Pope Francis congratulates Italy’s president on re-election
Sergio Mattarella, 80, was elected for a second seven-year term as Italy's president on Saturday.
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Brian Houston steps down as global senior pastor of Hillsong
Brian Houston has stepped down as the leader of the global multisite Hillsong Church saying he will remain absent for the rest of this year as he faces trial for allegedly concealing sex abuse committed by his father decades earlier. Phil and Lucinda Dooley will be new interim global pastors.
Ukraine Baptists Prepare for Possible Russian Invasion
Baptists in Western Ukraine have made plans to shelter fellow believers in the case of a Russian invasion at Ukraine’s eastern border, a Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary graduate who now leads a Baptist seminary in Ukraine told Baptist Press.
'Regain Our Freedoms': Trucker Convoy Arrives in Canadian Capital to Protest Government's Vaccine Mandate
A convoy of Canadian truckers opposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates made their way to Ottawa on Saturday where freedom rallies are taking place in the country's capital.
Hundreds of human rights groups call for action ahead of Beijing Winter Olympics
Over 240 organisations have called for action on human rights abuses in China days before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The terrible reality for women in Afghanistan under the Taliban
My daughter is afraid. Anything can happen in Afghanistan now.
In Latin America, Black Catholics often feel invisible and ignored
Crux,Outside of Brazil and the Caribbean, Those with African ancestry in Latin America are widely ignored, though they represent an estimated 134 million people.
Spain’s government vows to investigate Catholic Church abuse
Crux,Spain’s ruling coalition wants for historic clerical sexual abuses to be investigated in the country, and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said he will first meet with abuse victims.
Expert urges attention to persecuted Christians as bishops decry Islamist violence in Nigeria
Victims of persecution in Nigeria must be listened to, an expert on the persecution of Christians told students at the Franciscan University of Steubenville on Friday.
Bloody Sunday anniversary a time to remember, and forgive, Derry bishop says
Fifty years ago, the Bloody Sunday massacre resulted in many reactions: lies, anger, and a misplaced desire to forget the past, Bishop Donal McKeown of Derry said Friday. But only truth, remembrance, compassion, and forgiveness, through the grace of God, can overcome the legacy of the atrocity and other traumas in Northern Ireland.
