Staff Reporter

bishop-elect christian carlassare mcci. photo courtesy fr. carlassare.   bishop-elect of rumbek strikes defiant tone, arrests made in c...

The 2021-2022 Genesis Jewish Book Week Emerging Writers Programme is open to applicants with at least 18 years of age and living in the UK, who have no more than three years’ experience of being published and feel they would benefit from the support and insight of an established writer.

john studzinski in tokyo on october 28, 2013. (yoshikazu tsuno/afp via getty images)   jewish book week uk is sponsoring a major progra...

"Recent developments that penalise the celebration of Holy Mass have been disturbing not only to the Irish Bishops’ Conference but also to the Bishops of Scotland," says Bishop Hugh Gilbert, President of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland. "We all recognise the need for restrictions to protect the common good of all people in a pandemic but to enact legislation that criminalises those who gather to celebrate Holy Mass is indeed extreme and unjust."

the “thoughts and prayers” of the church of scotland are with irish catholics, says bishop hugh gilbert, osb, president of the scottish bish...

Bishop-elect Christian Carlassare MCCJ is in stable condition in a Rumbek hospital operated by the Italian organization, Doctors with Africa (CUAMM), according to ACI Africa.

bishop-elect christian carlassare, mcci, file photo courtesy of fr. carlassare. armed intruders shot the bishop-elect of rumbek, south sudan...

children react past a mural poster of chad's late president idriss deby in a street in ndjamena on april 24, 2021, a day after his funeral. ...

Pope Francis expresses his spiritual closeness and offers prayers for victims of tragedies in Iraq; the Mediterranean; and the the Caribbean island nation of St Vincent and the Grenadines.

in remarks following the recitation of the regina coeli on sunday, pope francis highlighted a number of tragedies around the world. caribbea...

Abuse survivor Juan Carlos Cruz says he hopes his presence on the Commission "will bring renewed impulse to the Churches’ commitment to hearing, welcoming, assisting and accompanying the children, men and women who have been abused and in creating a space for them in the life of the Church.”

the pontifical commission for the protection of minors gathered in rome and virtually from april 19-22 for its plenary assembly. the commiss...

The non-binding motion further calls on the UK government “to fulfil its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide and all relevant instruments of international law to bring it to an end.”

conservative party mps nusrat ghani (c) and iain duncan smith (r) join members of the uyghur community in london on 22 april 2021. (justin t...

"Despite the Vatican-China agreement on Bishop appointments," the USCIRF report says, "Chinese authorities continued to harass, detain, and torture underground Catholic bishops—such as Cui Tai and Huang Jintong—who refuse to join the state-backed Catholic association."

uyghur muslims demonstrate in front of the chinese consulate on december 30, 2020, in istanbul, after china ratified an extradition treaty w...