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What Peru’s Virgen de la Puerta represents about unity and inclusion
Then known as Robert Francis Prevost, he lived and worked in the cities of Trujillo and Chiclayo in northern Peru
Pope wraps up Mongolia trip, says Church not bent on conversion
4 Sept 2023 10:45 PM ISTAt the end of Sunday’s Mass he sent greetings to China, calling its citizens a “noble” people and asking Catholics in China to be “good Christians and...
Filipinos celebrate Holy Week in quarantine
5 April 2020 4:37 PM ISTThe lockdown has led to the cancellation of these rituals, which date back to the 1950s and have become the most widely known aspect of the festival,...
Vatican urges Catholics to drop investments in fossil fuels, arms
18 Jun 2020 3:30 PM ISTThe Vatican urged Catholics on Thursday to disinvest from the armaments and fossil fuel industries and to closely monitor companies in sectors such as...
As Poland's Church embraces politics, Catholics depart
3 Feb 2021 3:45 PM ISTIn Poland, a growing number of its 32 million Catholics are turning away. In 1989 when Communist rule ended, nearly 90% of Poles approved of the...
Biden visits Vatican embassy to pay respects to Benedict XVI
6 Jan 2023 7:53 AM ISTBiden, who is Catholic, visited the Vatican embassy, formally known as the Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See, to sign the condolence book for...