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Pandemic

Faith leaders ask US Congress to boost overseas pandemic aid

July 7, 2020

The leaders also stressed the Christian responsibility to care for people in need
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Covid-19 deals mortal blow to freedom of speech

June 23, 2020

Bangladesh's government is following leads from its Asian counterparts in stifling dissent
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Caring for Kenyan elderly during pandemic requires extraordinary steps

June 19, 2020

Health experts say younger people could carry the virus unknowingly to their parents and grandparents
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Italian bishops increase aid to dioceses hit hard by COVID-19

June 18, 2020

The money comes from an emergency fund established using part of the proceeds the bishops' conference collects each year
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Lebanese cardinal urges government to feel the pain of poverty

June 17, 2020

Nearly 50 percent of Lebanese live below the poverty line, and some 35 perecent of working population without jobs
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Vatican official visits Roma community, delivers supplies to volunteers

June 16, 2020

The volunteers assist several communities of Roma, who are sometimes referred to as Gypsies
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Philippine bishops ban elderly from returning to church

June 15, 2020

Seniors asked to remain at home once churches reopen until Covid-19 is contained
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‘The period was so far like the present period ...’*

June 7, 2020

Our situation is similar, though on a much less horrifying level, to that of the people who lived and died during the Second World War
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Justice sought for attacks on Bangladeshi minorities

June 1, 2020

Rights activists blame a culture of impunity for repeated violence
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Pandemic calls Christians to change course, pope says

June 1, 2020

Covid-19 disruption should lead to investment in health, employment and the elimination of inequalities and poverty
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Latest News

Church decries Philippines shutting down biggest broadcaster

President Rodrigo Duterte threatened last year that the media network would go off air for not supporting him

World needs to ensure the poor’s right to medicine

Multinational drug companies have to be controlled by strict laws to save lives, protect the people, and nurture health

Care for the poor, Cardinal Yeom tells politicians

Archbishop of Seoul celebrates Mass for Catholic members of the newly elected National Assembly

Fukuoka Diocese seeks donations as floods pound Japan

Covid-19 restrictions have hampered rescue operations because of the need for social distancing

When Myanmar's poor die for jade crumbs

The mine tragedy is a somber reminder that the country's riches belong to all people

Virtual Renaissance: Online tourism breathes new life in ailing industry

Concept of virtual tourism provides a much-needed boost to Italy's ailing tourism industry post-lockdown

Accident or murder? The strange case of a corruption crusader

Six years after Ovidio Marandy died in an apparent road accident, evidence has emerged against powerful figures in Bangladesh

Justice sought for Musahar leader crushed to death in India

Upper-caste men ran their vehicle over people several times, killing one and seriously injuring three

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