Month: May 2023

The Vatican Secretary of State will represent Pope Francis at the Coronation of King Charles III on 6 May 2023 Read all  

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May 6, 2023May 6, 2023

The Cardinal Archbishop of Addis Ababa calls for “justice, reparations and forgiveness” for people who lost everything in the war between the government and the Tigray Liberation Front. He looks forward to the growth of a Global Solidarity Fund’s project to help develop his diocese and religious missionary congregations. Read all  

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May 6, 2023May 6, 2023

On World Press Freedom Day, the UN Secretary-General , Antonio Guterres, reiterates his call on States to respect this fundamental human right which is also threatened by the fake news industry. Read all  

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May 6, 2023May 6, 2023

A new report of harassment against Christians in Chhattisgarh emerges amid allegations of ‘forcible conversions’ Read all  

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May 6, 2023May 6, 2023

Serbian police say they have detained a 14-year boy who was allegedly involved in killing at least eight students and an adult at a primary school in Belgrade. The shooting in Serbia’s capital shocked the Balkan nation, where a national mourning period has been declared. Read all  

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May 6, 2023May 6, 2023

The United Nations says more than 100,000 people have left Sudan since fighting broke out between rival forces on 15 April. Read all  

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May 6, 2023May 6, 2023

On her 92nd birthday, Pope Francis sends birthday wishes to the Holocaust survivor and writer Edith Bruck, saying that her work “tells young people about the importance of fighting for an ideal.” Read all  

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May 6, 2023May 6, 2023

Metropolitan Anthony Volokolamsk, the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, was present in St Peter’s Square on Wednesday for the Pope’s General Audience. Read all  

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May 6, 2023May 6, 2023

Pope Francis addresses the faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square. In the wake of his recent apostolic visit to Hungary he recalls two important aspects of the lives of Hungarian people and their nation: roots and bridges. Read all  

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May 6, 2023May 6, 2023

Moscow has rejected a US assessment of Russian military casualties in Ukraine but declined to give its estimates. However, the United States said Monday that Russia’s military had sustained 100,000 casualties in the past five months, including tens of thousands of dead. Many soldiers have been killed and injured in the battle for Bakhmut, which […]

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May 6, 2023May 6, 2023