Thai nuns work round the clock to weave up robes for Pope Francis’ visit
Garment workers in a Bangkok convent are frantically trying to finish elaborate gold and red silk robes for Pope Francis and top Vatican officials to wear during their upcoming visit to Thailand this month.
Pope denounces increasing violence against Jewish people
Pope Francis warned that violence against Jewish people, which reached a state of horror during World War II, is on the rise again.
Minority mission: Pope to encourage Thailand’s small Catholic community
he theme of Pope Francis' visit to Thailand is focused on mission, but in the Asian country where Catholics are a tiny minority, that mission is less about proclamation and more about witness, service and dialogue.
Daytime vandalisation of Irish Carmelite monastery shocks locals
A group broke into an Irish Carmelite monastery during the daytime, vandalised its chapel and shouted slurs at the elderly nuns who lived there.
Pope Francis’ lunch with the poor
Pope Francis joins some 1.500 poor people and volunteers for lunch marking the 3rd World Day of the Poor.
Christians, Muslims and Buddhists together for the Virgin of Nyaunglebin
Around 100,000 people from different religions last week participated in an annual pilgrimage to the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Nyaunglebin, 145 km north of Yangon.