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As the Church in Japan holds its annual Ten Days of Prayer for Peace event the Japanese bishops reiterate that peace is everybody’s responsibility. ...

ROME — On Easter Sunday, Pope Francis said Jesus, the victor over sin, fear and death, called on the world not to surrender to evil and violence. He made an impassioned plea for an end to the war in Ukraine and urged the faithful to appeal for peace and the end to cruelty and senseless...

SENDING asylum-seekers overseas raises “serious ethical questions”, “cannot stand the judgement of G...

Rome - On Easter Sunday, Pope Francis said Jesus, the victor over sin, fear and death, called on the world not to surrender to evil and violence. He mad

The Vatican Remains Silent on the Persecution of Chinese Christians 04/23/2021 at 5:46 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White By Fr. Mario Alwxis Portella, Crisis Magazine, April 12, 2021 Last November, Pope Francis, for the first time, called China’s Muslim Uighurs a “persecuted” people, something human rights activists have been urging him to do for years. However, during his solemn Urbi et Orbi Easter blessing on Easter Sunday, Francis snubbed the Uighurs as he carefully omitted any re...

Pope at Easter Urbi et Orbi: Risen Christ is hope that does not disappoint Pope Francis delivers his traditional Easter message “Urbi et Orbi” – to the city and the world – underscoring how today we celebrate the event that gives us the hope that does not disappoint: “Jesus who was crucified has risen”. By Vatican News staff writer Throughout the world, the Church proclaims the joyous news that “Jesus, who was crucified, has risen as He said. Alleluia!”, Pope Francis said at the...

European churches face second Easter with restrictions alamy The full moon over St Isaac’s Cathedral, St Petersburg, on Monday CHURCHES across the Continent are experiencing a second year of impaired Easter celebrations, after restrictions were re-imposed to counter a new spike in coronavirus infections. In France, Spain, and Italy, churches have stayed open for public worship, subject to sanitisation rules agreed with governments. The rules are strictest in di...