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Pope Francis thanked the Filipino faithful for their “witness of strength and trust in God, who never abandons you”

Pope Francis urged people around the world not to give up hope despite all the challenges, including the coronavirus pandemic, in his traditional Easter message “Urbi et Orbi” – to the city and the world.

The harassment of two Catholic nuns on a train in India has spiraled into a major issue that has cut across religious and political lines.

In his Easter message, Cardinal Bo said the people of Myanmar should not fall into the turf of the enemy, but instead “defeat him with love, defeat him with humanity.”

Pope Francis said on Saturday that he hoped the dark times of the pandemic would end and that people could rediscover “the grace of everyday life.”

A group of children read the meditations, stopping 14 times around the St. Peter’s Square to mark each of the “Stations of the Cross,” starting with the first when Jesus was condemned to death by Pontius Pilate to the last when he was buried in a tomb.

The Diocese of Rajshahi in Bangladesh organized a seminar for couples at the Sursunipara Presentation of Our Lord Church on March 19 and 20, 2021.

The prelate of the Archdiocese of Imphal in India reminded priests and religious in his territory of their “two-fold ministry” of pastoral care and education of the faithful.

Christians in China are being held in secretive, mobile “transformation” facilities by communist authorities in a bid to force them to renounce their faith.

Pope Francis urged priests to be humble like Jesus as he began three busy days leading to Easter — all scaled down because of the coronavirus pandemic — with a Holy Thursday Mass.

Pope Francis said he is thinking of the innocent victims of war, everyday violence, and abortion who are “crucified in our time” during the observance of the Holy Week.

International human rights groups called for the release of a Christian leader who is being held in Laos for more than a year for allegedly violating a law protecting religious practice.

COVID-19 is on the rise in Bangladesh with the infection rate increasing from less than three percent last month to about 20 percent now.

Five overseas archdioceses have called for Holy Thursday to be a day of prayer for democracy and peace in Myanmar where hundreds have been killed since a Feb. 1 military coup.

The New Delhi-based Institute of Harmony and Peace Studies (IHPS), which is headed by a Catholic priest, has been selected for a UN award sponsored by King Abdullah II of Jordan.

Father Jacob Pallipurath, who fought state elections in 1983 and won as an independent candidate, was a legislator in the state assembly for one term.

Pope Francis called for prayers for the victims of a bomb explosion that wounded at least 19 people at a Catholic church in Indonesia on March 28.

The Catholic Church in Cambodia celebrated Palm Sunday this year amid the coronavirus pandemic in silence as churches were empty due to strict health protocols.

Two suspected suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar on March 28, wounding 14 people on the first day of the Easter Holy Week, the country’s national police said.

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