The German bishops, seeking to institutionalize the shared participation of clergy and laity in decision-making, are attempting to craft statutes for a national synodal body with consultative and potentially coordinating functions

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The decision to restore the Grotto has been greeted with enthusiasm across the Holy Land. Beyond its immense religious significance, the project offers much-needed employment to families in Bethlehem, whose livelihoods depend on the fragile economy of pilgrimage and hospitality

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Ahead of the gathering, the Vatican released a short video message in which Leo XIV shared four films that, he said, “speak to my heart.”

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Indian Christian leaders explain that violence against Christians has intensified since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power under Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014.

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The controversy reveals a deeper tension running through the German Church’s current path: the attempt to reconcile the universal claims of Catholic doctrine with the fluid language of the modern age

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Christian families are returning to the village in the Orontes Valley to claim their homes and lands 14 years after it was occupied by armed Islamists, who killed Fr François Mourad. For Father Ielpo, custos of the Holy Land, every true reconstruction is based “on the strength of faith, and of the power of forgiveness”.

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To support this work, Being Catholic TV will become the official digital platform of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland, providing video content, live events and other faith resources.

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For now, the immediate threat to online religious speech in Mexico has been averted, yet the debate remains far from over

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For now, Obergefell stands as it did in 2015: a pillar of constitutional law and a lightning rod of moral debate. The justices may have chosen silence, but their silence has spoken clearly—America’s marriage law will not be rewritten, at least not by this Court

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The president and vice president were elected from a slate of 10 nominees

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Guwahati: Auxilium Reach Out (ARO), a social development organisation of Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, recently honoured Shaji Fernandez for his decade-long dedicated service as

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Kolkata: On 10 November 2025, the Salesian Provincial House at Nitika Don Bosco, Kolkata, welcomed a significant pastoral visit from His Grace, Archbishop Elias Frank,

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