Category: International News

The Archbishop of Canterbury has visited Lismore, New South Wales, which is still recovering from record flooding.

European bishops have voiced solidarity with those impacted by the ongoing war in Ukraine and appealed to Russia to stop the violence.

Pope Francis’ trip to Bahrain this month blends three of his top priorities as Pope: ministering to a tiny Catholic community; promoting dialogue with the Muslim world; and fostering relations with other Christian communities.

A 19th-century bishop known as ‘the father of migrants’ has been canonised.

The Letter, a new documentary on climate change based on Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical Laudato si’, has premiered at the Vatican.

Pope Francis’ theme for the next World Communications Day is a call for a peaceful dialogue that allows for uncomfortable truths to be spoken of without resorting to contentious and hostile debate, the Vatican announced.

On President Vladimir Putin’s 70th birthday last month, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow has praised his leadership as divinely orchestrated and has urged citizens to offer two days of prayer for his health. Kirill is the country’s leading Orthodox prelate. In a congratulatory note, Kirill praised Putin’s reputation as a national leader ‘selflessly devoted […]

Covid-19 has dealt the ‘biggest setback’ to global poverty reduction efforts in decades, and the World Bank has warned the goal to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 likely remains out of reach. The bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity report estimates about 70 million people were pushed into extreme poverty in 2020 – the biggest one-year […]

Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA) has called on the Australian Government to increase JobSeeker and other payments before planned tax cuts, estimated to cost $243 billion, take effect in 2024. CSSA executive Monique Earsman made the call following the release of Anglicare Australia’s research paper, A Clear Choice: Ending poverty for the cost of stage […]

About 50 million people globally are living in modern slavery, including a growing number of women who are in forced marriages, new Australian-led research shows. A study, spearheaded by philanthropic foundation Walk Free, found widespread socioeconomic instability linked to climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic had contributed to increasing poverty and forced migration. An estimated […]