Jordan’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Imad Hijazeen met Monday with senior evangelical leaders to explore ways to expand Christian pilgrimage to the kingdom, as Jordan steps up preparations for major upcoming commemorations linked to key events in Christian history.
The Pope went to the Russian embassy to raise concerns about the invasion of Ukraine directly with country officials.
While Russian war on Ukraine escalates, the Catholic Church is extending help to anyone in need – Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) seeking shelter and food, locals seeking help and blessing.
As Russian military continue to press forward in their military offensive in Ukraine, a prominent Catholic lay group is calling for a ceasefire and asking that the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv be spared.
“I will do everything that I can,” Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Greek Catholic Ukrainian Church reported Francis as saying during a phone conversation Friday.
For the first time in history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the alliance is mobilizing a military response force as a defense against Russia’s military aggression in Eastern Europe. The...
Pro-life critics voiced disappointment after England’s health authority gave a six-month extension to a temporary policy that allows women to self-administer both doses of abortion drugs at home, without visiting a medical clinic.
Messages from around the world have flooded Twitter as the beloved “Digitalnun,” Sister Catherine Wybourne, died of cancer Feb. 24, at the age of 68.
The pope assured Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of his closeness, support, and prayers for Ukraine.
Casualties are climbing in Ukraine as Russia continues its military invasion of its neighbor. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reports that nearly 150 soldiers and civilians were killed on the first day of fighting and more than 300 wounded.
At the request of the bishops of France and the Order of Carmelites Discalced (OCD), Pope Francis agreed on Feb. 22 to open a special process known in the Catholic Church as “equipollent canonization” to raise the 16 Carmelite martyrs of Compiègne to the altars.
