Dispatches

Pope Francis is returning to Asia for the second time stopping first in Sri Lanka a predominantly Buddhist country from January 13-15 and then taking a flight to the Philippines the most populous Catholic country in Asia where he will stay from January 15-19 This is his seventh foreign trip si

Hours before departing for Asia to visit Sri Lanka and the Philippines Francis made a heartfelt appeal for peace in the world as conflicts spread and tensions escalate in many countries nbsp He called for an end to conflicts in the Middle East especially in Syria and Iraq and for peaceful and n

New book explores the social teaching of the first Jesuit pope.

Delicate balance between freedom of expression and security is once again under discussion.

Veteran journalist discusses Catholic minority of this war-torn country

As Pope Francis prepared to journey to the Philippines Jan 15-19 the third most populous Catholic country in the world after Brazil and Mexico I interviewed a well-known Filipino peace advocate Ed Garcia about the significance of the papal visit and the situation in the country today at both

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‘Every instigation to violence must be rejected.’

Days before Christmas in the southeastern Mexican state of Guerrero Father Lopez Gorostieta was kidnapped from a local seminary He was found on Christmas Day having been strangled to death No party has claimed responsiblity nor is there any obvious reason for the deed But a month earlier Ugand