Days before trip, Pope's envoy in Iraq tests positive for COVID
- Feb 28, 2021
Nearly a month after a military coup ousted Myanmar’s government, the country’s bishops have urged leaders in all parties at every level to strive for peace and reconciliation after two people died in protests over the weekend.
Brunei’s new and first-ever red hat recipient, Bishop Cornelius Sim, said he never dreamed of being a priest, let alone a cardinal, but has welcomed his appointment “with open arms.”
As the Vatican prepares to renew its historic agreement with China on the appointment of bishops later this month, one leading expert on Chinese affairs has argued that while the desire for dialogue with China is understandable, there is still nothing to show for the deal two years later.
When religion is “instrumentalized or politicized for vested interests,” the cause of peace is put “in jeopardy,” an Indian archbishop has told a forum on religious liberty in the Asia-Pacific region.
In a popular Catholic church in the Philippines, nearly half of the pews were empty for Sunday Mass. The few hundred worshippers who showed up were asked to refrain from shaking others’ hands or holding them during prayers to prevent the spread of the virus that started in China.
In a popular Catholic church in the Philippines, nearly half of the pews were empty for Sunday Mass. The few hundred worshippers who showed up were asked to refrain from shaking others’ hands or holding them during prayers to prevent the spread of the virus that started in China.