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Archive photo of Pope Francis addressing a workshop organized by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

10/07/2020

Pope appoints new Members of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

A man holds a cross outside the US Supreme Court

10/07/2020

Archbishop Wenski: Two Supreme Court victories for religious liberty in US

A Nigerian soldier sits on an armoured vehicle

10/07/2020

Nigeria: Dozens killed in fresh Boko Haram attacks

Construction workers waiting to work in the informal sector in Cape Town, South Africa

09/07/2020

Church must help ethical post-pandemic economic recovery

Heavy monsoon rains in the Chittagong hills of Bangladesh.

09/07/2020

Bangladesh Church urges peace after deadly violence in Chittagong hills

Internally Displaced People in Burkina Faso

09/07/2020

Holy See advocates for rights of Internally Displaced Persons with disabilities

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Pope Francis celebrates Mass to commemorate the 7th anniversary of his visit to Italy's Lampedusa island

08/07/2020

Pope at Mass: Seek God's face in the poor, sick, abandoned and foreigners

Pope Francis celebrates the 7th anniversary of his visit to the migrants in the Italian island of Lampedusa with a Mass in the Casa Santa Marta chapel.

Funeral of Georg Ratzinger, brother of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI

08/07/2020

Pope emeritus Benedict XVI pens emotional letter for funeral of his brother, Georg Ratzinger

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09/07/2020

US Supreme Court affirms right to choose ministers

Pakistani Christians mark Easter at home under Covid-19 lockdown.

09/07/2020

Pakistan Church condemns violence, discrimination against minorities

The National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP) of the Pakistan Catholic Bishops' Conference (PCBC) releases a statement following the death of a Christian after a brutal ...

Rohingya refugees at a temporary shelter in North Aceh, Indonesia.

08/07/2020

Holy See urges concrete solutions to protect life and dignity of refugees

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations in Geneva, on Tuesday addressed a meeting on resettling refugees through complementary pathways.

Some members of the Little Sisters of the Poor Congregation in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington

09/07/2020

U.S. Bishops welcome Supreme Court ruling on religious liberty

Two USCCB committee chairmen applaud a US Supreme Court ruling in favour of the Little Sisters of the Poor in a long-running dispute over a contraception mandate.