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Why Americans are abandoning the church

According to an ancient Chinese proverb, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Very often, we focus not on those initial small steps but on giant leaps, often undertaken by government. Think, for example, of Franklin D. Roosevelt signing Social Security into law in 1935, a giant step that changed the […]

Statement from US Bishops on Armenian Genocide

In commemoration of Arme-nian Genocide Remembrance Day on April 24, Bishop David J Malloy of Rockford, chairman of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on International Justice and Peace highlighted the tragic loss of so many Armenians in what has been called the first genocide of the 20th century. Bishop Malloy’s full state-ment […]

Franciscan University studying herd immunity, coronavirus

The Franciscan University of Steubenville is conducting a re-search study to better under-stand COVID-19 and herd immunity. Through its School of Natural Applied Sciences, the university plans to evaluate 500 students and faculty by the end of April. The study is led by biology professor Dr. Kyle McKenna. The Biology Department and the Franciscan Institute […]

Church Assembly in Latin America: “Listening Phase” begins

As part of a so-called “listening phase”, the Church Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean wants to promote the exchange that “will be the leitmotif of the entire process of discernment before and during the Assembly”. This first phase has now been officially opened and is expected to last until mid-July. In his video […]

Croatia offers scholarships to young persecuted Christians

The Croatian government is offering college scholarships to young Christians at risk of persecution. The country’s education and foreign ministries have invited Christian students from developing countries to apply for the scholarships by May 17. “The planned funding of 1.5 million kuna ($237,000, 200,000 euros) is intended for scholar-ships for young people who are persecuted […]

ISIS Executes Christian Businessman Kidnapped in Egypt’s Sinai

The Islamic State has claimed another Christian victim. And Egypt’s Coptic Ortho-dox Church has won another martyr. “We are telling our kids that their grand-father is now a saint in the highest places of heaven,” stated Peter Salama of his 62-year-old father, Nabil Habashi Salama, executed by the ISIS affiliate in north Sinai. “We are so joyful […]

Belief in witchcraft in Africa: Symposium deals with the widespread phenomenon

“Witchcraft is a widespread reality in Africa and it under-mines our coexistence. We, as the Institute for Theological Education, are interested in considering the realities around us and reflecting on them on the basis of faith,” said Brother Paul Koukovi Zipki, Director for Research and Journalism, of the Catholic Mission Institute of Abidjan (ICMA), at […]

Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC): 34 million people threatened with famine

“This year there are around 270 million people in 79 countries without access to adequate food supplies. Of these, 34 million face acute food insecurity in emergency situations and are at high risk of hunger”, said a report by the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC). To address this emergency, the ICMC, along with over 260 […]