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Filipino bishops offer cautious support for 'temporary' martial law

President Duterte declared martial law across the southern part of the country after Islamist militants stormed the city of Marawi

Catholic News Service

Pope Francis's South Sudan trip postponed after security fears

The Pope reportedly made the decision reluctantly 'after the information coming to his desk left him with few alternatives'

The Catacombs remind us of the courage and steadfastness of the early Christians

A visit to Rome is incomplete without a pilgrimage to these holy places, sacred to the memory of Christians who were prepared to die for their faith

Francis Phillips

Kidnapped priest pleads for help in new video

Fr Chito was kidnapped by Islamist militants last Tuesday along with at least a dozen worshippers and church workers

Canadian prime minister Trudeau says he asked Pope to apologise for residential schools

Trudeau told reporters he invited the pope to go to Canada "in the coming years," but added no further details about such a trip

Catholic News Service

Polish prime minister's son to celebrate first Mass

On the feast of Pentecost, he will celebrate Mass in the Extraordinary Form

ISIS claims responsibility for massacre of Coptic Christians in Egypt

Hours after Friday's attack, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi announced that Egypt had launched airstrikes against militant training bases in Libya

Associated Press

Coptic Christians massacred by gunmen in Egypt

Reports say 26 Coptic pilgrims were killed while travelling to a monastery

Associated Press

ISIS-linked militants 'threaten to behead priest and churchgoers'

The Philippines Islamists reportedly warned a bishop they would kill their hostages unless the military called off its offensive

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