In an unusual incident on Tuesday evening, Muslim and Christian residents of the town of al-Khader near Bethlehem clashed after Palestinian terrorists tried to hide from the Israel Defense Forces in
The pope was preaching at the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
Father Cosme Spessotto, Father Rutilio Grande, and two lay companions were declared blessed.
Cardinal Becciu is also charged with embezzlement and abuse of office. He has vigorously denied all the charges.
Cardinal Friedrich Wetter was archbishop of Munich and Freising from 1982 to 2007.
A Benedictine priest told a Jewish delegation visiting his monastery that the monks know the perpetrators of vandalism represented a small minority of radicalized Jews.
The people of Tonga have lost everything, and they will need time, help and prayers to recover from one of the most devastating volcanic eruptions in modern times, said Cardinal Michael Czerny.
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo said there is no other choice now but to turn to the international community to seek justice for victims of the 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka.
A Christian member of Parliament in Finland is on trial, fighting for freedom of speech and religion in court on Monday because she posted an image of a Bible passage to social media which condemns homosexuality.
The Catholic Church in Burkina Faso has renewed a campaign to stop the use of contraceptives as a form of family planning.
Catholic women religious in India have expressed support for a nun days after Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar was acquitted by a court of rape charges made by her.
