Tag: international
Women’s lives in peril as world faces shortage of midwives
The report said the acute shortage of midwives is "exacting a terrible global toll in the form of preventable deaths"
Pope Francis’ urges Catholics to pray for global financial markets
Pope Francis urged the faithful to pray "to prevent the poor from paying the consequences" of "financial speculation"
Catholics in Papua hit Jakarta’s tagging of separatists as ‘terrorists’
Catholic Church leaders in Papua signed a letter appealing for an end to the conflict, saying that a “violent struggle will never succeed”
Pope Francis reminds altar servers to be always ‘holy,’ ‘original’
“Offer Jesus your hands, your thoughts and your time, and he will not fail to reward you," the pope told altar servers
Hands off my hijab! Young Muslim women protest proposed French ban
The amendment to an “anti-separatism” bill has drawn outrage and prompted an online protest under the hashtag #HandsOffMyHijab
Catholic Church opens doors to Ramadan dinners
"We are all the same… If you are Catholic or of another religion and I am Muslim, that’s fine"
Several churches in Thailand suspend activities due to surge of COVID-19...
Bishop Joseph Phibun of Nakhon-Sawan diocese said the Catholic Church is doing its best to help in government efforts to control the outbreak
Catholic Indian lay person among ‘blesseds’ to be declared saint by...
The Vatican announced that Blessed Lazarus (Devasahayam) Pillai of India is among those who will be raised to the altars in the coming months
Crowds gather for Holy Fire ceremony at Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre
The ceremony, symbolizing Jesus's resurrection, is one of the most colorful spectacles of the Orthodox Easter season
Philippines slams Hong Kong’s plan to force foreign workers to get...
Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the move of Hong Kong authorities "smacks of discrimination"
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