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Vatican, Catholic leaders from Europe discuss sexual abuse in the Church

Catholic leaders from across Europe are in Rome this week to discuss how the Church can best protect children from sexual abuse and how to help those who have already been hurt by it. The Vatican’s Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (PCPM) is hosting a conference on safeguarding in the Catholic Church in […]

40 Thousand Signatures Against The Vatican’s Christmas Tree

In Italy’s Valley of Ledro, nestled near the old Austro-Hungarian border just kilo-meters from Lake Garda, locals are rallying to save a 200-year-old fir tree, famously known as the Green Giant. Towering at thirty meters and standing for centuries, this maje-stic tree has weathered wars, snowstorms, and survived the ax of carpenters. Now, it faces […]

Pope Francis appoints new preacher to the Papal Household to succeed Cardinal Cantalamessa

Pope Francis on November 9 appointed Fr Roberto Pasolini, OFM Cap, as the new preacher of the Papal Household, replacing Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, 90, who held that position for 44 years. Cantalamessa, who was elevated to the College of Cardi-nals by Pope Francis in 2020, has been preacher of the Papal Household since 1980, when […]

Cardinal Czerny urges Asian Church to dialogue with Indigenous communities

In a video message addressed to partici-pants at the Asian Forum on “Celebrating Synodality & Indigenous Living Tradition in the Asian Church” in Nepal, Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, emphasized the importance of recognizing and dialoguing with the Indigenous peoples. “For recognition and dialogue will be the best […]

Filipinos, Chinese, Indians, and other migrants risk deportation under Trump

The Philippine Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) announced its readiness to assist 370,000 undocumented Filipinos living in the United States who might be deported following the election of Donald Trump. The DMW is set to help returning Filipinos with financial aid and job placement, but is also consi-dering the possibility of sending workers to other […]

Catholic University in Erbil empowers survivors of ISIS

Founded in 2015, the Catholic University in Erbil, located in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, offers education, scholar-ships and support to the Iraqi minority groups that suffered under ISIS. In 2014, so-called Islamic State swept across nor-thern Iraq, capturing vast swathes of territory. The invasion led to mass displacement, particularly of minority groups such […]

Israel invades the famous Pater Noster church in Jerusalem and sparks diplomatic conflict with France

On November 7, Israeli police entered the grounds of the Pater Noster Church on the Mount of Olives, briefly detaining two French security officers and igniting a diplomatic dispute. The site, managed by France for over 150 years, is one of four proper-ties in Jerusalem under French control, but this unprecedented breach has stirred deep […]

Singapore priest stabbed while celebrating Mass

The parish priest of St Joseph’s Church in Upper Bukit Timah, Singapore, was stabb-ed during Mass on Saturday evening, re-ported Channel News Asia. Father Christo-pher Lee, 57, whose stabbing occured dur-ing Communion, was taken to Singapore’s National University Hospital and is said to be in stable condition. The attacker, a 37-year-old Singaporean, has been arrested. […]