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Sexual abuse has cast a long shadow over the German Catholic Church in the past 12 years. Now, it is overshadowing the third Synodal Assembly, in which delegates face pressure to deliver immediate and tangible results.
Vowing to remain stationed at the U.S.-Canada border, truckers with the so-called “Freedom Convoy” were captured on video Monday reciting the Lord’s Prayer as they gathered inside a nearby restaurant.
Churches have issued a joint call to the UK government to do more to find a diplomatic solution in Myanmar a year after the elected government was overthrown.
A group of doctors and healthcare professionals has welcomed the government U-turn on mandatory vaccination for frontline healthcare workers in England.
In what police called a "terrorist act," two unidentified men followed a pastor returning home in his car after a Sunday worship service and shot him to death in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, which in 2013 was the scene of one of the deadliest attacks on Christians in the country.
The international human rights group Amnesty International released a 211-page report labeling Israel as an apartheid state. Israeli critics say that the report basically says the Jewish State shouldn’t exist.
The feast of St. Brigid of Kildare, Ireland’s female patron saint, will be a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland beginning in 2023, it was recently announced.
Within the past two weeks, the Iranian-backed Houthis have fired ballistic missiles at the United Arab Emirates. It’s a sign this group has emerged as a major player in the Middle East.
On Monday British Archbishop Paul Gallagher began a 5-day trip to Lebanon that will have political, ecclesial, and pastoral implications as the country struggles to overcome a crippling financial and social crisis.
At the core of the Great Commission is the call for believers to scatter themselves to a world in need. As a worker serving in Asia, I see a wonderful picture of this happening each winter when it’s time to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Lunar New Year is the…
