The festival cultivates a conversation of hope around the Holy Land, with many groups coming together to engage visitors with the situation of Christians and of peace in the Holy Land.
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Head Korean bishop backs South Korean leader’s peace goal with North
The Korean bishops’ Committee for the Reconciliation of the Korean People held a symposium and stressed that a peace accord would help usher in better relations with the North.
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Pro-life group welcomes court ruling to let U.S. doctor examine Charlie Gard
The national director of Priests for Life in New York welcomed a London court’s decision allowing a U.S. doctor to go to England to examine a 10-month-old terminally ill British infant at the center of a medical and ethical debate.
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Report: Hundreds of boys abused at German choir school
At least 547 members of a prestigious Catholic boys’ choir in Germany were physically or sexually abused between 1945 and 1992, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Nuns welcome activists to pray in a new chapel blocking gas pipeline’s path
Allowing the pipeline through the property would run contrary to the congregation’s Land Ethic.
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House members approve measure to repeal D.C. assisted suicide law
The day before the vote, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan sent a letter to members of the committee urging them to “nullify the D.C. City Council’s deceptively named ‘Death with Dignity Act’ that legalizes the dangerous and unethical practice of doctor-assisted suicide.”
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Catholic, Lutheran leaders lament refugee entry cap being reached
“Resettling only 50,000 refugees a year, down from 110,000, does not reflect the need, our compassion, and our capacity as a nation,” Bishop Joe S. Vasquez said.
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Archbishop: Brazil trying to undo protections for indigenous peoples
Bishop Roque Paloschi condemns the Brazilian government over the removal of constitutional protections for indigenous peoples.
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Cardinal Schonborn: Church doing best to strengthen families of all types
Cardinal Christoph Schonborn speaks about Amoris Laetitia and family life ahead of addressing the “Let’s Talk Family: Let’s Be Family” conference in Limerick, Ireland.
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House passes anti-trafficking bill; measure goes to Senate
The House passed the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act, providing over $500 million to anti-trafficking initiatives in the U.S. and abroad.