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POPE WILLING TO MEET NORTH KOREAN LEADER: VATICAN OFFICIAL‍

Pope Francis is considering an unprecedented visit to North Korea, according to a Vatican official. An invitation from Kim Jong Un was relayed to the Pope by South Korea President Moon Jae-in during a meeting in the Vatican on October 18. It would be the first visit by a Pope to the reclusive East A

CHURCH SCHOOLS IN INDIA AMONG THOSE THAT ‘SHOULD NOT EXIST’

Muslim and Christian leaders in India see danger in a pro-Hindu group’s demand that the government revoke a policy allowing minority groups to own and manage educational institutions in the country. A report released on Oct. 10 by the Centre for Policy Analysis, a think tank of hard-line Hindu group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, stated that […]

BIBLE STILL MOST READ BOOK IN PHILIPPINES

Centuries after Spanish missionaries first introduced it in the Philippines, the Bible remains to be the most widely read book in the country in the last year, according to the state-run National Book Development Board (NBDB). During his presentation of the results of the 2017 NBDB Readership Survey in Quezon City on September 28, UP School of […]

FR RIBOLINI: CHRISTIANITY, ‘A REVOLUTION’ FOR TRIBAL FAMILIES

Fr Marco Ribolini is a priest with the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) and pastor in Ban Thoet Thai, a remote village in the Diocese of Chiang Rai, north-western Thailand. For him, the journey from evangelisation to true conversion among tribal people “is long and lasts several generations since Christian values are revolutionary for both religious […]

IRELAND: PRIEST SHORTAGE FORCES CANCELLATION OF SUNDAY MASS IN 1,500 YEARS

Sunday Mass was not delivered on October 21 in an Irish village for the first time in 1,500 years due to the shortage of Catholic priests. The Church of the Sacred Heart, in Boho, Co. Fermanagh, stands on the site of an early Christian monastery dating back to the sixth century. But the service was […]

SYNODALITY IS A PATH NOT ONLY FOR BISHOPS, BUT FOR ALL, BISHOP SAYS

Synodality is about more than just bishops participating in the governance of the church; it encourages the involvement of all the faithful in a spirit of collaboration, said Archbishop Hector Miguel CabrejosVidarte of Trujillo, Peru. During an Oct. 25 briefing with journalists, Archbishop Cabrejos said that “synodality” was a theme that was heavily discussed throughout […]