Vatican City, June 6, 2022: Pope Francis has expressed his “spiritual closeness” to Nigerian Catholics mourning the victims of a massacre at a church on Pentecost Sunday. A telegram sent on the pope’s behalf said that he was praying “for the conversion of those blinded by hatred and violence.” InContinue Reading
By Giampaolo Mattei Vatican City, June 4, 2022: Members of World Taekwondo, the International federation governing the sport, paid a visit to the Vatican with the aim of promoting efforts towards a “culture of encounter” that remove “patterns of confrontation,” including through sports. Federation president Chungwon Choue on June 3Continue Reading
Islamabad, June 1, 2022: Following a petition of the National Human Rights Commission (NCHR), the Punjab Department of General Services and Administration May end put a stop to the mention of the religion of candidates in public advertisements for jobs. For years, Pakistani civil society organizations have criticized employment advertisementsContinue Reading
Nikhil Gomes Dhaka: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh (CBCB) celebrated its Golden Jubilee at Mohammadpur, Dhaka, on May 27. The CBCB was established in 1971 and completed 50 years in 2021, but celebrations were withheld due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario, former Archbishop of Dhaka, Bishops, priests,Continue Reading
Bangui, May 29, 2022: The National Assembly of the Central African Republic has passed a law to abolish the death penalty. It now awaits the endorsement by President Faustin Archange Touadéra. The last official execution in the Central African Republic took place in 1981. In the intervening period, the justiceContinue Reading
Rome, May 26, 2022: Two priests serving in the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, northern Nigeria, have been abducted after unidentified gunmen attacked their residence. According to media reports, the kidnappers stormed St. Patrick Catholic Church in Katsina state in the early hours of May 25, seizing Fathers Stephen Ojapa andContinue Reading
Vatican City, May 21, 2022: Pope Francis said Saturday that Catholic schools should not be Christian in name only, but in fact. Speaking to the De La Salle Christian Brothers, the pope underlined that Christians educators must first of all be witnesses to the Gospel. “The Christian educator, in theContinue Reading
Managua, May 23, 2022: A Nicaraguan bishop critical of President Daniel Ortega’s government has begun an indefinite hunger strike after taking refuge in a Catholic church in the capital Managua, alleging he had been targeted by the police. Bishop Rolando Alvarez of Matagalpa and Esteli in the north of theContinue Reading
Mexico: Father Jose Guadalupe Rivas 58, and another unidentified person have been found dead on a ranch in Tecate, on the US Mexico border. Father Jose ran the Casa del Migrante de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Tecate (Baja California). He was a member of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal MovementContinue Reading
By Giancarlo La Vella Jerusalem, May 17, 2022: All Christian denominations in the Holy Land have condemned a violent intrusion by the Israeli police in the funeral procession carrying the body of slain reporter, Shireen Abu Aqleh. Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilus III, the bishopsContinue Reading
