[EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW] President of Georgia: “I will veto the foreign influence bill”
In an interview with La Croix, Georgian PresidentSalomé Zourabichvili confirms that she will veto the “foreign influence” bill, seen as a threat tosuppress independent news media.
In the United Kingdom, migrants live in fear of being sent to Rwanda
The U.K.’s new “Safety of Rwanda” bill, passed on April 23, allows for the deportation of individuals who arrived in the United Kingdom after January 2022 without a valid visa.
Goodbye, Delhi: After 25 years in India, a journalist is forced to leave the country
For 25 years, Vanessa Dougnac, La Croix’s correspondent in New Delhi, worked in her adopted country. In September 2022, authorities without explanation barred her from working as a journalist, reflecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s autocratic turn as he seeks a third term.
“Where there is disobedience, there is schism”: Pope orders unity in Syro-Malabar Church
Pope Francis has called on the Eastern-rite Syro-Malabar Church to maintain unity amidst liturgical reform disputes that nearly caused a schism, stressingobedience, warning against division, and encouraging healing.
Australian Aboriginal Mass or the Mass of the Land of the Holy Spirit : A long journey
After over 50 years, bishops supported officially celebrating the “Aboriginal Mass,” encouraging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities to enrich church liturgy with their cultures, marking a historic moment for the Catholic Church in Australia.
Argentinians remember their “martyr of the poor”
Múgica Carlos, an Argentinian worker-priest and pioneer of pastoral projects in the slums of Buenos Aires, was assassinated 50 years ago.
Human Rights in India: “Europeans and Americans prefer to look away”
Ingrid Therwath, journalist and researcher, analyzes how the propaganda promoting Hindu nationalism under Narendra Modi extends beyond India’s borders. The Indian diaspora, captivated by Modi’s political rhetoric, finds pride in his portrayal of a strong India.
Buddhist photographer documents Korea’s early churches used by persecuted Catholics
Persecuted by Imperial Korea 200 years ago, the country’s first Catholics took refuge in the “gongso”, the country’s first churches. Although abandoned, a South Korean photographer has decided to immortalize these buildings.
In Tunisia, clandestine burials for shipwrecked migrants
In Sfax, Tunisia, the morgue of Habib Bourguiba Hospital is overwhelmed with the arrival of dozens of deceased migrants’ bodies. Identification procedures and burials are now conducted behind closed doors.
Why did Christ come to earth?
Maryse Quashie is a senior lecturer in educational sciences at the University of Lomé, Togo. In this op-ed, she expresses her concern about the state of democracy in the world.