The ongoing coronavirus emergency is affecting the lives and livelihoods of millions of people around the world, prompting an appeal by Pope Francis to overcome indifference, selfishness, and division.In his General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis said he entrusted
Pope Francis made an unexpected change Tuesday in the structure of the College of Cardinals, adding some curial officials to the rank of “cardinal bishops,†the highest rank within the college.The College of Cardinals is structured in three orders, or ranks
As the Chinese government makes progress containing the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities have resumed action to remove crosses from buildings and crackdown on religious practice.The latest round of enforcement actions have included the removal of crosses from buildings b
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre releases its annual report detailing the threat Covid-19 poses to the world’s 50.8 million internally displaced people.A new report shows nearly 51 million people around the world have been internally displaced due to
The founder of Irish charity Chernobyl Children International, Adi Roche, says the coronavirus has “invaded†an orphanage they are supporting in Belarus, which is home to vulnerable children.An orphanage in Belarus is battling an outbreak of the Covid-19 vi
An explosion at a market place in Northen Syria leaves almost 40 dead, and 50 more injured.The deadly explosion of a fuel tanker in the city of Afrin in Northen Syria killed almost 40 people and is considered one of the deadliest attacks in any of the regions controlle
Parish priests in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, decide to donate their salaries to the poor affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.Baghdad’s parish priests have decided to donate their salaries to help the poor and the people most affected by the new coronavirus pa
How one family is coping with Covid-19 in New York City, one of the epicenters of the epidemic in the United States.Holly Bonner is an Adjunct Professor of Civic Engagement at Wagner College on Staten Island, one of the five boroughs making up New York City. Her husban
Schools have reopened in Belarus after an extended spring break linked to the coronavirus outbreak that has hundreds of people and infected thousands.Schools are opening but parents in Belarus are not exactly standing in line to send their children to lessons. Belarusi
A gunman has killed sixteen people in Canada, the deadliest such attack in the country’s history.A gunman who at one point masqueraded as a police officer killed at least 16 people in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia during a 12-hour rampage, authorities sai