Demonstrations intensify in Peru's Capital, as more protesters arrive from the Andean region demanding the resignation of the President and calling for immediate elections. The air was still pungent with clouds of police tear gas rounds blotting out the searing bright sunshine.
Following his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis decries violence in Ukraine, Peru, and Myanmar, where a Catholic church was also destroyed. Following his Sunday Angelus address to the faithful gathered in a frigid St. Peter's Square, the Pope expressed his sorrow for the tragic e
Thousands of protesters pour into Peru’s capital, clashing with police amid tear gas and smoke, demanding President Boluarte's resignation, Congress to be dissolved, and immediate elections to be held. Thousands have converged on the Peruvian capital of Lima, with more than el
Pope Francis expresses his condolences for the victims of an attack on a Pentecostal church in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As Pope Francis prepares to visit the Democratic Republic of Congo on 31 January to 3 February, violent attacks continue to leave many civilians dead or wound
Authorities say as many as 17 people, including Ukraine's interior ministry's leadership and four children, were killed in a helicopter crash near a nursery in a suburb of Kyiv. The top officials' deaths undermined Ukraine's efforts to halt increased attacks by Russia's invadi
Open Doors releases its annual World Watch List 2023 confirming that one out of every seven Christians in the world suffers high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith. Although numbers haven’t changed substantially from the previous year, 2022 was the worst year
In Myanmar, the Burmese army has destroyed a Catholic church in the Archdiocese of Mandalay, though a smaller chapel dedicated to Eucharistic Adoration remains standing. According to the Vatican's Fides news agency, the army set ablaze the ancient Church of the Assumption, in Chan T
Pope Francis is urging everyone to pray for the soul of a Nigerian priest who was murdered last Sunday, and to continue to remember and pray for the suffering people of Ukraine. At the General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis asked everyone to remember in their prayers the many Chris
Caritas Donetsk is providing support to victims of a Russian missile attack that struck an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Saturday. The destruction of a large apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro is “a great tragedy,” according to Mila Le
At least 50 women have been kidnapped by suspected insurgents in Burkina Faso’s northern Sahel region. The women were said to have been kidnapped between 12-13 January, while searching for fruit a few kilometres away from their village. Rodolphe Sorgho, the Sahel governo