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Pope Francis with incense

Pope Francis will not lead New Year services because of flare up of leg...

It was the first time in years that the Holy Father, who turned 84 this month, has had to skip a papal event for health reasons.
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Year in Review: Catholic Church faces up to the challenge of COVID-19 pandemic

We look back on 2020 when hope and faith survived the most testing of times.
People leaving their homes after Taal volcano eruption

The year of sorrowful mysteries

It might be a year of miseries, but hopefully it is also a year of “temporaries,” of temporary life and livelihoods, temporary friends, temporary love to some, and temporary sorrows of the past year.

Paus Fransiskus minta umat Katolik menjadi ‘pembawa rasa syukur’

Paus Fransiskus meminta umat Katolik untuk menjadi "pembawa rasa syukur" saat audiensi umum mingguan di Vatikan pada hari Rabu, 30 Desember.
Children join a family prayer before the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The key to an everlasting social peace

A true Christian family, trying its best to spread love, must always find its way back to the Gospel of the Christ
Pope Francis giving address behind microphone

Pope Francis tells Catholics to be ‘bearers of gratitude’

Pope Francis speaks about the importance of gratitude in prayer, which he said makes the world better and brings hope
A protester carries a portrait of Bishop Su Zhi-ming of Baoding, Hebei province

Nuns arrested as Beijing turns up heat on Church in Hong Kong

The Church in Hong Kong is coming under mounting pressure as Beijing moves to extinguish opposition voices in the city under a new national security law

Kardinal Tagle: Ubahlah paroki, tempat pelayanan Anda menjadi ‘rumah’ bagi semua

Kardinal Luis Antonio Tagle meminta para imam, suster, dan pemimpin awam untuk mengubah tempat pelayanan mereka menjadi “rumah” di mana setiap orang bisa merasakan sebagai keluarga.

Caritas Philippines calls for COVID-19 ‘vaccine for all’

The social action arm of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines called on the government to give all Filipinos access to COVID-19 vaccines when these become available.
Rizieq Shihab, the leader of Indonesian Islamic Defenders Front (FPI)

Explainer: Indonesia’s banned Islamic group has seen its influence rising

Formed in the late 1990s, the Islamic Defender's Front, widely known by its Indonesian initials FPI, advocates a strict interpretation of Islam

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