As the situation in Venezuela worsens, government and opposition leaders are heading to Norway at that government’s invitation to enter into negotiations in order to find a way out of the impasse.
News
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Shareholders push U.S. telecom firms to tackle online child sexual abuse
Online child sexual abuse is a booming international business and religious congregations holding stocks in major telecom firms are stepping up their advocacy to thwart it.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis’ Romania visit could heal Catholic-Orthodox relations
When Pope Francis makes his 30th international trip, visiting Romania in late May, he is likely to receive a different, more reserved welcome than St. John Paul II did 20 years ago, said an expert in Catholic-Orthodox relations.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pro-Life leaders applaud Alabama abortion ban bill
If the bill becomes law, Alabama will have the most restrictive abortion law in the country.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Police execute search warrant at Catholic Diocese of Dallas
Police searched the offices of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas on Wednesday after an investigation into child sexual abuse allegations against a former priest uncovered claims against others, a police commander said.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Catholic schools in Sri Lanka hope to reopen after Easter Sunday attacks
The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka is hopeful that schools will reopen soon for the first time since the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope gives joyride to migrant kids newly arrived in Italy
In his usual weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, Pope Francis gave a ride in the popemobile to eight migrant Libyan children who recently arrived in Italy. The pope made this public gesture as an act of solidarity with those who are on society’s margins.
Posted inFaith, News
Vienna-based group logs attacks against European Christian churches
Vandals and thieves have damaged at least eight Christian churches in Germany since early April.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Supreme Court justices defend divergent death penalty views
Although the Supreme Court justices chose not to take up two petitions for review submitted by death-row inmates from Alabama and Tennessee May 13, they didn’t do so with a simple one-sentence rejection.
Posted inFaith, News
Islamists target Christians in Burkina Faso
A rash of attacks on churches in Burkina Faso is exposing the growing challenge of containing Islamist violence across Africa’s Sahel region.