Church in India launches mental health program to confront present challenges
The initiative, led by the Catholic Mental Health Ministry (CMHM) under the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Office for...
Holy See: Religious freedom is violated in one third of the world
Human rights, including those against freedom of thought, conscience and religion, continue to be violated on an alarming scale across the...
Nobel prize winners join calls for human fraternity
Some thirty Nobel prize laureates have signed the Declaration on Human Fraternity calling on all men and women of good will to embrace their appeal to fraternity...
Korean Christians to join prayer campaign to end abortion
Christians in South Korea say they will join a 40-day global campaign seeking to end abortion in the country through prayer, fasting, community outreach and daylong vigils.
Pope expresses shock for Canadian Residential School discovery and prays for healing
Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his pain for “the shocking discovery in Canada of the remains of 215 children, pupils of the Kamloops Indian Residential School, in the province of British Columbia.”
Marking World Day of the Poor among the downtrodden
Catholic communities across Asia celebrated the Fifth World Day of the Poor, an observance established by Pope Francis to highlight the place of the poor in the life of the Church.