C Joseph Vijay, a 51-year-old film star-turned-politician, was sworn in as chief minister of Tamil Nadu on Sunday, becoming the first Christian to hold the office in the second-most-populous southern
Nicaragua’s increasingly isolated President Daniel Ortega called Catholic bishops “terrorists” Monday and said many countries would have arrested them.
A mob of around 500 people attacked a Christian church in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand on Sunday, beating up people and vandalizing the place of worship.
More than 300,000 people participated in a march in favor of women and of life in Mexico City on Sunday, with more than 1 million total in associated marches across the country.
Cardinal Peter Turkson appeared to reject claims that President Joe Biden should be denied Holy Communion over his staunch pro-abortion rights stand, in remarks to a U.S. news show Sunday that touched on many topics, including COVID-19 vaccines, the Afghanistan conflict, and clergy sexual abuse.