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Indonesian pro-democracy activist becomes a Jesuit priest
Father Stefanus Hendrianto, 45, was among the ranks of students involved in the pro-democracy movement in Indonesia in 1998 that finally brought down the authoritarian Suharto regime after 31 years of iron-fisted rule.
Pope makes surprise visit to nun recovering from surgery
An elderly religious sister who worked for many years at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the papal residence, was at her congregation's house recovering from surgery when she received an unexpected visit from Pope Francis.
Once imprisoned, Chinese woman now guides others to the Catholic faith
Teresa Liu was imprisoned in China for 20 years because she was a member of Catholic lay organization, the Legion of Mary.
Pope: Prostitution is ‘disgusting vice’ that tortures defenseless women
All people of goodwill have a duty to help vulnerable women and other victims of human trafficking escape from forced sexual slavery, the pope wrote in a prologue of a new book on the suffering of women forced into prostitution.
African bishops want to be sign of hope in face of people’s ‘anguish’
Africa's bishops pledged to work together to ensure that the continent's resources serve development and peace of all people.
Cause for beatification of British missionary in Zimbabwe opens Sept. 5
The Vatican has allowed the bishops of Zimbabwe to open the sainthood cause of a British missionary murdered after he refused to abandon his ministry to people with Hansen's disease during the country's civil war.
Christians, Muslims pray at ruins of Philippine town’s church, mosques
Christians and Muslims prayed in the ruins of a church and a mosque in the southern Philippine city of Marawi, which was devastated by a five-month siege in 2017.
Philippine bishop appeals for help for hundreds of earthquake victims
UPDATED - The earthquakes, of magnitudes 5.4 and 6.4, killed at least eight people, injured 63. One person was reported missing.
Pope calls for quick action to prevent further migrant deaths
Days after rescue workers recovered the bodies of dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, Pope Francis urged the international community to "act quickly" to prevent future tragedies.
Vatican: Bones found at cemetery do not belong to missing woman
The Vatican press office said that the results of a morphological analysis of bones and bone fragments found at an ossuary in a Vatican cemetery concluded that none belonged to Emanuela Orlandi, a young Italian woman who has been missing for more than 30 years.