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Pope Francis gives his support for AI, but it must be ‘ordered to the human person’

Church in Asia

Motorists ride past a coal power plant in Indonesia. (Credit: Associated Press.)

Indonesian archbishop opposes plans to build geothermal power plant

Jan 23
Nirmala Carvalho

St. Theresa of Child Jesus Chapel in Chokragaon village in Assam, India, after fire. (Credit: Bishop Michael Akasius Toppo.)

Chapel in Assam state in India burns to the ground

Jan 21
Nirmala Carvalho

Carmel School Digwadih. (Credit: School website.)

Catholic School in India investigates allegations against principal

Jan 18
Nirmala Carvalho

A devotee garlands a senior Hindu holy man walking in a procession, a day before the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival, in Prayagraj, India, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (Credit: Ashwini Bhatia/AP.)

Catholic community has small role in largest Hindu festival in India

Jan 14
Nirmala Carvalho

National flag of India. (Credit: Unsplash.)

Hindu nationalists protest outside of Christian church in northern India

Jan 11
Nirmala Carvalho

Father Joyce Kaithakottil on hunger protest. (Credit: Photo given to Crux by Father Joyce Kaithakottil.)

Syro-Malabar Church condemns hunger strike by priest in India

Jan 10
Nirmala Carvalho

The Taj Mahal on the right bank of the river Yamuna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Credit: Pixabay.)

Church leaders call on India to enhance protection of Christians

Jan 4
Nirmala Carvalho

Bangabhaban (literally Bengal House) is the presidential palace of Bangladesh. (Credit: Wikipedia.)

Christians attacked in village in Bangladesh

Dec 27, 2024
Nirmala Carvalho

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Nov. 23, 2024, in New Delhi, India. (Credit: Associated Press.)

Catholic bishops in India reject criticism of Modi’s Christmas visit to headquarters

Dec 25, 2024
Nirmala Carvalho

Pope Francis talks with Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo, Sri Lanka, during an audience with pilgrims from Sri Lanka after a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 8, 2014. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.)

Sri Lankan cardinal bans girls from being altar servers

Dec 19, 2024
Elise Ann Allen