In her openers column this week, Editor in Chief Gretchen Crowe writes about Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo celebrated Mass in a small chapel in Colombo the next week, and preached a homily on the importance of love.
It can only be hoped that the outpouring of generosity and prayers that formed the response to the fire at Notre Dame will be matched in Sri Lanka, where so much more than a building was affected.
The Sri Lankan government blamed little-known Islamic group National Thowheeth Jama'ath for the Easter suicide bombings that targeted three churches and three luxury hotels across the country.
On Easter Monday, Pope Francis led thousands of people in St. Peter's Square in praying for the hundreds of people who died or were injured in bomb blasts the previous day in Sri Lanka.
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops termed as "a great evil" the Easter terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka targeting the country's minority Christian community as worshippers packed three churches.
Tears flowed during a Mass for peace at St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 16, one day after terrorist attacked two mosques, leaving at least 50 people dead and dozens more injured. “When a family member dies, we feel deep
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (CNS) — New Zealand’s Catholic bishops have expressed horror and distress at a terrorist attack in two mosques in Christchurch that saw at least 49 people killed. The shootings took place at or near the Al Noor Mosque, where
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Church leaders condemned bomb explosions that killed at least 20 people and injured about 100 others inside a Catholic church in the southern Philippines Jan. 27. They called the attack a “heinous and evil” act of terrorism.
The brutal and barbaric acts of violence against innocent civilians in Paris have left us struggling with various emotions: outrage, anger, sorrow and fear. Although the acts of terror occurred in France, those murdered were doing what many Americans do on Fridays