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Mexico’s presidential candidates sign Catholic Church’s ‘Commitment to Peace’ initiative‍

The three candidates running for president of Mexico met in the country’s capital March 11 to sign the National Commitment to Peace, an initiative proposed by the Catholic Church to address growing violence in the nation. This initiative is a result of the National Dialogue for Peace, which took place in September 2023, organized by the […]

Three Egyptian Coptic monks killed in South Africa

Three Egyptian Coptic monks have been “brutally killed” inside a monastery in South Africa, the Church has said. “Three monks were subjected to a criminal assault inside our Coptic monastery,” a spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church said in statement posted on Facebook on March 11, without elaborating. South African police said they were investigating […]

Cuban priest: ‘Communism won’t survive’ and ‘the Church will remain’

In an interview with EWTN Noticias, the Spanish-language sister service of EWTN News, Cuban priest Alberto Reyes spoke about his apostolic ministry in Camagüey province, located in the central area of the island, and about how his defense of religious freedom on the island has earned him friends and enemies alike. Reyes did not hesitate […]

Indian army works to befriend Naga Christian village

The Naga Baptist Christians of Oting village in India’s Nagaland state, not far from the international border with Myanmar, are now trying to come out of the worst period of darkness in their life. Their village had courted ill fate and controversy on Dec. 4, 2021, when a botched-up military operation killed 14 coal mine workers, mistaking […]

Consecrated persons rejuvenate Church: Cardinal Ferrao

Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrao, archbishop of Goa and Daman, has hailed the Catholic religious men and women as a blessing since they rejuvenate the Church. “You render service to the holiness of the Church. We need your prophetic voice and action. You can teach the entire church to walk the synodal path,” the cardinal told […]

Veteran woman journalist wins Examiner weekly’s golden pen award

Nirmala Carvalho, a veteran journalist who contributes regularly to Church publications in India and overseas, has won the prestigious Golden Pen Award for excellence in journalism, given by The Examiner, a 175-year-old weekly published from Mumbai. Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, presented her the 21st award on March 10 during a function in the […]