This issue of A Public Witness highlights important voices of opposition to imperial plotting from a variety of religious groups, ranging from Lutherans to Baptists, Anglicans, Catholics, and others.
The Catholic MP was stabbed to death on Friday inside Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea as he met constituents.
Cardinal Vincent Nichols called the murder of David Amess, a member of the UK’s House of Commons, a “painful loss.”
Tributes have continued to pour in for pro-life Catholic MP Sir David Amess after his tragic murder on Friday.
Flags outside of Parliament have been lowered to half-mast to honor the life of a conservative British Member of Parliament who died after he was violently attacked and killed with a knife at a public meeting on Friday.
Eswatini needs a “dialogue about a dialogue” to set the scene for urgent negotiations toward democratic reform, the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference said after a weeklong solidarity and pastoral visit to the country.
Honduran bishops urged voters to avoid supporting candidates “stained” by drug cartels in the November elections — an admonishment in a country where illegal money has long flowed into political campaigns and delegitimized the political class.
Bishop Xavier Novell Gomà, who resigned as Bishop of Solsona in August, has applied for a civil marriage license with his partner, who is herself a divorcee.
Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference, praised outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel for her 16 years in office and thanked her for her “tireless service” as Germany’s chancellor.
Bishops in Argentina have welcomed the promulgation of a decree by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints that regards the martyrdom of Pedro Ortiz de Zárate and Juan Antonio Solinas, priests who were killed Oct. 27, 1683.
A prominent pastor who's had several run-ins with Canadian authorities for violating ongoing coronavirus restrictions was ordered to pay crippling fines and give up his free speech rights as part of a probation agreement to avoid jail time.
