These are our top stories this week:
- Thousands pray at Portugal’s Fatima shrine for world without COVID-19
- Pope Francis meets faithful face-to-face as COVID cases decline in Italy
- Muslims mark Eid with masks, prayers amid COVID, conflict
- New anti-conversion law threatens Christians, Muslims in India
- China detains hundreds of Muslim religious leaders in Xinjiang region
- China closes social media account of Radio Veritas Asia’s Mandarin service
- People in search of vaccine swamp Catholic church in Bangkok
- Pope Francis institutes new ministry of catechist in Catholic Church
