmmaker “hero” Max Stahl
FILMMAKER and journalist Max Stahl, whose film footage of Indonesian troops firing on protesters in East Timor in 1991, brought...
Sudan bishop says military coup was predictable
The military coup in Sudan that sidetracked the country's path toward democratic rule was predictable and not unexpected, the president of the Sudan Catholic...
Children from all over the world pray the Rosary for peace
HUNDREDS of thousands of children from all over the world prayed the Rosary for peace on October 18. The “One...
It takes a lot of faith to do science, Jesuit astronomer says
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service ACCORDING to a self-described "fanatic" about science and "a bit of a nerd" for...
Catholic Church will be ‘everywhere’ at COP26
EVEN though Pope Francis will not attend the 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in person, the Vatican delegation...
Francis hopes to visit Papua New Guinea, East Timor
POPE Francis said he hopes to continue traveling next year, including making visits to countries in Oceania and Southeast Asia....
Persistent little boy steals the show at Pope Francis’ weekly audience
WE must behave like children to enter the Kingdom of God. After a little boy spontaneously ran up to him...
Without the Eucharist, ‘we would lack faith to face’ daily problems, Archbishop says
AFTER the Crucifixion, Christians "gathered for Mass in secret" because they knew they could not live without the Eucharist, retired...
Amidst kidnappings and poverty, a Vatican cry for help for Haiti
A TOP Vatican official visiting Haiti has described the suffering and misery of the people there, just as a gang...
Chinese bishop who braved Cultural Revolution dies at 99
A retired Chinese bishop, persecuted and forced to spend years in labour camps during the Cultural Revolution, and who later...
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