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A view of the collapsed section of the Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy

15/08/2018

Pope Francis prays for victims of bridge collapse in Italy

Pope Francis greets the faithful on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

15/08/2018

Pope on Assumption: God saves the whole person, body and soul

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo (foreground), president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)

15/08/2018

Official reactions to Pennsylvania report on clerical sex abuse

15/08/2018

Twitter creates Papal emoji for Irish visit

14/08/2018

“No one has greater love than this…” – St. Maximilian Kolbe

Pope Francis meeting Korean youth at the sanctuary of Solmoe in Dangjin on August 15, 2014.

14/08/2018

Fourth Korean Youth Day concludes on August 15

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Reacting to new reports of clerical sexual abuse and cover-ups

15/08/2018

Repentance, sadness, shame: US Bishops respond to PA abuse report

"Remorse," "sadness," "shock,” and "shame": these are some of the reactions of Catholic Bishops of the State of Pennsylvania following the publication of a report on sexual abuse ...

Nicaraguans protest in Managua on Saturday

13/08/2018

Card. Brenes laments death of Nicaraguan protester

Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra shakes hands with Pope Francis

15/08/2018

Pope appoints new Substitute at Vatican Secretariat of State

Pope Francis appoints Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra as the new Substitute for General Affairs of the Vatican’s Secretariat of State.

A man looks at an Egyptian Coptic cross placed on a rock

12/08/2018

Egyptian monk charged with murder of Coptic Orthodox bishop

Prosecutors in Egypt have charged a former monk with the murder of Coptic Orthodox Bishop Epiphanius, who was found dead in a pool of blood on July 29th at his desert monastery.

Pakistani students marking the country's 72nd Independence Day on August 14, 2018.

14/08/2018

Pakistan celebrates 72nd Independence Day

Fire in a Taipei hospital leaves 9 people dead.

13/08/2018

Deadly fire in Taiwan hospital

13/08/2018

Economic turmoil leaves Turkey reeling

Pakistani Christians observing Palm Sunday at St. Anthony's Church, Lahore.

13/08/2018

Pakistan’s National Minorities Day - mixed feelings

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An army truck in Mbare, a southern suburb of Harare

06/08/2018

The Church should help heal Zimbabwe

In the aftermath of Zimbabwe’s elections, in which six persons died, a leading educationist, Jesuit Fr. Arimoso, says it is now left to the Church to pick up the pieces.