Environment

Widodo pledges help for Indonesian flood victims

President vows to relocate and build new homes for villagers as death toll passes 170 in Catholic-majority province

Korean Church makes environmental pledges for Laudato Si' Year

Bishops vow to care for the creation and to relieve the suffering of the poor

Vatican Observatory launches website, podcast, online store

Podcasts feature one of the pope's own Jesuit astronomers speaking with a notable figure in the world of space exploration or science

Indonesian cardinal calls for compassion for flood victims

More than 8,000 are taking refuge in shelters after floods and landslides killed at least 128 on Easter Sunday

Timor-Leste priests, nuns join flood aid efforts

Thousands in need of help as death toll rises following series of storms since Easter Sunday

Flash floods wreck Easter in Indonesia

Hours before people woke up to celebrate Easter Sunday, torrential rain brought devastating floods in Catholic-majority East Flores

Scores dead in Indonesia, Timor-Leste floods

Bad weather is hampering Caritas efforts to deliver aid to victims

Nigerian bishop says oil spills are causing deaths

People in Bishop Egbebo's diocese are endangered by toxic waste from crude oil and other chemicals used in oil drilling

Pope: Catholics should help people displaced by climate change

Pope highlights the importance of concerted efforts to fight the global phenomena of climate change and poverty

Vatican conference asks for healthy oceans to support life

Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development organized the conference in collaboration with some embassies

Cambodian farmers hit by lake project

One of Phnom Penh’s last surviving lakes is being filled in to make way for shopping malls, office blocks and luxury apartments

Hundreds homeless as fire ravages Indian Christian village

Most victims are Catholics in a remote village in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh

At 89, Korean cardinal continues to inspire the faithful

Catholics displaced amid Islamist protests in Pakistan

Controversial Indian mosque can open for Ramadan

Philippine govt eases lockdown, but only slightly

Are German Catholics pushing for divisive reformation?

Concert raises funds for Malaysian Church's migrant ministry