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Benedict XVI: “Lord, I Love You!”

“Signore, ti amo!” were the last comprehensible words Pope Benedict XVI said in Italian before dying on the morning of December 31, 2022. At his funeral mass, Pope Francis thanked his predecessor for…

A Christian Solution to HIV Crisis

The general diagnosis points to men who have sex with men (MSM) as the principal culprit in the HIV epidemic in the young key populations. Christianity insists that abstinence is known to be the only…

Why Many Christians are Demonizing Refugees

As we celebrate the birth of our Saviour to a family that had nowhere to stay, and had to flee an oppressive regime abroad, it is a good time to wonder why many of those who proudly call themselves…

The Doctor of God

The Italian Comboni Missionary, Fr. Giuseppe Ambrosoli, will be beatified in Kalongo, Uganda, on 22 November 2020. For more than 30 years, he dedicated his life to helping the people, expanding a…

Evangelizing Through Art

In South Africa, a Filipino Comboni missionary is developing his painting skills and is engaging in social media platforms to announce God’s love for humanity. “I use the artworks to express my own…

A New Vision for the College of Cardinals

Bishops from East Timor and Mongolia recently joined the College of Cardinals while some more obvious candidates continue to be left out. The Pope’s nominations speak of his vision for the Church.

The Coptic Christian Minority in Egypt

Since the Arab uprisings of 2011, the Christian community in Egypt has been suspended on a fragile line whose security depends more on the population itself than on government policies.

The Church’s Second Lung

The war in Ukraine has put Orthodox Christianity and inter-Orthodox relations in the spotlight. But what exactly is Eastern Christianity? Where does it come from, and what are its virtues and…

Catholicism and Taiwan

Taiwan has shown how society can benefit when ethnic and religious diversities are acknowledged and human rights are upheld.

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