While the Taliban have promised not to shed any blood, some locals fear that the Islamist regime will lead to persecutions and violence.

U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke remains hospitalized, on a ventilator, “in serious but stable condition” with COVID-19, a spokesman said late Aug. 17.

The video insists that vaccines are safe, effective and an “act of love.” It features Pope Francis as well six cardinals and archbishops from North, Central and South America.

This is the first time Homeboy Industries has received this level of funding, enabling a new level of capacity to serve people who have been in prison and involved in gangs.

The Jesuits, who have been in Afghanistan since 2004, have suspended their mission in the country “indefinitely.”

“Please; to be with Jesus is to be joyful, it is also to have the capacity that holiness gives us to have this sense of humor.”