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“It’s really different when you go to their places and meet them face-to-face,” said Bishop Santos.

“Bishop Chacko is a man of righteousness and consistency, a man for the poor,” said  Fr. Michael John.

“I express my closeness to the Iranian people...many who were injured, and all those who were affected by this great suffering,” said Pope Francis.

"With profound sorrow, we inform the Apostolic Nuncio, Cardinals, Bishops, Priests, Nuns, and all the faithful that Mgr. Anton Pain Ratu, SVD, has passed away at the age of 95," said Father Vinsentiun Wun, SVD.

The biggest change that the officials emphasized is that the devotees will no longer be
allowed to climb up the caroza also called “andas” of Jesus the Black Nazarene.

A simple, unassuming, hardworking, loving, and committed religious; and prayerful Divine Word Missionary Brother Juniper (Joachim Kerketta) passed away at around ten o'clock on January 3 in St. Joseph's Home, Catholic Ashram Palda, a town in Indore district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

“The Syrian people are condemned to die without being able to say a word,” said Archbishop Jacques Mourad in an interview with Vatican News.

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Ms. Achtman said euthanasia is an urgent and pressing moral crisis. She encouraged societies and countries that have not legalized euthanasia “not to stray down this path” because once it becomes legal, euthanasia will not remain limited.

Twenty-three incidences of violence against Christians in India were reported by the United Christian Forum (UCF) in the final week of 2023.

The 60-year-old, whose name was not identified, was rushed to the nearest hospital for treatment and was scheduled for an operation on a fractured collarbone. The diocese’s AM radio station, DzWT, reported he was already “in stable condition”.

Archbishop Palma said he hopes that the momentum of the work be sustained, for the “ecclesiastical watershed” to “continue overflowing as pathways to the hearts of all the faithful.”

20 Catholic missionaries, 4 from Asia, murdered in 2023

This unique series of five “live” conversations offers Catholics of the Archdiocese of Singapore the opportunity to connect with Cardinal Goh on matters close to their hearts.

The Pope expressed solidarity with those suffering, those who have lost loved ones, saying he was "deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and damage caused by the earthquake in the Ishikawa prefecture."

“Alas, we also see that the pursuits for money and power have seen rampant explorations of oil without regard to the pollution and harm caused to our natural ecosystem," said Bishop Joseph Hii.

“With great sadness in my heart and soul, I wish to confirm to all that our dear Bishop Ronald Bong Lunas has joined the Father in heaven this morning,” said Bishop Guillermo D. Afable of Digos

Pope Francis began the year 2023 by mourning Pope Benedict XVI, who resigned in 2013 and died on December 31, 2022.

“Dare to build a different world, a world of listening, dialogue, and openness,” said Pope Francis

Around 6,500 people attended the customary end-of-year celebration, and several more awaited Pope Francis outside the Basilica.