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Pope Leo XIV: ‘Peace is holy, not war’

At the closing of the International Meeting for Peace: Religions and Cultures in Dialogue, organised by the Sant’Egidio Community, Pope Leo XIV joined leaders of the world’s religions at Rome’s Colosseum on 28 October for a Meeting for Prayer for Peace. In his address, delivered in the presence of Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, and other religious […]

‘Polarisations’ have no place in the Church, Leo tells Synod Jubilee

Nobody in the Church “should impose his or her own ideas” on others, Pope Leo said on 26 October, asking that tensions between tradition and novelty not become “ideological contrapositions and harmful polarisations”. “The supreme rule in the Church is love. No one is called to dominate, all are called to serve,” Leo said. “No […]

Jailing of Bangladeshi indigenous rights activist sparks uproar

A Bangladeshi court jailed an ethnic tribal leader for eight years for an alleged charge of extortion, about a year after he was released from nearly five years in secret detention. A court in Rangamati district of Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) region in southeast Bangladesh sentenced Michael Chakma and two others to eight years rigorous […]

Pakistan slammed for delay in forming Minorities Commission

Leaders from Christian and Hindu communities have criticized Pakistani authorities for their failure to form a commission to protect the rights of religious minorities despite nearly five months after the parliament passed a related law. Pakistan’s parliament passed the National Commission for Minorities’ Rights Bill 2025 on May 12. The law was hailed as a […]

China detains prominent ‘underground’ pastor

The founder of a prominent Chinese underground church has been detained along with more than 20 of its members in a sweeping national crackdown, according to his daughter and one of its pastors. Police arrested Jin Mingri, who founded the unregistered Zion Church, at his home in the southern region of Guangxi on Oct. 10, […]

Daughters of St Paul elects first Asian as global leader

The Daughters of St Paul, a member of the Pauline Family, on October 1 elected Sister Mari Lucia Kim as their superior general during their 12th general chapter in Rome. Sister Kim is the first Asian to head the 110-year-old congregation founded by Blessed James Alberione along with Mother Thecla Merlo. She is the eighth […]

Cardinal Tagle: Philippines’ corrupt political leaders ‘are not God’

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said politicians in the Philippines must remember that they are “not God” following a major corruption scandal. “Please, you are human beings. You are created in God’s image. Can you please look at yourself and, with humility, say, ‘I am not God. I should not pretend to be God. I am a […]

Catholic educators urged to embody compassion, synodal leadership

The national convention and general body of the All India Association of Catholic Schools (AINACS) opened with a call from Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão urging Catholic educators to be “rooted in Christ and be messengers of hope.” Addressing more than 1,050 delegates gathered at the Park Regis Convention Centre in Arpora, Goa, the archbishop of […]