Texas Bishop: These Massacres Cannot be Considered the New Normal
By Rhina Guidos – Some U.S. bishops spoke out against the easy accessibility to guns in the country following a May 24 rampage that left at least...
Category: Violence
Pope: Blood of Bucha Massacre Victims Cries out to Heaven
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Pope Francis once again pleaded for an end to the bloodshed and violence in Ukraine after images of innocent civilians apparently executed...
Disarming Our Hearts, Disarming The World
The world is awash with weapons! Handguns, semi-automatic assault weapons, grenade launchers, tanks, anti-tank missiles, artillery, attack helicopters, drones, fighter jets, bombers, cruise missiles, anti-personnel mines and...
Vietnamese Dominican stabbed to death while hearing confession
By CNS – A Dominican priest serving ethnic groups in Vietnam’s Central Highlands was stabbed to death while he was hearing confession. An informed source from Kon Tum...
From Violence to Respect for Life
On 17 January it was the U.S. holiday commemorating the great civil and human rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. On the evening of April 4,...
No violence against women, say Irish bishops after teacher’s murder
By Sarah Mac Donald – Following the violent death of a 23-year-old schoolteacher in a midlands town, two Irish bishops have questioned societal attitudes toward women and...
Ethiopian bishop describes ongoing conflict as people’s ‘Way of the Cross’
By Laura Ieraci – An Ethiopian Catholic bishop has described the massive destruction, suffering and loss of life that continues to plague the people in his eparchy since...
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...
Catholic Anti-Slavery Network in Australia becomes model for business
When Australia’s national customs and border law enforcement agency uploaded a Catholic document to a federal government registry monitoring modern-day slavery at the end of June, it...
South Africa: Wholesale Destruction Mocks Liberty
The violent protests and looting in many parts of South Africa that followed the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma is harming the people, “not the elites...
Gunmen in South Sudan Shoot Bishop-Elect in Both Legs Before His Installation
By Carol Glatz – Unidentified gunmen broke into the home of the bishop-designate of Rumbek, South Sudan, shot him in both legs and fled, according to church...
Mozambique’s bishops speak out against violence in Cabo Delgado
Catholic bishops in Mozambique expressed concerns about ongoing violence in the country and increasing food insecurity – especially in the midst of the pandemic. In the northern...
