International
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Fr. Faltas: Over 10,000 children killed in Middle East conflict
By Admin Webmaster 1/22/2024 8:06:51 PMIn an interview with Vatican News, Father Ibrahim Faltas, the Vicar of the Custody of the Holy Land in Jerusalem, decries that more than 10,000 children have been killed since the start of the Israel-Hamas War, and urges serious consideration of the 'two peoples, two-States' solution.
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Armed gunmen kidnap six nuns in Haiti
By Admin Webmaster 1/20/2024 9:04:31 PMArmed gunmen take at least six nuns hostage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, when they took over a bus carrying them and drove off to an unknown destination.
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Cardinal Parolin: Holy See concerned about general war in Middle East
By Admin Webmaster 1/18/2024 8:03:18 PMCardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin expresses the Holy See’s concerns for an escalation of war that could engulf the entire Middle East, speaking on the sidelines of an event at the Italian Senate.
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Nicaragua cancels legal status of 16 NGOs, some Catholic
By Admin Webmaster 1/17/2024 9:10:28 PMNicaragua’s government cancels the juridical status of 16 non-governmental organizations, ten of which are Catholic or evangelical Christian, and seizes their assets.
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Africa Region: Church leaders hold their first online fellowship meeting
By Admin Webmaster 1/17/2024 10:36:39 AMChurch leaders, Council members and Council advisors from The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches in the Africa Region met for an online meeting on 11 January 2024.
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Church in Lebanon supporting people displaced by fighting in the South
By Admin Webmaster 1/17/2024 8:56:48 AMFather Michel Abboud, president of Caritas Lebanon speaks to Vatican News about the thousands of men, women and children forced to flee cross-fire in South Lebanon, saying the escalation of the fighting further complicates the economic crisis in Lebanon.
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UN agencies appeal for greater access to Gaza to deliver life-saving aid
By Admin Webmaster 1/17/2024 8:51:41 AMInternational humanitarian aid agencies have appealed for greater access to reach the population of Gaza where emergency medicine and food are desperately needed to assist the injured and avert famine and disease.
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Canary Island's President delivers migrants' letters to Pope Francis
By Admin Webmaster 1/16/2024 8:16:27 AMTwo letters are delivered to Pope Francis by Fernando Clavijo, president of the Canary Islands, who spoke with the Pope about unaccompanied minors and migration.
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Bishops in Cameroon deplore violence in North and Anglophone regions
By Admin Webmaster 1/16/2024 8:12:38 AMClosing their annual meeting in Maroua-Mokolo, the Cameroonian bishops express their “constant paternal solicitude and continual prayer” for all victims of violence in Far North and North-West and South-West regions.
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Pope prays for victims of landslide in Colombia
By Admin Webmaster 1/15/2024 9:39:30 PMFollowing a deadly mudslide in western Colombia, Pope Francis asks God to "grant consolation to the bereaved, and to all those who are suffering in these moments of pain and uncertainty."
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Holy See receives Bishops Álvarez, Mora, 15 priests after Nicaragua frees them
By Admin Webmaster 1/15/2024 9:36:49 PMThe Nicaraguan government has confirmed the release of the Bishop of Matagalpa, detained since 2022, together with the Bishop of Siuna, two seminarians, and 15 other priests.
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A year lost for Sudan's children
By Admin Webmaster 1/15/2024 9:24:48 PMMarking almost one year since the beginning of the civil war in Sudan, Save the Children warns about the terrible effect that violence is having on children, and about the Western world's unjust silence.
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Pope Francis: ‘War is a crime against humanity’
By Admin Webmaster 1/14/2024 8:08:49 PMPope Francis calls all forms of war a “crime against humanity,” and urges humanity to learn how to desire peace through education that rejects violence.
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Palestinian Premier Shtayyeh: 'When Palestinian children will see the Sea of Gaza'
By Admin Webmaster 1/14/2024 8:46:37 AMIn an extensive interview with L'Osservatore Romano, Palestinian Prime Minister Shtayyeh addresses the Palestinian National Authority's key role for the future of Gaza and the whole of Palestine.
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Bishop Martinelli: escalation in Red Sea could affect peace in Yemen
By Admin Webmaster 1/14/2024 8:41:24 AMThe Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia says recent developments in the Red Sea haven’t affected so far ordinary life in Yemen, though they could affect the peace process in the war-torn country.
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100 days of war in Gaza: Close to those who suffer
By Admin Webmaster 1/14/2024 8:35:21 AMWe are not neutral. We stand by the side of the many Palestinians who have died under the rubble of Gaza, 10,000 of whom are children. We stand by the side of the innocents killed in the kibbutzim on October 7 and the Israeli hostages. We stand, with full conviction, on one side: that of the victims and those who suffer.
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Rachel Goldberg Polin: Join me to unite our fractured world
By Admin Webmaster 1/14/2024 8:35:07 AMOne hundred days after Hamas attacked Israel and took hundreds of hostages, Rachel Goldberg Polin, mother of Hersh and spokesperson for the families of the hostages, who met Pope Francis last November, has written this exclusive article for L'Osservatore Romano.
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In letter to Shevchuk, Pope decries latest missile attacks on Ukraine
By Admin Webmaster 1/12/2024 4:51:33 PMPope Francis sends a letter to the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in which he strongly condemns the "ignoble" and "unacceptable" Russian missile attacks against the civilian population and vital infrastructure of the country.
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Disfigured man embraced by Pope Francis passes away
By Admin Webmaster 1/12/2024 9:51:07 AMVinicio Riva, whose face was disfigured by von Recklinghausen's disease and who received a long embrace from Pope Francis ten years ago in St. Peter's Square, passed away at age 58 on Wednesday.
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Producer of landmines becomes leading deminer, says "war is madness"
By Admin Webmaster 1/12/2024 9:38:10 AML’Osservatore Romano features an interview with an Italian engineer who used to produce landmines but after a conversion experience has gone on to become a leading expert in demining.
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Maronite bishops sound the alarm over Gaza war extending to Lebanon
By Admin Webmaster 1/6/2024 6:27:10 AMClosing their monthly meeting Bkerké, the Lebanese bishops issue a statement calling for the international community to step in to prevent a new full-scale war between Hezbollah and Israel, and for a permanent ceasefire in the Holy Land.
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Sudan paramiliary chief commits to ceasefire amid continued fighting
By Admin Webmaster 1/5/2024 8:22:45 PMFollowing a series of meetings with African Heads of State, the Sudanese paramilitary leader says he is committed to a cease-fire to end the devastating war that has wrecked his country. However, fighting continues unabated, and no date or location for talks between the warring parties has been announced.
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Cardinal Onaiyekan on Nigeria's massacres: Insecurity crisis raises serious questions
By Admin Webmaster 1/5/2024 8:18:10 PMIn an interview with Vatican News, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria, calls for a concrete response to the insecurity crisis witnessed in the latest Christmastime massacre, warning this coordinated series of attacks raises serious questions,...
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Pope ‘deeply saddened’ for lives lost in Iran explosions
By Admin Webmaster 1/5/2024 8:11:55 PMPope Francis expresses his heartfelt condolences, sorrow, and prayers for those who were killed or injured by explosions in Kerman, Iran, and for those who mourn their loss.
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Venice Music Biennale seeking young composers for residency program
By Admin Webmaster 1/4/2024 7:02:14 PMThe artistic director of the 2024 Venice Music Biennale, Lucia Ronchetti, launches an international campaign that seeks to identify five composers and six performers under 30 years of age to be selected for a residency program to carry out research and production of new performances.
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Israel continues push into Gaza
By Admin Webmaster 1/3/2024 9:10:18 AMConcentrated fighting is ongoing in Gaza, where attacks continue in the southern region of Khan Younis.
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Sudan’s Bishops appeal to international community to help stop war
By Admin Webmaster 1/3/2024 9:04:50 AMIn a collective statement on the situation in war-torn Sudan, the country's Catholic Bishops appeal to the international community to intensify efforts to end the violence in the country. They also express concern that the protracted fighting may aim to block solidarity between the people of Sudan.
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Priest arrested in Nicaragua following Mass on New Year's Eve
By Admin Webmaster 1/1/2024 10:11:31 PMFr. Gustavo Sandino, a priest of the Diocese of Jinotega, Nicaragua, was arrested following Mass on New Year's Eve. At least 14 priests, two seminarians and a Bishop have been arrested in recent days in Nicaragua. Cardinal Brenes has expressed his closeness to the priests' families and communities.
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Six more priests arrested in Nicaragua
By Admin Webmaster 12/31/2023 9:33:14 PMThe crackdown on the Catholic Church in Nicaragua continues with six more priests arrested in the night between December 29 and 30. In recent days, a total of 11 priests and Bishop Isidoro Mora of Siuna have been imprisoned.
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Three more priests arrested in Nicaragua
By Admin Webmaster 12/31/2023 6:49:20 AMNicaraguan authorities have reportedly arrested three more priests in Managua in the wake of a public prayer for Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos, who was sentenced to 26 years in prison earlier this year.