The recovery of domestic tourism
(Part 2) One of the greatest privations to many Filipinos that resulted from the long lockdowns during the pandemic was their inability to visit their favorite places of worship. Online
The Alliances of Leftists and Evangelicals in Latin America
In 2018, political scientist Javier Corrales termed the alliances between Evangelical churches and conservative parties in Latin America “a perfect marriage." Now, divorce might be looming with a new, more
Dismissing Catholic abuse victims’ lawsuit, ECHR rules Vatican cannot be sued in European courts
It was the ECHR's first case to deal with the immunity of the Holy See, the court said.A group of 24 Belgian, French and Dutch abuse survivors attempted to sue
Pope expresses ‘shame’ over Church response to sexual abuse survivors following French report
Francis was speaking a day after a landmark report found that members of the Catholic clergy in France sexually abused an estimated 216,000 minors over the past seven decades and
Philippines marks 500 years of Catholicism
Imagine you’re riding on a city bus through the streets of Manila when you see a Catholic church through the window. Deacon Felipe Tubil “Ping” Averia can almost
More than 200,000 children sexually abused by French Catholic clergy, damning report finds
The number of abused minors rises to an estimated 330,000 when including victims of people who were not clergy but had other links to the Church, such as Catholic schools
The global scale of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church
The Catholic Church has been repeatedly rocked by child sexual abuse scandals over the last three decades.An independent inquiry on Tuesday said it had concluded there were about 216,000 victims
French Catholic Church probe uncovers some 3,000 paedophiles
PARIS, France — Some 3,000 paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of an independent commission investigating the scandal told AFP days ahead of the
Thousands of paedophiles in French Catholic Church since 1950: commission
Thousands of paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of an independent commission investigating the scandal told AFP, days ahead of the release of
ASIA/LEBANON – Crisis in Christian schools, the Syrian Catholic Patriarch exempts families from paying school fees
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian Catholic Patriarch Ignace Youssef III Younan, has given instructions to exempt the families of Syrian Catholic students who attend schools connected to the Patriarchate
Celebrating catechism amid the president’s rhetoric
IN honor of St. Lorenzo Ruiz of Manila, September is National Catechetical Month for Filipino Catholics. The contradictions, however, include the fact that this country, a cradle of Christianity in