Tag: international

Pope Francis is leading this year's Easter celebration with large numbers of people expected to attend the Holy Week ceremonies for the first time since the pandemic

When crops turned into dead twigs, the Diocese of Sagar in India supported local farmers' move towards food security and climate-resilience

“It will be a Church that is more spiritual, poorer, and less political: a Church of the little ones.”

Pope Francis encouraged priests to set their temptations before Jesus, so that they can acknowledge them and reject them

Hardline Jewish settlers, known for a push to take over properties of Palestinians, are waging a campaign for control of Christian lands

The Thingyan water festival is typically marked by jubilant pandemonium as crowds engage in large-scale street water fights

In his general audience address on April 13, the pope contrasted the peace given by Jesus with idolatrous attitudes that lead to war

He said “the present moment leaves us deeply troubled, because it is marked by the forces of evil”

“Our sadness turns into an appeal to the international community to exert every effort to bring this violence to an end"

Activists largely welcomed the law as a step forward for the country but said it could have been more far-reaching