Vatican calls attention to growing food crisis from coronavirus
The coronavirus emergency is also causing a food-related crisis, Vatican officials said Saturday, encouraging people to do their small part to help...
Pope Francis: ‘The Church advances through prayer’
Church leaders must put prayer before all other things, Pope Francis said at his morning Mass Sunday.
Speaking in...
Religious and human rights leaders urge more relief for North Korea amid COVID-19
The National Council of Churches (USA) has joined with other humanitarian and human rights organizations in writing the US Congress to urge...
Head of the UGCC on May 8th: Only those who have healed their wounds...
May 8 for us, Christians, is first and foremost a day of prayer for the millions of innocent killed people: women, children,...
This ministry is hosting a virtual retreat for infertile people on Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is going to look different for most families this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
For Catholics,...
Patriarchs and heads of churches in Jerusalem deeply concerned about Israeli unilateral annexation plans
In a 7 May statement, Patriarchs and heads of churches in Jerusalem expressed their deep concern about Israeli unilateral annexation plans.
Water, sanitation and hygiene—and the positive difference churches can make
Dinesh Suna, coordinator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Water Network, offers insights on how religious institutions are influencing, in...
Pope Francis honors priests and doctors who have died in the coronavirus pandemic
On Good Shepherd Sunday, Pope Francis said he was thinking of all the priests and doctors who gave their lives in the...
Online conference calls for an economy of life in a time of COVID-19 pandemic
A series of two e-conferences, 17 and 24 April, brought together some 25 participants to reflect on the socio-economic-ecological impacts of the...
This Kenyan nun runs a program for girls with disabilities
At a one-room house outside Nairobi, a 23-year-old girl with disabilities claps her hands and throws herself at Sr. Rose Catherine Wakibiru,...