Indian Christians observed what has become an annual “Black Day” protest on Aug. 10 as a vital panel readies to submit a report on granting reservation status under India’s affirmative action policy to Christian and Muslim Dalits. Protest marches, rallies, and debates...
A Brazilian priest who specializes in psychological and pastoral approaches to preventing suicide and self-harm is raising the alarm at the Vatican following the suicides of at least 40 priests in Brazil over the past seven years. Loneliness, stress and excessive...
Christians in Zhejiang province in eastern China have expressed their disappointment over a government plan to resume demolition of crosses in line with the socialist principles of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The province, home to about two million Protestants...
The Church “does not have doors”, and therefore everyone can come in, but truly “everyone, everyone, everyone, without any exclusion.” This is the message on which Pope Francis insisted most during his travel to Lisbon, in the run-up to a synod that – in its...
In north central Nigeria, a Missionary of Africa – Fr. Paul Salongo – was kidnapped alongside a Seminarian, Melchior, from the parish of St Luke Gyedna, in Niger State’s Paikoro government area. On August 3, the bandits entered, firing into the air, from...
