Bodies of about 100 Kurdish women, children found in Iraq mass …
Dec 27, 2024 · Iraqi authorities are working to exhume the remains of around 100 Kurdish women and children thought to have been killed in the 1980s under former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein, three officials said.
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Philadelphia archbishop unveils new evangelization plan
Jan 8, 2025 · At least 50 such hubs, 10 per county in the archdiocese, are slated for "parishes and other locations," said the archbishop in his letter. "We must be a community of Missionary Disciples focused on renewal, rebuilding trust, and inviting people to a …
USCCB slams Trump orders on migration, death penalty
3 days ago · Executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on issues including migration, the environment and the death penalty are "deeply troubling," Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a Jan. 22 statement, while praising another on gender policy.
Pop culture and myth - UCA News
Jan 6, 2025 · Our own age isn’t religious in the same way that the medieval centuries were. Medieval man was passionately and publicly faithful to his beliefs, but was a rabid bigot where the beliefs of others were concerned. This is rarely encountered today, unless a government is totalitarian. Modern ...
Deadly ambush raises Philippine election violence fears
3 days ago · An ambush by suspected Philippine rebels that killed at least three and wounded 12 in Basilan province on Jan 22 has sparked fears of further violence weeks before the campaign season begins for midterm elections in May.. The dead included two soldiers and one of the assailants who attacked an army team in Barangay Lower Cabengbeng, Sumisip town.
A new year, a new hope - UCA News
Jan 2, 2025 · The jubilee tradition in the Catholic Church has its roots in the Hebrew people. According to the Mosaic law, every 50 years was the time for the land to lie fallow, and to set slaves at liberty. This was the thinking behind the plea of Pope John Paul II to the wealthy nations to cancel their ...
Bangladeshi Christians look to revive dying Christmas traditions
Dec 24, 2024 · Costa’s village is part of Borni parish, which has about 5,000 Catholics in 14 villages. They are part of the Catholic community in Rajsashi diocese, forming a tiny minority of less than one percent in the diocesan area dominated by Muslims and a few Hindus.. However, Christians are a majority in most villages of Borni parish.
Christmas in a time of war - UCA News
Dec 23, 2024 · This is the third consecutive Christmas that we are living in a time of war. The Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which began in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea and the support given by Russia to the separatist forces in the Donbass, entered a crucial phase on February 24, 2022, involving many European countries, the United States and others in support of Ukraine.
Pakistan's Catholics bid farewell to scandal-tainted year
Dec 16, 2024 · Catholics in Pakistan wind down a year of unusual ups and downs that created history, challenging their transition into a self-reliant mature Church from one that relied on overseas missionaries.. In a shocking first in the Church, officials announced on Aug. 15 that the Vatican had removed Franciscan Archbishop Sebastian Shaw of Lahore from office following allegations of financial fraud and ...