A church of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Tyre, Lebanon, was hit by a missile from Israeli airstrikes in the country’s south Oct. 9, killing at least eight people, the British branch of the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has reported....
“The mission today is an exchange of gifts between Churches, between those who have and those who have not,” the prelate said in his address. “Before, it was from West to East, now many countries in Asia and Africa give missionaries to the world. The very concept of...
The Pope presided over a candlelight vigil on October 11, the anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council in 1962, and texts from council documents introduced the prayers of praise and the prayers of petition. The Synod participants at the prayer service...
One in three Catholics who previously went to Mass have reduced their attendance or stopped going altogether as a result of the child sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, according to a new report by Durham University. There has also been a corresponding fall...
As preparations intensify for the upcoming Jubilee Year in Rome, Italian authorities have cracked down on counterfeit religious merchandise flooding the city’s souvenir market. In a large-scale operation conducted by Italy’s financial police, more than 100,000 fake...
