Tag: international

The pope established the new ministry through the apostolic letter Antiquum ministerium (“Ancient ministry”) on May 11

The Hong Kong Alliance is the latest opposition group to be targeted by a sweeping national security law

Pope Francis said that lay Catholic movements and associations are “a clear sign of the vitality of the Church"

The pope emeritus said the issue of marriage and family has taken on a new dimension that cannot be ignored”

Schools in around 17 countries remain fully closed, while those in 39 countries remain partially closed, according to UNICEF

The pope is a strong advocate of coronavirus vaccines and has previously expressed his incomprehension with those who refuse to take it

Church law says a Catholic who procures an abortion automatically excommunicates themselves from the Church

"Let us not reduce the cross to an object of devotion, much less to a political symbol, to a sign of religious and social status”

Failure to address the impacts of the climate crisis “may well be the biggest inter-generational human rights violation in history”

Father Giovanni Scalese of the Barnabites congregation said his exit from Afghanistan “was a veritable miracle”