Alex Rosin, born Elek Rebensztok, is among the youngest child survivors of the Holocaust. As fewer survivors are able to give their testimony, he feels an urgency to tell people his story, especially considering the increasing antisemitism he senses following the Oct.
On the 40th anniversary of one of the worst massacres in Latin American history, the head of the U.S. embassy in El Salvador said the diplomatic mission in the country has turned over all pertinent documents the U.S. has on the case.
"Yesterday
For 1,600 Maronite Catholic children in crisis-stricken Lebanon, Advent has awakened a ray of hope.
They were guests at a Christmas Village, organized especially for them by their archdiocese, with help from Catholics in other countries.
"The children are ... suffering," Maronite Archbishop Antoine
Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-taick was installed as the new head of Seoul Archdiocese while stressing the need to create a synodal church by accompanying every section of the Catholic community.
Some 600 people -- representing the laity, clergy, monks, nuns and government officials
Catholics are facing soaring levels of discrimination in some of the most influential countries in Europe, a new report said.
The Vienna-based Observatory on Intolerance Against Christians in Europe identified the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and Sweden as the five countries most
The long-planned encounter between Indigenous Canadians and Pope Francis in Rome is being put off while everybody learns more about the omicron variant of COVID-19, according to a joint release from three Indigenous organizations involved in the trip and the Canadian Conference
Catholics in Singapore are marking the close of yearlong celebrations of the 200th anniversary of church's presence in the city state with activities in a part of the city with historic Catholic roots.
The bicentenary celebrations, known as the Catholic200SG Festival, began Dec.
The Swiss bishops' conference and the nation's conference of religious orders have commissioned an independent study of sexual abuse cases within the Catholic Church in the country during the second half of the 20th century.
In a statement released Dec. 6, the bishops'
The newly installed Catholic bishop of Hong Kong promised action to heal Catholics and the wider society, divided because of the Chinese action to suppress a two-year-long protest seeking democratic freedoms.
Bishop Stephen Chow Sau-yan, 62, also stressed the church's role in the
Myanmar's military continues to target churches in predominantly Christian regions in the Buddhist-majority country, ignoring appeals by the Catholic Church and world leaders, reported ucanews.com.
The latest military assault on Christians in Myanmar's ethnic regions is not the first time the minority has
Walking through this mainly Christian town outside of Irbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, it's easy to see many changes since the victims of Islamic State militants fled here for safety seven years ago.
Gone are the tents and caravans that dotted church