In a historic moment for the Catholic Church, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th Pope, taking the name Leo XIV, and becoming the first American-born pope in the Church’s 2,000-year history on May 8.
Archbishop Kikuchi of Tokyo condemned the assassination of the Japanese Ex-PM Shinzo Abe, saying “Only dialogue provides real solution to establish justice and peace"
Indian Christians, human rights activists, and civil society groups on July 5 observed the first death anniversary of Jesuit Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy.