Church leaders preach peace in Nicaragua as they face threats from Ortega regime
- Jun 23, 2021
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Bishop shot in South Sudan says he is not intimidated
- Apr 29, 2021
Bishop Christian Carlassare of Rumbek, who was shot Sunday night after just two months on the job, has said he is not intimidated by the attack and intends to return as soon as possible to be with his people.
South Sudan’s new bishop shot two months after appointment
- Apr 26, 2021
Nearly two months after being tapped as the new leader of the Diocese of Rumbek in South Sudan, Bishop Christian Carlassare was attacked and shot by unidentified gunmen Sunday night, and is recovering.
Myanmar bishops call for end to ‘blood in the streets’
- Feb 23, 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.
Pope encourages Venezuelan clergy as they face pandemic, political crisis
- Jan 19, 2021
Pope Francis on Tuesday sent a video to the priests of Venezuela, encouraging them to work together to overcome the difficulties that “plague so many of our brothers and sisters in Venezuela and throughout the world.”
Amid rising protests, Guatemala’s bishops call on president to veto budget
- Nov 23, 2020
Guatemala’s bishops urged the country’s president to veto the budget, but also called for calm as some protesters set the country’s Congress on fire.
Spanish bishops, Europeans warn of economic, social wounds from pandemic
- Nov 21, 2020
Spain’s Catholic bishops warned of a “deep wound” left by rising inequality and moral collapse during the COVID-19 crisis, as churches across Europe also cited plummeting incomes and deteriorating conditions.
Prayers for the dead help the living, too, pope says
- Nov 5, 2020
Praying for the dead and asking God to welcome them into his presence forever helps Christians remember what life and death are really about, Pope Francis said.
French feminists dismayed by male appointed Archbishop of Lyon
- Oct 24, 2020
Several French women who earlier this year applied to be clergy voiced disappointment after Pope Francis yesterday named Bishop Olivier de Germay of Ajaccio as the next archbishop of Lyon, arguing the decision perpetuates Catholicism’s machista culture.
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