The Chinese government has blocked a group of 50 pilgrims who had boarded a plane bound for World Youth Day in Kraków, reports AsiaNews.
A judge has dismissed the last remaining charge against two pro-life activists who made an undercover video exposé of Planned Parenthood (Matthew Archbold).
Middle Eastern Christians "must be leading actors in dialogue with the realities of Islam", Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako has said.
Mexican Bishop Eduardo Porfirio Patiño Leal has deplored a rise in "killings, kidnapping and torture".
