An English cardinal has condemned an attack against Muslims who had gathered close to a London mosque. Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster issued a statement following the fourth terror attack in the United Kingdom...
Pope Francis decried the “barbaric attack” on concertgoers in Manchester, adding his voice to Catholic leaders dismayed at what British officials said was the deadliest case of terrorism since 2005. In a telegram sent...
Indian Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was kidnapped in Yemen more than a year ago, in a video message pleaded for the Indian government and the Catholic Church to do more to secure his...
Russia’s Catholic Church has condemned a Supreme Court decision to outlaw the Jehovah’s Witnesses and warned the move will increase fears of new restrictions on Catholic rights. “Churches like ours don’t recognize the Jehovah’s...
The French archdiocese of Rouen has opened a formal inquiry into the cause for beatification of Fr Jacques Hamel, who was killed while celebrating Mass in July 2016. Fr Hamel was killed as he...
A new study issued by the Pew Research Centre shows that restrictions on religion around the world, both by governments and their citizens, are once again on the rise after having ticked downward...
Despite recent and repeated terrorist attacks against Egypt’s minority Christian communities, Pope Francis will not cancel his visit to Egypt. “The pope’s trip to Egypt proceeds as scheduled,” Greg Burke, Vatican spokesman, told Catholic...
Pope Francis strongly condemned a shocking chemical attack in Syria that left some 70 people, including at least 10 children, dead. “We are horrified by the latest events in Syria. I strongly deplore the...
Mary Bowers, Cape Town – I ask you to pray with me. My daily prayer to St Paul is to intercede for all those whose thoughts and behaviour are ruled by evil. They go...
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, whose cathedral is just a short walk from the scene of the London terrorist attack, called for prayers for the dead and wounded. “Yesterday’s attacks in Westminster have shocked...
Marking the feast of St. Josephine Bakhita, a former slave, Pope Francis urged Christians to help victims of human trafficking and migrants, especially the Rohingya people being chased from Myanmar. For the Catholic Church,...
Catholic and Orthodox leaders have pledged to stand together against fundamentalism and terrorism, as well as resisting forces working to erode and destroy religious belief in Europe. “Terrorist violence against people considered unbelievers or...
