Bishops in Africa say they need to work together to mitigate the risks of illegal immigration.
Bishops in Africa say they need to work together to mitigate the risks of illegal immigration.
On a gloomy, rainy Saturday morning in Beirut, 92-year-old Julia enthusiastically greeted her visitors, Christian and Muslim youth, who had come to set up a Christmas tree in her modest apartment.
On Tuesday, a gunman opened fire at Europe’s largest Christmas market in Strasbourg, France — leaving two individuals dead, another in a vegetative state, and wounding over a dozen others.
A gunman opened fire inside a Brazilian church, killing four people and injuring four others before turning the gun on himself, police said.
A nun in India accusing a bishop of raping her says she wants “the Church to recognise that I was wronged.”
For most people, Christmas is a joyous time with family and friends; but this joy can turn to grief when those family and friends have died.
In the heart of Rome, near streets of fancy shops already blinged out for Christmas shopping, Pope Francis prayed for Romans struggling to survive and for families in the city and around the world who face the same lack of welcome that Mary and Joseph experienced.
Albrecht von Boeselager, Grand Chancellor of the Order of Malta, has said Europe cannot ignore its high number of migrant deaths, and stressed the importance of seeking a multilateral solution as nations prepare to adopt the U.N. global compact on migration in Morocco.
Pope Francis will visit the city of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates Feb. 3-5 of next year to participate in the International Interfaith Meeting on “Human Fraternity.”
Workers decorate the Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Nov. 26.