The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops sued President Donald Trump’s administration over its abrupt freezing of federal funds for refugee settlement programs in the US.
The Minister for Education, Hon. Lucas Dawa Dekena, has appointed Fr. Lawrence Arockiaraj, General Secretary of the Catholic Bishops Conference (CBC) and former CBC Education Commission Secretary, as the new representative of the Catholic Church on the National Education Board (NEB) on February 14.
The Catholic Bishops Conference (CBC) of Papua New Guinea held its first meeting of the year on Tuesday, February 18, at the CBC Headquarters, bringing together commission secretaries for key updates, reflections, and planning for 2025.
An Australian human rights lawyer stressed how the integration and advancement of artificial intelligence must never exploit people’s personal information for commercial gain.
Pope Francis has called for an end to the ongoing conflict in Sudan, which began in April 2023, urging warring parties to cease hostilities and engage in peace negotiations on January 26, during Sunday Angelus.
On January 7 (Tuesday), Pope Francis accepted the early resignation of Bishop Dominique Rey of Fréjus-Toulon, following years of Vatican scrutiny regarding his ordination practices using pre-Vatican II liturgical books and other concerns.
Father Thomas Oyode, Rector of Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Agenebode, Edo State, Nigeria, has been kidnapped after offering himself in exchange for two abducted students.
The Vicar of the Custody of the Holy Land asked for prayers on behalf of the millions of innocent people living in the region who are afraid for their lives as well as the lives of their loved ones due to an intensifying conflict on September 2.
No less than nine Catholic priests have been abducted by dictator President Daniel Ortega since July 26, according to Martha Patricia Molina, a lawyer and researcher.
Christian churches have expressed solidarity with the Church in France over a performance at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris that was seen as disrespect to the Christian faith.
“Jesus is sent to be given by the Father to others… He is not sent just to wander around and enjoy Himself. He is sent to be given. The missioner is a gift,” said Cardinal Luis A. Tagle.
The Coptic Orthodox Church reported that three monks were attacked and brutally killed in the Coptic monastery of St. Mark and St. Bishop Samuel the Confessor in Cullinan, South Africa, 18 miles (30 Kilometers) east of the country’s capital, Pretoria on March 11 (Tuesday), 2024.
Bishop Matthew Kukah told Bola Tinubu, the recently elected president of Nigeria, that "neither God nor history will forgive you if you fail" and that "you have no excuses before God or the people of Nigeria."
“We feel the concern expressed by Pope Francis in his latest exhortation, Laudate Deum (2023), that ‘the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point’ (LD 2), but we are not doing enough to care for our common home,” said NGO VIVAT International.
During Boko Haram's insurgency in 2009, which aimed to transform the country into an Islamic state, there has been insecurity among priests and all Christians in Nigeria.
