Officials in a village in southern Mexico s Oaxaca state detained for five days and then expelled a Protestant pastor for refusing to participate in Catholic church rituals, according to a U K-based
The Catholic Church should take a leading role in protecting the environment and addressing climate change, said the bishop who is the commissioner for environmental and climate issues at the German bishops’ conference.
Three Catholic priests in the Philippines have been permanently relieved of all priestly duties after they declared their intention to run for public office in elections next year.
The potential visit by Pope Francis would be the first papal trip to Canada in nearly 20 years.
Pope Francis has not forgotten the Syrian people and the Christians there who continue to witness to the faith, said Cardinal Leonardo Sandri
The Vatican has provided the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine to its residents and employees since January.
The bells, which are rung in support of the unborn, each weigh more than 2,000 pounds.
"As my special delegate you have all the powers necessary to decide any questions that may arise," the pope wrote in a letter to Cardinal Tomasi this week.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has distanced himself from Anglican bishops in Ghana who have come out in support of a Bill that would make it a crime to be gay, bisexual or transgender.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Tuesday it opened Israel’s border with Lebanon to agricultural workers for the olive harvest due to the economic crisis there.
Christian women and girls around the world live with "double jeopardy" because of their gender and religion, Aid to the Church in Need has warned.
