Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, concluded a five-day pastoral visit with migrants and displaced Catholics under the theme “Raising Hope to Foster a Culture of Care.” From Nov. 1–5, Czerny met with...
A top Vatican diplomat has raised the possibility of a papal visit to Sri Lanka as the two nations marked 50 years of diplomatic relations this month, a milestone reached as the island nation emerges from years of political turmoil and economic crisis. Archbishop Paul...
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to establish a national body to investigate the thousands of killings committed during former President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs and to promote national...
Mexican legislator Arturo Ávila announced November 10, that he was withdrawing a controversial bill that sought to impose new restrictions on priests, pastors, and other religious leaders online. The decision followed an extensive consultation with representatives...
The president of the Sudan and South Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SSS-CBC) raised alarm over the deepening humanitarian crisis in the two neighbouring countries of Sudan and South Sudan. In his opening remarks to SSS-CBC members in the Catholic Diocese of...
