Tag: international
Korean bishop calls for ‘virtue of hope’ in global pandemic response
“We must stop and reflect on what happened and take on the fundamental commitment to give love and help those who suffer”
No crying babies in Sistine Chapel as Vatican cancels baptisms
The traditional ceremony in which popes baptize newborn babies in the Sistine Chapel has been cancelled because of the pandemic
Long prison sentences for Vietnamese journalists over ‘anti-state propaganda’
Three freelancers convicted of ‘making, storing, spreading information, materials, items for the purpose of opposing the state’
China threatens lawyers of arrested Hong Kong activists
The legal system in mainland China is controlled by the ruling Communist Party
UK judge rejects extraditing Julian Assange to US over ‘suicide risk’
Assange's lawyers will seek bail for their client, who has spent most of the last decade either in prison or self-imposed confinement
Indonesia to release suspected Bali bombings mastermind Bashir
Abu Bakar Bashir was jailed in 2011 for his links to militant training camps in Aceh province
Hong Kong democracy activist Agnes Chow in top security prison, says...
Reports said Chow has been transferred to the Tai Lam Women’s Correctional Institution, a category ‘A’ facility
Pope Francis criticizes people going on holiday to flee COVID lockdowns
Pope Francis said he had read newspaper reports of people catching flights to flee government curbs and seek fun elsewhere
Vatican to start COVID-19 vaccinations second half of January
Priority will be given to health and public safety personnel, to the elderly and to personnel who come in contact with the public
Pope Francis reappears after pain flare-up, calls for peace in New...
The pope showed no sign of discomfort as he delivered a noon address and prayer, standing at a lectern in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace