Religion & Spirituality
Religion & Spirituality
British leader not opposed to assisted suicide in principle, says chaplain to UK parliament
Following the recent intervention of Andy Burnham – the first professed Catholic to become Prime Minister in the UK – in the assisted suicide...
Religion & Spirituality
Pope prays for Ceuta as city reels from mass migrant incursion
Pope Leo XIV offered prayers for Ceuta on Sunday, in the aftermath of a migrant border surge sent the Spanish city into turmoil and...
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UK bishops need to be ready for battle over assisted suicide
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham dealt the assisted suicide movement a major setback in his country this past week, and UK bishops rightly welcomed...
Religion & Spirituality
Global watchdogs defend Filipino journalist facing criminal complaint
MANILA, Philippines – Human rights and media watchdogs are defending a Filipino journalist facing an “unjust vexation” case filed by a minister of the...
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Pro-life Catholics decry pro-abortion ‘judicial activism’ from Mexico’s Supreme Court
Catholic activists are accusing Mexico’s Supreme Court of judicial activism when it comes to expanding access to abortion in the Latin American nation.
Over the...
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Religious minorities in Bangladesh are not doing well, new report says
Minority communities in Bangladesh had a very hard time during the first half of the year, a new report shows.
The Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist Christian Unity...
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Two former Sri Lanka officials sentenced to death for negligence in deadly Easter bombings
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lankan court on Friday sentenced a former police chief and a former top Defense Ministry official to death...
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A giddy Patti Smith meets fellow Chicago legend, Pope Leo XIV, and says ‘Hi’
ROME — Rock legend Patti Smith was giddy and almost at a loss for words when she met Friday with Pope Leo XIV.
“Hi,” she...