Tag: international
Police raid religious gathering in China, detain at least nine people
Police in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen raided a Protestant church gathering at the weekend and detained at least nine people.
Pope prays for peace in families, unity in Church
Pope Francis has prayed for families around the world who are quarantined in their homes in the midst of the pandemic.
Rohingya survivors tell of misery, death at sea; hundreds still adrift
As food and water ran out, they began to die of starvation, thirst, and beatings
Pope Francis calls for global cooperation against pandemic
Pope Francis has called for global unity in the search for a vaccine against the new coronavirus disease that continues to claim the lives of thousands of people around the world.
Augustinian Filipino priest succumbs to coronavirus in Spain
A Filipino Augustinian missionary in Spain has passed away due to complications from the coronavirus.
Pope Francis gives Cardinal Tagle highest title for a cardinal in...
Cardinal Tagle, 62, joins the ranks of 13 other cardinal bishops — 10 of them are from the Latin Church and three cardinal patriarchs from the Oriental Rites.
US religious freedom body tags India as ‘country of particular concern’
A United States government body has called for India’s inclusion on a religious freedom blacklist over what it described as a “drastic turn downward,...
Cities face 100 million ‘new poor’ in post-pandemic world
About 100 million people living in cities worldwide will likely fall into poverty due to the coronavirus pandemic, urban experts have said, calling for...
UN human rights expert reports on possible crimes against humanity in...
A United Nations human rights expert has called for an investigation into possible “war crimes and crimes against humanity” in Myanmar’s Rakhine and Chin...
Pope Francis reiterates warning against persecution of Christians
Pope Francis highlighted the persecution of Christians during his weekly General Audience at the Vatican on April 29.
At the conclusion of his series of...