A Christian family in Pakistan accused police of failing to recover their 16-year-old daughter after she was abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married online to a Muslim in the United Arab Emirates, they said.
To learn more about the secrecy of the Sacrament of Reconciliation, we spoke to Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, the head of the Vatican’s Apostolic Penitentiary.
Archbishop Jorge Lozano of San Juan, Argentina, doesn’t look like one of the most influential people in the Catholic Church: His pectoral cross is wooden, handmade for him by a prison inmate. The “chain” is of jute instead of a precious metal.
Several women religious who have spent decades working on the front lines in the fight against human trafficking have stressed the important role young people can play in eradicating the problem.
Archbishop Jorge Lozano of San Juan, Argentina, doesn’t look like one of the most influential people in the Catholic Church: His pectoral cross is wooden, handmade for him by a prison inmate. The “chain” is of jute instead of a precious metal.