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Racial, religious bigotry leads to rights abuses, says archbishop

Vatican foreign minister says racism and religious bigotry around the world have led to human rights violations

Pope 'accepts' Afghan Christian refugee's wedding ring

Francis takes the ring on condition that the woman keeps it for him 'as a commitment of friendship and a sign of hope'

Christ's cross an invitation to set aside divisions, says pope

An international theological congress focused on 'The Wisdom of the Cross in a Pluralistic World'

Pope jokes 'some wanted me dead' after surgery: report

Francis underwent an operation on July 4 after suffering from a type of diverticulitis

Vatican to require vaccination proof or negative Covid test

Decree stipulates new measures as part of efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19 within Vatican City State

Letter from Rome: When the bishop is a real SOB

Why the Catholic hierarchy's refusal to ordain married priests is bad ecclesiology and flies in the face of history

Tourism should foster culture of encounter, safeguard planet, Vatican says

The theme of the 2021 celebration is "Tourism for Inclusive Growth. The Person Behind the Data"

Vatican publishes letters to rabbis emphasizing pope's respect for Judaism

The letters come after two rabbis expressed concerns that if some papal talks devalued the Jewish law as obsolete

Pope asks Slovakia's Christian leaders to unite

Pope Francis is on a three-day visit to Slovakia for meetings with the country's President, the Jewish and Roma communities

Letter from Rome: Is Budapest worth only a Mass?

Pope Francis' curious seven-hour ‘layover’ in the capital of Hungary en route to neighboring Slovakia for a three-day visit

Use Gospel as a guide, not an ideology, pope tells Claretians

Pope urges missionaries to go out to the people and to never forget that their only real security is in Christ

Pope meets unusual pilgrim with message of hope for refugees

Activists make a 5,000-mile pilgrimage from Syria to the UK with a giant puppet in the lead

Christians flee as Myanmar township burns

Holding on to embattled church properties in Pakistan

Over the moon amid a pandemic in Vietnam

Don't let nature fall victim to Covid: Philippine bishop

Legal action against Indonesian rights defenders under fire

Indonesian govt warns schools over Covid spread