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Bethlehem residents lose work and land as situation deteriorates
Posted on 06/11/2025 00:54 AM ()
Residents of Bethlehem in the Palestinian West Bank have seen unemployment rise to 31 percent and declining number of tourists impact their livelihoods, according to Joseph Hazboun, regional director of CNEWA-Pontifical Mission in Jerusalem.
Kyiv’s historic Cathedral damaged in Russian air strikes
Posted on 06/11/2025 00:39 AM ()
As Russian drones bomb the 11th-century Holy Wisdom Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archbishop Borys Gudziak says the cathedral holds "unique spiritual symbolism and moral significance for the nation."
The changing face of faith: Pew report on global religious landscape 2010-2020
Posted on 06/10/2025 07:09 AM ()
The just-published report issued by the Pew Research Centre on its findings on how the world’s religious landscape has evolved over the past decade highlights demographic growth, shifting affiliations, and rising secularism. It notes that Christians remain the world’s biggest religious group, although Muslims are growing fastest.
Trump orders marines to Los Angeles in response to protests against immigration raids
Posted on 06/10/2025 07:08 AM ()
US President Donald Trump orders California National Guardsmen and marines to L.A. in response to protests against expanded raids aimed at undocumented migrants.
Pope: Papal representatives embody universality of Church’s desire for peace
Posted on 06/10/2025 03:13 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV meets with his Pontifical Representatives across the globe, and urges them to bear witness to the Church’s love for the world and her desire to do anything possible to stand on the side of those in need.
Catholic business leaders launch faith-driven executive program in Thailand
Posted on 06/10/2025 01:43 AM ()
Catholic business leaders from Thailand and the Philippines gathered at the Baan Phu Waan Pastoral Training Center on June 7–8 for the inaugural session of the Catholic Business Wisdom Enhancement Program, a new formation initiative aimed at aligning business leadership with Christian values.
DRC: Honouring courage and honesty: The beatification of Floribert Bwana Chui
Posted on 06/9/2025 10:21 AM ()
On 15 June, the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy, will witness the beatification of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, a young Congolese member of the Community of Sant’Egidio, a martyr who stood up against corruption. The ceremony will be presided over by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints.
Sowing peace through the diplomacy of the Gospel
Posted on 06/9/2025 08:10 AM ()
In an interview marking the Jubilee of the Holy See and an upcoming audience with Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin describes Apostolic Nuncios as bridges that link the Pope with local Churches, the Church with States, and the world’s wounds with the hope of the Gospel.
Church in Mexico supporting families of the ‘disappeared’
Posted on 06/9/2025 07:54 AM ()
The Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Mexico City, Monsignor Francisco Javier Acero, issues an appeal to political authorities and all sectors of society to engage in dialogue and cooperate in locating the thousands of people who have gone missing in recent decades amid rising criminal violence.
Pope Leo XIV: Holiness of Curial officials should sustain Holy See
Posted on 06/9/2025 04:27 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for officials of the Roman Curia on the Jubilee of the Holy See, and recalls that the Apostolic See draws its fruitfulness from Jesus Christ and the example of the Blessed Virgin Mary.