Category: International News

Pope Francis says today’s wars and conflicts have put humanity on the brink of the abyss and has called for a global ceasefire. 

Northern Ireland, known for its entrenched Protestant majority, saw a monumental shift as Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill secured the necessary cross-community votes to become the region’s first Catholic leader.

Pope Francis will travel to Venice on 28 April to visit the local Church community and the 2024 Venice Art Biennale.

The Church in the Philippines has demanded the return of ‘stolen’ pulpit panels now on display at the National Museum in Manila.

Catholic groups in Britain have joined over 250 organisations in condemning a bill submitted by the government of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to send some asylum seekers from the UK to the African nation of Rwanda.

In a message to the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the Pope has warned of the dangers of food waste, highlighting that it damages the climate whilst it could feed the world’s hungry.

The Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelisation has issued a new resource on prayer aimed at inviting the faithful to ‘intensify prayer as a personal dialogue with God’ and to reflect on their faith and commitment in today’s world.

An historic agreement was signed on 25 January, 2024, between Ghana and two major British museums. It has been agreed to return to Ghana a portion of its treasures looted in 1874 by British colonial troops, and kept at the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum.

After 100 days of conflict in the Israel-Hamas war, the entire population of Gaza faces a growing risk of famine, says Caritas Australia.

Pope Francis responded publicly to questions about the Vatican’s declaration on blessings for same-sex couples for the first time in a television interview in January.