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  • Pope Leo: Failure to welcome abuse victims is a scandal

  • Pope: Visit to Türkiye and Lebanon teaches that peace is possible

  • Thousands protest corruption in Philippines as Church leaders call for accountability

  • Pope: Nicaea invites Christians to unity in face of violence, conflict

  • Over 300 students kidnapped from Catholic school in Nigeria

  • Indian tribal Christian women launch hunger strike over police inaction

  • Pope: AI use in healthcare must ensure quality of care and relationships

  • Philippines: Bringing to light safeguarding as a mission of all

  • Don Bosco Gujarat launches 100-day drive to end child marriage

  • Supreme Court slams misuse of anti-conversion laws

Pakistani police probe ‘murder’ of three Christians‍

Police in Pakistan’s national capital, Islamabad, have launched an investigation after finding the bodies of three people — a Christian man, his teenage son, and daughter — inside their locked home under mysterious circumstances. The bodies of 42-year-old Akram Paul, his 18-year-old son S

  • China: Giuseppe Ma Yan’en installed as Auxiliary Bishop of Zhangjiakou

  • Bangladesh Catholics plant 1 million trees inspired by Laudato Si’

Masonic Controversy in the Philippines: Augustinian Priest Suspended After Blessing Ceremony

The delicate relationship between Catholicism and Freemasonry resurfaced in the Philippines this month when a local priest was suspended after blessing a Masonic marker in a public ceremony. The incident, captured in photographs and quickly circulated on social media, has ignited debate over ecclesial discipline, doctrinal clarity, and the lived realities of Catholic life in […]

Holy See announces progress in bilateral relations with Viet Nam

The XII meeting of the Viet Nam – Holy See Joint Working Group took place in Vatican City on 12 September 2025. The Meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Madam Le Thi Thu Hang, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Head of the Vietnamese delegation, and Monsignor Mirosław Wachowski, Under-Secretary for Relations with States, Head of the […]