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Pope Francis speaks ahead of the Angelus prayer

12/08/2018

Pope Francis at Angelus: ‘It’s evil not to do good!’

Pope Francis joins 70,000 Italian young people at Circus Maximus for an evening prayer service

11/08/2018

Pope to young people: 'Take the risk and love!'

Pope Francis with young Italian pilgrims in Rome's Circus Maximus

11/08/2018

Pope to young Italians: ‘Hope overcomes misery, oppression’

13/08/2018

Pope Francis in Korea four years ago: Asian youth, wake up!

Spanish Jesuit priest Father Carlos Riudavets Montes was found dead with stab wounds in the school he ran in Peru.

11/08/2018

Jesuit priest killed in Peru

10/08/2018

Pope Francis meets with Chilean Abuse Prevention Council

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Nicaraguans protest in Managua on Saturday

13/08/2018

Card. Brenes laments death of Nicaraguan protester

One person died and two others were injured in Nicaragua’s capital on Saturday, while participating in protests against the government of President Daniel Ortega.

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

13/08/2018

Pakistan’s National Minorities Day - mixed feelings

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.

Relief material being distributed to flood-affected people in the Philippine capital, Manila.

13/08/2018

Manila hit by floods, Card. Tagle opens churches to those affected

About 1.1 million people are affected by severe flooding in the weekend in Philippine capital and surrounding areas.

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

A view of the collapsed wooden walkway in the Spanish city of Vigo

13/08/2018

Boardwalk collapses at concert in Spain, injuring hundreds

Protests against the government in Romania have turned violent

11/08/2018

Anti-government protests turn violent in Romania

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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.