VATICAN CITY: (AP) Pope Francis called for solidarity the world over to confront the “epochal challenge” posed by the coronavirus pandemic, as Christians celebrated a solitary Easter Sunday, blending the joyful feast day with sorrow over the toll the virus has already taken.

ABUJA, NIGERIA: (BosNewsLife)– Nineteen Nigerian Christians are now known to have died in an attack by Fulani militants on the village of Kwatas, in Nigeria’s Plateau State, aid workers say.

The villagers were taking part in a social gathering on Sunday, January 26, when the

Vatican City: (UPI) U.S. Vice President Mike Pence met with Pope Francis at the Vatican Friday on his return trip from Israel and the World Holocaust Forum.

The two met privately in the papal library, along with U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Newt Gingrich, Vatican officials said.

NAIROBI, KENYA: January 20, 2020. (BosNewsLife) Christians in eastern Kenya have plunged into mourning after three Christian teachers were killed in the latest attack by Islamic militants terrorizing the region. Officials and religious rights groups said the Christian men died when fighters of th

VATICAN CITY: (Reuters) Pope Francis urged the world to let the light of Christmas pierce the "darkness in human hearts" that leads to religious persecution, social injustice, armed conflicts and fear of migrants.

In his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) Chr

Vatican City: (CNA) Fifty years ago on Dec. 13, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was ordained a Jesuit priest in Argentina. As pope, he will celebrate his ordination anniversary Friday by honoring one of his early spiritual mentors, Fr. Miguel Angel Fiorito.

Fiorito, 1916-2005, was a Jesuit Argent

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY: November 30, 2019. (BosNewsLife)– The United States and Hungary have agreed to help persecuted Christians in several nations. Still, questions remain about their treatment of Christian asylum seekers and religious rights violations closer to home.

At the Second

Vatican City: November 20, 2019. (Vatican News) The plane carrying the Pope, his entourage and around 70 journalists and media professionals, arrived in Bangkok just after noon, local time, on Wednesday.

This is Pope Francis’ 32nd Apostolic Journey, taking him to Thailand until 23

New Delhi: November 19, 2019. (PCP) Prof. Bhim Singh, the Chief Patron of NPP, Sr. Executive Member of Supreme Court Bar Association & Executive Chairman of State Legal Aid Committee on the occasion of Mrs. Indira Gandhi’s 102nd birth anniversary described her as a highly visionary lead

New Delhi: November 7, 2019. (PCP) National Panthers Party held a memorial meeting in New Delhi, the capital of India in memory of Bahadur Shah Zafar’s historic fight against the British rulers in India as last Mughal emperor, who died at the age of 87 in his exile in a Rangoon prison on No

Vatican City: November 5, 2019. (CNA) Every American diocesan bishop will travel to Rome over the next four months for meetings with Pope Francis assessing the state of the Church in the U.S.

The U.S. ad limina visit will be not only the first with Pope Francis, but the first since the

Ethiopia: October 20, 2019. (By Stephanie Martin) The 100th Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who ended a 20-year stalemate with neighboring Eritrea and helped reconcile the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.

Although Ahmed has been in office only 18 mon

Vatican City: September 19, 2019. (CNA).Pope Francis’ now six-member Council of Cardinal Advisors met this week to continue work on the forthcoming apostolic constitution, incorporating into the draft suggestions submitted by bishops’ conferences and others during the summer.

Vatican City: August 15, 2019.  (CNA) Pope Francis announced Thursday that he is giving 6,000 blessed rosaries to Catholic communities in Syria as a sign of his closeness on the Marian Feast of the Assumption.

“Prayer made with faith is powerful! We continue to pray the rosar

Vatican City: August 1, 2019. (Vatican News) Pope Francis contributes the preface to a new book on human trafficking, entitled "Women crucified. The shame of human trafficking as told from the street".

The original title of the book in Italian is “Donne crocifisse. La ve