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Congo: Bishop calls on authorities to stop killings of Christians by Muslims

A congolese bishop has made a fresh plea for the country’s leaders to stop the armed conflict following the massacre of around 150 people – including at least 80 Christians – by an Islamist rebel group earlier this month. Denouncing the “serious and ongoing violations of human dignity” on Tuesday (18th June), Bishop Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku […]

The Catholic Church in France will have 105 new priests in 2024

The French Bishops’ Conference (CEF) reported that, in 2024, 105 new priests will be ordained, 17 more priests than in 2023, when 88 new priests were ordained in the European country. An article published on the CEF website said the vast majority of priestly ordinations are celebrated during the month of June, particularly on the Sunday before […]

Pope highlights ‘signs of hope’ in encounter with Lutherans

Pope Francis welcomed a delegation of leaders from the Lutheran World Federation to the Vatican, describing their visit as “an important gesture of ecumenical fraternity.” Recalling an earlier meeting with Lutherans, in 2021, Pope Francis highlighted the upcoming anniversary of the First Council of Nicea as “an ecumenical event.” The Nicene Creed “is an ecumenical bond that […]

Indonesian Catholics celebrate the new diocese of Labuan Bajo

Indonesian Christians are celebrating a new diocese in the country. On 21st June, in fact, Pope Francis erected Labuan Bajo, in the Catholic-majority area of Flores Island, in the province of East NUsa Tenggara (Ntt), and appointed as its first bishop the Reverend Maksimus Regus, of the Ruteng clergy, until now rector of the local […]

Pope appoints new Bishop of Hangzhou in China

Giuseppe Yang Yongqiang is the new bishop of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province in China. “As part of the dialogue concerning the implementation of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China.” A Statement released by the Holy See Press Office last Saturday, June 22, “On June 12, 2024, […]

Pakistan: Muslims lynch and burn holidaymaker, wife dies in shock

A new tragedy linked to blasphemy has unfolded in Pakistan, where cases of lynching mobs acting with impunity in the name of religion are becoming more and more frequent amid the inaction of the authorities and the silence of international community. The latest incident occurred on June 22 in the Swat Valley. The victim, Mohammad […]

Cardinal Sako receives Iraqi government decree of ‘recognition’ as Patriarch

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani issued a decree “to appoint Patriarch Louis Raphaël Sako as Patriarch of the Chaldeans in Iraq and in the world”, restoring his “institutional recognition” rescinded last July. Cardinal Sako had refused to return to Baghdad for almost a year since President Abdul Latif Rashid revoked Decree 147, which recognised the […]

Peace between the Koreas, Seoul abp: ‘The light of prayer, against animosity’

“Even though the situation between the two Koreas may appear bleak we Christians can-not remain in despair. On the contrary, it is precisely in this age of growing animosity that our prayer can illuminate our time with a greater light.” This is the message the Archbishop of Seoul Peter Chung Soon-taick issued on the occasion […]