We Owe it to Them
During the US-led coalition’s 20 year devastating war in Afghanistan against the Taliban, the poverty-stricken people of that nation suffered the brutalities of war of which most...
Category: Crisis
English, Welsh bishops Delay the Return of the Faithful to Mass
By Simon Caldwell – The Catholic bishops of England and Wales announced a delay in their plans to restore the obligation to go to Mass on Sundays...
US Courts Examine Religious Exemptions to Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates
By Carol Zimmermann – Religion usually stays out of the workplace, but now with expanding Covid-19 vaccine requirements, employees’ personal faith is front and centre as many...
Climate Change Risks Devastating Conflicts – Even Nuclear War
As climate change rages along its disastrous path of increasing and more intense natural disasters – hurting the poor most of all – it now appears that...
Government Forces Arrest Salesians in Ethiopian Capital
By Fredrick Nzwili – Ethiopian government forces raided a centre run by the Salesians of Don Bosco in Addis Ababa on November 5 and arrested 17 people,...
Bishop-Elect Who Was Shot Ordination Delayed till 2022
The apostolic nuncio to South Sudan has announced the postponement of the episcopal ordination of a Bishop-elect who is recovering from gunshot wounds. Bishop-elect Christian Carlassare was...
Pope: The Culture of Death Includes All Forms of Abuse
By Carol Glatz – Every form of abuse – sexual, psychological or an abuse of power – is part of “the culture of death” that needs to be...
American missionaries reported abducted in Haiti
A group of 17 missionaries and family members were abducted in Haiti on Saturday, the New York Times first reported. The missionaries were part of Christian Aid...
South Sudan church leaders work for peace, but soldiers won’t listen
By Paul Jeffrey – Pope Francis may have kissed the feet of South Sudan’s warring political leaders in a dramatic 2019 appeal for peace, but armed conflict...
Bishops: Manila is sinking, and Catholics must take the environment seriously
Two Philippine bishops have raised the alarm about rising sea levels that make Manila one of the fastest-sinking cities in the world. Ucanews.com reported Bishop Pablo Virgilio...
Spanish church urges support for Canary Islands volcano victims
Spanish church leaders are urging prayers and donations for residents of the Canary Islands, after earthquakes and a volcanic eruption devastated parts of the Atlantic island chain....
Bishop Sipuka: It’s time to act on discrimination and violation of women
By: Bishop Sithembele Sipuka I would be remiss to let the month of August pass without referring to women who, in the light of the prevailing patriarchal...
