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Two Catholic priests arrested by Myanmar junta

Myanmar’s military regime has arrested two Catholic priests who were on their way to help internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Shan state. Father John Paul Lwel and Father John Bosco, who belong to the St. Therese Little Way Missionary Institute, were arrested by junta soldiers and the Pa-O National Army, an ethnic armed group, at […]

Filipino Catholics believe in ‘live-in’ before marriage: Survey

Filipino Catholics see nothing wrong with couples living together without receiving the sacrament of marriage, showed the result of an online survey done by Church-run Radio Veritas 846. “This nationwide survey reveals that 40 percent  would agree that couples should get married first before living together,” results of the Veritas Truth Survey (VTS) noted. “On […]

Vatican envoy lauds Vietnamese volunteers’ care for Covid patients

The pontifical representative to Vietnam has complimented religious volunteers in a northern diocese on their joining frontline forces in taking care of Covid-19 patients. On Feb. 20, Singapore-based Archbishop Marek Zalewski, the non-resident representative of the Holy See to Vietnam, and Archbishop Joseph Nguyen Nang of Ho Chi Minh City met 400 priests and religious […]

New Zealand passes law banning conversion therapy

New Zealand’s parlia-ment on February 15 near- unanimously passed a legislation that bans practices intended to forcibly change a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, known as conversion therapy. The bill, which was introduced by the government last year, passed with 112 votes in favour and eight votes opposed. “This is a great […]

Bishops, mayors say Europe can’t ignore Mediterranean region

Due to acute knee pain, Pope Francis will be skipping this Sunday’s foray into the Italian city of Florence, where he was scheduled to close a summit that brought together bishops and mayors of the Mediterranean to discuss migration. The announcement, made by the Vatican’s press office, came minutes before a previously scheduled press conference […]

Putin’s spiritual destiny, Religious war?

Threatened by an uprising of his treacherous generals, the Christian Emperor Basil II, based in the glorious city of Byzantium, reached out to his enemies, the pagans over in the land of the Rus. Basil II was a clever deal maker. If Vladimir of the Rus would help him put down the revolt, he would […]

Pope calls for day of prayer, fasting for peace in Ukraine

As the threat of war loomed over the world, Pope Francis called on people to pray and fast for peace in Ukraine on Ash Wednesday. Before concluding his general audience on Feb. 23, the pope called on believers and non-believers to combat the “diabolical insistence, the diabolical senselessness of violence” with prayer and fasting. “I […]

Vatican statistics show global imbalance in ratio of Catholics per priest

The number of Catholics and of Catholic men and women who devote their lives to serving them continues to grow in Africa and Asia, Vatican statistics show, but pastoral ministry is still much more readily available to Catholics in Europe. At the end of 2020, the number of Catholics in the world reached 1.36 billion, […]