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Pope at Angelus: Love is always demanding

Pope Francis says that in order to be saved we must love God and our neighbour – "and this is not comfortable." 

Pope Francis on Amazon: That forest lung is vital for our planet

Pope Francis prays that Amazon fires might be contained as possible. 

Pope welcomes new UAE committee to promote Human Fraternity

Pope Francis expresses his appreciation for a new committee set up in the United Arab Emirates to promote the ideals contained in the Document on Human ... 

Pope to Methodists: We can offer common answers to suffering of the poorest 

Pope Francis sends greetings to the Synod of the Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches, taking place this week in Torre Pellice (Turin). 

Holy See-Vietnam Joint Working Group concludes talks 

A two-day meeting of the Vietnam-Holy See Working Group concluded in the Vatican on Thursday. The Group on Friday issued a joint statement regarding the issues ... 

Eleven years after India’s deadly anti-Christian violence, faith still growing 

Christians in India marked Kandhamal Day on Sunday, commemorating the 11th anniversary of the country’s worst violence against Christians which took place in ... 

US Bishops denounce rule undermining protection for immigrant children

The Chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration condemns the rule published by the US Department of Homeland Security ... 

Cardinal Hummes: stop the predators of the Amazonian rain forest

In the preface to a new book published ahead of the October Pan-Amazonian Synod of Bishops, Brazilian Cardinal Cláudio Hummes reflects on “New models of ... 

Indonesia bishop urges calm in Papua, denounces racism

Violence has flared in Indonesia’s provinces of Papua and West Papua, following reports about security forces and angry mobs allegedly maltreating and hurling ... 

Bishop of Salford launches Laudato si’ Centre

The English Bishop for the Environment, John Arnold is responding to the challenge of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the care for creation, by launching a project ... 

Australia Bishops: overcoming fear toward migrants and refugees 

The Catholic Church in Australia is celebrating the Week of Migrants and Refugees, from 19 to 25 August. Fear, the bishops say, deprives us of an opportunity to ... 

Bishops of Latin America: If the Amazon suffers, the world suffers

The Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAM) express their deep concern for destructive fires burning the world’s forests. 

“Religions for Peace” pledge concrete actions for common good of mankind

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UN calls for eliminating violence against religion

The International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion and Belief was observed by the United Nations for the first time on ... 

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania remember 'Baltic Way' protest against Soviet Union

Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia mark the 30th anniversary of the 1989 ‘Baltic Way’, a historic anti-Soviet protest that saw nearly 2 million people form a human ...