Detroit: The archbishop of Detroit says face masks are no longer mandatory inside Roman Catholic churches in southeastern Michigan for people who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus. Archbishop Allen Vigneron said May 19 that anyone who hasn’t been vaccinated must still wear masks at Mass and other church services.Continue Reading
By Lise Alves Sao Paulo: A new species of screech owl was recently discovered deep in the Amazon forest by a multinational team of researchers from Brazil, Finland and the United States. Dubbed the Xingu screech owl, the little creature was given a scientific name of Megascops stangiae in honorContinue Reading
By Joe Bukuras Washington D.C.: Six days a week on busy Washington Street in Norwood, Massachusetts, Catholic barber Elias Elsayah can be found clipping hair and changing lives. Now a barber for eight years, Elsayah converts the hearts of many with his own miraculous conversion story. From their chair atContinue Reading
Gaza City: The sole Catholic priest in the Gaza Strip has warned of the severity of the recent violence between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. More than 200 people have died in Gaza, 59 of whom are children, the BBC reports. In Israel, 10 have died, ofContinue Reading
Vatican City, Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Stephen Chow, S.J. as the next bishop of Hong Kong. Chow, 61, has served as the provincial of the Jesuits’ Chinese Province since 2018. In that role, he led the Jesuit order in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and mainland China as the Vatican-ChinaContinue Reading
Women religious of UNANIMA International have launched a new publication with the results of their research on links between human trafficking and family homelessness. At the launch of ‘The Intersections of Family Homelessness and Human Trafficking,’ in an international webinar on 11 May, speakers from Australia, Philippines, India, Italy, Albania,Continue Reading
Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Sunday for Burmese Catholics, urging them not to lose hope as their homeland is engulfed by violence. In his homily in St. Peter’s Basilica May 16, the pope encouraged people not to fall into despair as security forces in Burma repress protests following a militaryContinue Reading
Laos: A Christian pastor, held in police detention in the Southeast Asian country of Laos for a year, has been spared jail after he was made to sign documents swearing not to preach until 2022. A court convicted Sithon Thippavong, 35, in April of “disrupting unity” and “creating disorder” afterContinue Reading
Gaza City: At least 10 member of a Palestinian family – two women and eight children – have been killed by an Israeli air raid on their home in the Shati refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, following the fifth night of relentless bombardment of the besieged enclave. In theContinue Reading
Atlanta: The only person to survive the Atlanta mass shooting that left eight people dead in the city of Georgia has said he wants the killer to be “ultimately judged by God.” Elcias Hernandez-Ortiz made the remarks after a prosecutor announced she will be pursuing the death penalty for RobertContinue Reading