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Pope Francis to stop live broadcast of daily morning Mass on...

Pope Francis will stop the live broadcast of his daily morning Mass on Monday, May 18, more than two months after it started.

Nurses given recognition, thanks on International Nurses Day

The International Council of Nurses and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement marked International Nurses Day on May 12 by lauding nurses around the globe.

Pope Francis prays for those left jobless by pandemic

Pope Francis has offered prayers for those who lost their jobs and those who were unable to work because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Pope Francis calls for European unity amid pandemic

Pope Francis called on European leaders to work together in addressing the possible social and economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.

Cardinal Bo of Myanmar warns of new world order after COVID-19...

Cardinal Bo joined religious leaders around the world in appealing for everyone Make May 14 "a day for fasting, prayers and supplications."

Pope Francis prays for artists amid pandemic

Pope Francis has thanked artists and prayed for them during Mass in the Vatican on May 7, saying they “allow us to understand what beauty is.”

No online wedding for Catholics in Singapore

The Singapore Archdiocese announced on May 6 that it will not solemnize weddings online, or via video link, even as the government allowed it under a new legislation.

Indian state halts trains to keep migrant workers on the job

An Indian state on May 6 halted trains taking stranded migrant laborers home so that work on construction sites could restart, a move widely condemned as amounting to forced labor.

Chinese woman sentenced to four years jail for social media posts

A woman in China’s central province of Hubei has been sentenced to four years in prison for “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble” using her social media accounts.

Rohingya bear brunt of Malaysian lockdown frustration

The poor and the marginalised were always going to be in the firing line during the coronavirus pandemic.

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