Violence erupted in the West Papua province of Indonesia on Monday, with people setting fire to the local parliament building, in protest against the alleged racial abuse of students from neighbouring Papua province. The backlash came in the wake of news that security forces led
The Holy See is decrying the violence and rights abuse that children suffer in various ways in conflict situations and is urging the international community to increase efforts especially to release child soldiers and help the reintegration of young victims of other grave violations.Archbish
The United States envoy to North Korea is holding meetings here in Japan and in South Korea, days after North Korea fired several salvos of missiles.US President Donald Trump said this month North Korea's leader is ready to restart talks on giving up nuclear weapons. He offered to meet.
A suicide bomb attack at a wedding hall in western Kabul has killed at least 63 people.An Interior Ministry spokesman said that the attacker set off his explosives among male wedding guests.Over 200 people were injured.Soon after the explosion, a group affiliated to the so-ca
The number of children left orphaned or unaccompanied because of the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has more than doubled since April.The numbersAccording to a UNICEF report, nearly 1,400 children have lost one or both parents to Ebola since the outbreak began jus
Barely 96 hours after landing in New Delhi, India, for medical treatment, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, has discharged himself from the Medenta Hospital and is expected to arrive in Nigeria on Friday (today) morning.El-Zakzaky was flown to Medenta Ho
The monsoon flood emergency in the southern states of India is not over yet.New flood alerts were issued in Kerala announcing more heavy rainfall in areas already devastated by the flooding and landslides of the past few days.Nearly 300 people have been confirmed dead nationwide. Mor
As floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains continue to submerge vast areas of states in southern and western India, Church agencies are joining in rescue and relief efforts. At least 200 people have died in floods and landslides following incessant rains that have particularly hit Kera
On Saturday evening, 10 August, Mrs. Faustine Brou let a man into her parish office at St. Cecile’s Catholic Church in the southern Ivory Coast city of Abidjan.In an act of unspeakable violence, the unknown assailant inflicted multiple knife wounds upon Mrs. Brou.She was found
Pope Francis approves the renewed Statutes for the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR). These include the appointment of an external auditor and new regulations regarding both governance and employees.By Sergio CentofantiPope Pius XII founded the Institute for the Wo