Category: News

Migrant Exodus in New Delhi as Lockdown Starts

by UCA News | Apr 20, 2021

Migrant workers ignore Delhi chief minister’s plea to stay put and head back to their home...

Mozambique bishops speak out against violence

by Catholic News Service | Apr 19, 2021

Bishops of Mozambique express solidarity with “the weakest and with young people who yearn for a dignified life” amid ongoing conflict in their homeland.

Tear Gas Lobbed Into Bishops’ Mass for Freedom in Haiti

by Catholic News Service | Apr 16, 2021

Mass was during a national strike over kidnapping of five Catholic priests, two nuns and three...

UN Warns Myanmar Faces ‘Full-Blown Conflict’ like Syria

by UCA News | Apr 14, 2021

The United Nations rights chief has warned the ongoing repression by Myanmar’s military against protesters could be heading into “full-blown conflict” similar to Syria’s.

Bishops: Keep Dadaab and Kakuma Camps Open

by ACI Africa | Apr 13, 2021

Kenyan bishops urge government not to close Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps and to focus on...

Catholic Groups in Colombia Mobilize to Help Latest Venezuelan Refugees

by Catholic News Service | Apr 12, 2021

Church groups in Colombia are mobilizing to support thousands of Venezuelan refugees who fled a military offensive and are now in a remote border town.

Lack of Cooperation Seen as Biggest Failure in Pandemic

by Catholic News Service | Apr 9, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed how unprepared the world is—even wealthy, technologically advanced nations—to work together to stop an urgent crisis.

Solidarity needed to reduce debt of poor nations, pope tells World Bank

by Catholic News Service | Apr 8, 2021

Promoting economic equality, Pope Francis reiterates his call for debt forgiveness for poorer...

Catholic coalition stresses importance of COVID-19 vaccine for all

by Catholic News Service | Apr 7, 2021

On World Health Day, April 7, a new Catholic coalition encouraged people to get the COVID-19 vaccine as an act of charity and solidarity with others.

Karen refugees mobilize on Thai border to fight Myanmar army

by UCA News | Apr 6, 2021

According to the Karen National Union, more than 1,000 ‘political victims’ are now in...

Human Rights Are Undermined When Elderly Are Cast Aside, U.N. Nuncio Says

by Catholic News Service | Apr 5, 2021

Too often the elderly, along with the poor, the disabled and the unborn, are “thrown aside” and determined to be “no longer needed,” said the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations.