Activists urge Biden to do more to tackle root causes of Central America migration
NEW YORK – About a year after President Joe Biden signed an executive order to address the root causes of migration from Central America, immigration advocates are calling on his administration to adjust its approach both domestically and abroad. The Feb. 2, 2021, executive order Biden signed led to the development of a root causes […]
Priest murdered in DR Congo (7sur7 (French))
Unidentified gunmen murdered Father Richard Masivi, a recently ordained priest, as he was driving back to his parish on the evening of February 2. Father Masivi ministered in North Kivu (map), a province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that has experienced much violence, including an Islamist insurgency.
EU bishops welcome election of Maltese lawmaker as president of European Parliament (COMECE)
Roberta Metsola, a Maltese lawmaker who said in 2015 that she was “categorically against abortion,” has been elected president of the European Parliament. “She is a brilliant person who will certainly be able to fulfil this important institutional role in an excellent manner,” said Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, the president of COMECE, the Commission of […]
91-year-old Christian villager drugged, killed in Bangladesh (AsiaNews)
100 Christians held a protest in the village of Padrishibpur in southern Bangladesh following the murdered of Malkam D’Costa, whose son testified against a Muslim man accused of rape. The South Asian nation of 164 million (map)—the world’s 8th most populous—is 89% Muslim and 9% Hindu. “We Christians are citizens of this country, but they […]
Leading Russian Orthodox official lauds Putin as protector of Christians (Moscow Patriarchate)
Bestowing a national honor on a leading Russian Orthodox official, President Vladimir Putin inducted Metropolitan Hilarion into the Order of Alexander Nevsky. “I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the support you give to the persecuted Christians around the world,” Metropolitan Hilarion said. “Thanks to the Russian Army, the terrorists were […]
Nicaragua revokes legal status of Catholic charities, educational projects (CNS)
“Neglecting quality education, impeding critical thinking and seizing universities are ways of concentrating irrational power, subjugating people, and stealing their futures,” said Auxiliary Bishop Silvio José Báez of Managua, in response to the latest repressive action of the regime of Daniel Ortega.
Ukrainian Catholic leader: ‘People are ready to defend their country’ (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)
“We have experienced many disasters, and we will survive with God’s help,” Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, said in an interview. “The mechanisms of the hybrid war waged against us are aimed at intimidating people: [to] paralyze their will, ability to think clearly, yet we ought to act and […]
Biden joins Pope Francis and the grand imam of al-Azhar in marking International Day of Human Fraternity
U.S. President Joe Biden joined Pope Francis and Sheik Ahmed el-Tayeb, the grand imam of al-Azhar, in marking the International Day of Human Fraternity.
Your thoughts on the pope, pets and children
Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to a recent commentary that says Pope Francis’ view that couples who choose not to have children are selfish show the church’s narrow view on reproduction and marriage.
Editorial: Bomb threats against HBCUs should horrify all Catholics
We say: Defending the dignity of every person is what it means to be a pro-life church, and our bishops must urgently condemn the bomb threats made against 13 historically Black colleges and universities.