Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong Correspondent The neutral, US NGO, Pew Research Center, monitoring religious intolerance in 198 countries in its last 10-year report, said national persecutions of religions increased, to “an all-time high” in 187 countries, but in 128 countries, the…
Carlos M. Frota By following regularly the news concerning specifically our Church , I feel very often amazed by the variety of challenges that fall on the desk of Pope Francis, his staff and his closest team of advisers.
Anastasios If you are visiting Rome, a visit to the Basilica of San Clemente al Laterano, not far from Saint John in Lateran, is certainly well worth a visit. As we learn from the website of the Basilica, the church…
On October 20, Pope Francis participated in an International Prayer Meeting for Peace, in the presence of leaders of various Christian denominations, and urged everyone to follow Jesus’s example of self-giving love in order to spread peace.
(CNA) The Archbishop of Santiago de Chile condemned arson attacks that destroyed two Chilean churches Sunday, and called on Catholics to carry out acts of reparation for the attacks.
(Independent Catholic News) Two Franciscan friars, the only remaining clergy in Idlib, Syria, have revealed the details of their lives ministering in one of the last bastions of jihadist rule in the country, including the daily threat of being killed,…
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Although most of the chroniclers did not mention Simão de Abreu’s pioneering trip – Diogo do Couto is an honorable exception – the fact is that the Philippine archipelago would henceforth become part of the spice…
Danilo Perez Ngo The CFC Global Macau hosted a virtual Marian Echo Conference for North Asia on October 4, 2020 at the SVD headquarter in Macau SAR. CFC North Asia comprises China, HK, Macau, South Korea and Japan. The conference…
Fr Leonard Dollentas On September 28, 2020 the Vatican announced that Pope Francis has named Archbishop Charles J Brown as the new nuncio to the Philippines. The 61-year-old prelate is a native of New York. He was the Vatican’s diplomatic…
(Independent Catholic News) A bishop in Iraq has been nominated for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought for saving more than 800 historic manuscripts from destruction by the terrorist group Daesh (ISIS).
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