By Salvatore Cernuzio Vatican City, March 28, 2022: Following Pope Francis’ two audiences with delegations of Canada’s Métis and Inuit peoples, members of the Métis Nation say the Pope sought to listen to the stories of survivors of residential schools. “Truth, justice, healing, reconciliation.” Those words express the goals whichContinue Reading
By Devin Watkins Vatican City, March 26, 2022: Pope Francis On March 25 prayed the Act of Consecration of humanity, especially of Russia and Ukraine, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The consecration took place at the annual “24 Hours for the Lord” Lenten penitential service at 5 pm inContinue Reading
Vatican City, March 16, 2022: Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow on March 16 asserted there is no justification for a just war in modern times. This was stated during their video call held to discuss the war in Ukraine, and urge Church leaders to use theContinue Reading
Ukraine, March 13, 2022: A Russian bomb landed near a Ukrainian Orthodox monastery sheltering refugees just hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky said he’s ready to hold peace talks with Russia in Jerusalem. Svyatogorsk Lavra, an Orthodox Christian monastery in the Donetsk region that has sheltered more than 500 people sinceContinue Reading
By Alex Collett London, March 9, 2022: Just one in five Christian women in the United Kingdom claim females should not be in authority over men in Church leadership. That’s one finding from a new survey conducted by Premier with more than 800 women from across the country. It alsoContinue Reading
By Gerard O’Connell Vatican City, March 6, 2022: “Rivers of blood and of tears are flowing in Ukraine,” Pope Francis said March 6 as he made a passionate and robust appeal for an end to the war in Ukraine that has now entered its 11th day. He called for aContinue Reading
Kiev, March 6, 2022: The head of the largest Eastern-rite Catholic Church has appealed to the international community to help create humanitarian corridors, so innocent civilians can move to safer places and humanitarian aid can reach those bearing the brunt of Russia’s “horrific and bloody war.” Major Archbishop Sviatoslav ShevchuContinue Reading
Islamabad, March 4, 2022: The 11th anniversary of the assassination of Pakistan’s former federal Minister for Minority Affairs, Shahbaz Bhatti, was marked with an online event celebrating his life and legacy in the struggle for freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in Pakistan. Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian, was assassinated inContinue Reading
Vatican City, Mar 4, 2022: Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan in July, the Vatican announced March 3. The Holy See press office said the Pope would visit the African nations July 2-7, “at the invitation of their respective heads of state andContinue Reading
By Jo Siedlecka Lviv, Feb 26, 2022: While thousands of people are fleeing the arrival of Russian tanks and missiles in Ukraine, many priests and religious are staying back to look after those unable to leave. The Don Orione missionaries in Lviv have turned their monastery into a reception centerContinue Reading