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Cardinal Cupich calls on White House to apologise over social post

The Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich, has called on US President Donald Trump to apologise over a “viciously racist” videoclip posted to his Truth Social account. The final frames of the video, which appeared on President Trump’s account on Thursday evening, depicted former US President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. […]

‘I will never forget you:’ Theme for Sixth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly

Pope Leo XIV has chosen “I will never forget you” (Is 49:15) as the theme for the Sixth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, said the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life in a statement. The World Day, instituted by the late Pope Francis in 2021, is celebrated every fourth Sunday of July and is presented […]

American sister ends 40 years in Bangladesh forming priests, founding school

For nearly four decades, Sister Miriam Francis Perlewitz has lived a quiet but extraordinary missionary life in Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority nation where Catholics represent a tiny minority. An American missionary sister, Scripture scholar, and educator, she has shaped generations of Catholic priests while also transforming grassroots education for children of all faiths. Today, she stands […]

China’s Catholic bishops back worship limits, prompting call for Vatican action

The state-sanctioned Bishops’ Conference of the Catholic Church in China (BCCC) backed the government’s ban on unregistered clergy engaging in pastoral work and using unapproved sites for worship. The BCCC said in a Feb. 4 statement that “religious groups must comply with relevant laws and regulations when conducting religious activities,” describing compliance as a matter of “national […]

Church in Northern Thailand urges ethical formation in the AI age

At the beginning of this year, the Catholic Church in northern Thailand held its 2026 Annual Regional Seminar in Nakhon Phanom Province in the country’s northeast, bordering Laos. The gathering was attended by nearly 200 priests, five bishops, and several delegates from neighboring Laos. The seminar focused on the theme drawn from the recent Vatican […]

Philippine Church highlights unity as Lent, Ramadan begin together

As Ramadan and Lent begin on the same day this year, Catholic and Muslim communities in the Philippines are being invited to embrace the moment as a shared season of prayer, fasting, and conversion. Ramadan commemorates the first revelation of the Qur’an to the Prophet Muhammad, while Lent prepares Catholics for the commemoration of the […]

Cardinal Bo: Myanmar forgotten by world, but not by God

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, has repeatedly warned that “Myanmar is going through a ‘polycrisis’: an economic crisis, with rising prices; a crisis due to the loss of job opportunities; a social crisis, with more than 3.5 million displaced persons and young people fleeing abroad; a crisis of basic health care; and a […]