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Pope Francis approved Mar Raphael Thattil (67), Bishop of Shamashabad, as the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church in the Synod of Bishops.

According to the Quiapo Church Command Center, the image’s home in the capital city of Manila, this year’s Traslacion welcomed a total of 6,532,501 devotees.

Fr. Soquiño’s challenge to devotees of the Santo Nino was a reaction to the message of Pope Francis on World Day of Peace on the theme, “Artificial Intelligence and Peace”.

Pope Francis is likely to visit at the end of August four countries in Asia—Indonesia, Singapore, Timor-Leste, and Papua New Guinea.

The old name for Caritas College of Higher Education was changed to "University of St. Francis." The first Catholic college in Hong Kong is now open.

17 civilians including minors were killed and more than 30 people were injured in an airstrike on Myanmar churches in villages on January 7, 2024.

"Let us be servants to be homeowners, to love our home, to take care of our home and the community we receive," said Bishop Schmitthaeusler.

“Whether in their homes, their workplaces, in the church, or out in the streets, devotees must carry in their heart… the loving gaze of Jesus,” Cardinal Advincula said.

“It’s really different when you go to their places and meet them face-to-face,” said Bishop Santos.

“Bishop Chacko is a man of righteousness and consistency, a man for the poor,” said  Fr. Michael John.

“I express my closeness to the Iranian people...many who were injured, and all those who were affected by this great suffering,” said Pope Francis.

"With profound sorrow, we inform the Apostolic Nuncio, Cardinals, Bishops, Priests, Nuns, and all the faithful that Mgr. Anton Pain Ratu, SVD, has passed away at the age of 95," said Father Vinsentiun Wun, SVD.

The biggest change that the officials emphasized is that the devotees will no longer be
allowed to climb up the caroza also called “andas” of Jesus the Black Nazarene.

A simple, unassuming, hardworking, loving, and committed religious; and prayerful Divine Word Missionary Brother Juniper (Joachim Kerketta) passed away at around ten o'clock on January 3 in St. Joseph's Home, Catholic Ashram Palda, a town in Indore district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

“The Syrian people are condemned to die without being able to say a word,” said Archbishop Jacques Mourad in an interview with Vatican News.

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Ms. Achtman said euthanasia is an urgent and pressing moral crisis. She encouraged societies and countries that have not legalized euthanasia “not to stray down this path” because once it becomes legal, euthanasia will not remain limited.

Twenty-three incidences of violence against Christians in India were reported by the United Christian Forum (UCF) in the final week of 2023.

The 60-year-old, whose name was not identified, was rushed to the nearest hospital for treatment and was scheduled for an operation on a fractured collarbone. The diocese’s AM radio station, DzWT, reported he was already “in stable condition”.

Archbishop Palma said he hopes that the momentum of the work be sustained, for the “ecclesiastical watershed” to “continue overflowing as pathways to the hearts of all the faithful.”