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Caritas Pakistan provides aid to the thousands suffering from floods

In the aftermath of the devastating floods in Pakistan on 15-16 August, Caritas Pakistan is working to provide relief and care for those living with the effects. “The Church stands with the affected families through prayer and action. Caritas Pakistan is actively responding, and we urge the continued support of all our faithful, as well […]

Church in Thailand equips seminarians for deaf ministry

The Catholic Church in Thailand is stepping up efforts to strengthen pastoral care for the Deaf, beginning with a training program for seminarians at Fatima Minor Seminary in the Archdiocese of Thare-Nongseng in the northeast of the country. Fr. Peter Bhuravaj Searaariyah, Director of Pastoral Ministry for the Deaf of the Diocese of Chanthaburi and […]

Myanmar bishop hopes to rebuild church bombed by military junta

A Catholic bishop in civil war-torn Myanmar voiced hope that “everyone will do their part” to rebuild a church destroyed in his diocese during a military junta airstrike against rebel groups. Hakha Bishop Lucius Hre Kung spoke during a recent visit to the Church of Christ the King, which was destroyed in military bombings in […]

Cardinal David defends ‘bullied’ Filipinos in police abuse case

The Bishop of Kalookan Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David vowed to stand on the side of “bullied” Filipinos as he accompanied a victim of police abuse to file a complaint against police officers. Cardinal David appeared at the National Police Commission (Napolcom), which administers and controls the Philippine National Police, with Jayson Dela Rosa on 18 […]

Catholic priest forced to leave Texas amid visa backlog and residency denial

A Mexican-born Catholic priest who has served in the Diocese of Laredo, Texas, for nine years must leave the United States because his application for residency was denied and his religious worker visa is expiring. Father Alan Sanchez, the pastor of St. Joseph Church in La Pryor and St. Patrick Mission in Batesville, will return […]

Pope Leo XIV to inaugurate Laudato Si’ Village in Castel Gandolfo

On Friday, September 5, at 4 PM Rome time, Pope Leo XIV will inaugurate the Borgo Laudato Si’, at the historic papal residence in Castel Gandolfo, newly opened to the public and dedicated to embodying the vision of Laudato si’, Pope Francis’ encyclical on care for creation—now celebrating its tenth anniversary. First entrusted to the Laudato Si’ Centre […]

Legal dispute over Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue: this is the solution proposed by the Senate

From the slopes of Corcovado, Christ the Redeemer gazes over Rio de Janeiro with open arms, a figure that has long symbolized both faith and nation. For millions, it is not simply a tourist attraction but a sanctuary in the sky — a place of prayer, pilgrimage, and sacramental life where weddings, baptisms, and daily […]

Emotion in Assisi: Carlo Acutis sculpture unveiled in the garden near his tomb

With less than a month to go before the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis, the sculpture St. Carlo at the Cross was unveiled in Assisi. The bronze artwork, created by renowned Canadian artist Timothy Paul Schmalz, shows him kneeling at the foot of the Cross. It is located in the garden of the Church of […]