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Investigation into plot to assassinate Pope Francis in Trieste, Italy

Italian authorities are investigating a potential assassination plot against Pope Francis following the discovery of a firearm in an abandoned suitcase at Trieste train station, just days before his scheduled visit on July 7. The incident unfolded when staff at a bar within the station noticed the suspicious luggage and alerted the authorities. Inside the […]

French Dominican friar created the motto for the Olympic Games

The motto of the modern Olympic Games, “Faster, Higher, Stronger,” was coined by French Dominican friar Louis Henri Didon, who became friends with the founder of the modern Olympic Games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, five years before the 1896 Athens Games. The motto, originally formulated in Latin as “Citius, Altius, Fortius,” was used before the […]

Bangladesh scales back job quotas after days of violence

Bangladesh Supreme Court reversed its earlier decision to reintroduce quota system in civil service jobs, following weeklong deadly violence that left nearly 200 killed, thousands injured, and state properties worth millions of dollars vandalized and gutted. The full bench of the Appellate Division said the government should reserve only a seven percent quota for public […]

Church leaders praise Pakistan amendment raising legal age for marriage of Christians

Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously approved the raising of the minimum legal age for marriage to 18, amending a 19th-century law allowing the marriage of Christian children. The Christian Marriage Act of 2024 amended an 1872 British rule allowing marriage at 13 for girls and 16 for boys, raising the age to 18 for both genders. […]

Canonization process for first Korean Cardinal begins

The Vatican has approved the sainthood process for first Korean Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, known for his love for the poor, efforts for lay participation in the Church, and support for demo-cracy. The Vatican has allowed the launch of the sainthood process for Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, the first Korean cardinal known for his initiatives […]

Pope Francis mourns former President of Vietnam

Pope Francis has expressed his condolences for the death of Nguyen Phú Trong, and the Ge-neral Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the country’s former President. In a telegram sent on his behalf by the Holy See’s Secretary of State, Card. Pietro Parolin, to the country’s current President, Gene-ral Tô Lâm, the Holy […]

UN: world hunger shows no sign of decreasing, especially in Asia

Some 733 million people suffered from hunger last year, that is one person in 11,152 million more than in the pre-pandemic period (2019). This is the third consecutive year that the number is not decreasing, remaining “stu-bbornly unchanged,” this according to a report on The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) […]

Arunachal chief minister acknowledges Christian contribution to society

Chief Minister of right wing Hindu Bha-ratiya Janata Party ruling northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh had words of apprecia-tion and praise for a group of Catholic Church leaders visiting him on July 17. In his official Facebook post Chief Minister Pema Khandu said, “blessed to receive a call-on from Bishop Benny Edathittayel of Itanagar, Bishop […]