Narenda Modi invites Pope Francis to visit India at ‘very warm’ Vatican meeting
Modi is the first Indian prime minister to visit the pope since June 2000.
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Some Church leaders support Brazilian Senate’s charges against Bolsonaro | Crux
Crux,A Brazilian Senate inquiry committee presented on Tuesday its final report on President Jair Bolsonaro’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bishops demand immigration policy that respects human dignity, right to asylum | Crux
Crux,On a recent trip to Honduras Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso and Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe drove on rugged gravel roads up a steep mountain side to visit poverty-stricken communities where they learned about people’s needs and drivers of migration.
Catholic agency warns malaria vaccine not enough to defeat the disease | Crux
Crux,After over 30 years of research, the world has finally found a vaccine against malaria, but CRS warns it is only effective for 1 out of 3 people, and anti-malarial measures need to continue.
Bolivia's People's Ombudsman led march that attacked offices of bishops' conference
Bolivia’s People’s Ombudsman, Nadia Cruz, together with officials from her office, led a Wednesday march to the offices of the Bolivian bishops’ conference, which some participants vandalized with anti-Catholic slogans.
India's Christians see dangers in Karnataka survey, anti-conversion push
A Catholic archbishop in India’s Karnataka state has again called on the state government to withdraw its orders to survey Christian missionaries, their places of worship, and other Christian institutions. The survey comes amid a proposal to pass “anti-conversion” laws, which Christians and others say are abused by extremists.
Israel’s decision to cancel cultural event upsets Catholic leaders | Crux
Crux,Catholic leaders are questioning a decision by Israel’s Ministry of Internal Security to cancel a three-day Palestinian cultural event at Abraham’s House, a Catholic pilgrim hostel in East Jerusalem.
Vatican highlights challenge of ‘hyper-nationalism’ in Diwali message
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to meet Pope Francis on Oct. 30.
Moon tells pope a visit to North would help peace in Koreas | Crux
Crux,South Korean President Moon Jae-in gave Pope Francis a statue of a cross made with barbed wire from the demilitarized zone separating the Koreas and told him that a papal visit to the North would help create “momentum for peace” on the peninsula.
Vatican declines to comment on whether pope told Biden to keep receiving Communion in ‘private conversation’
Biden told reporters that he and the pope did not discuss abortion.
