Victims of the gruesome 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka gathered in Rome this week alongside local church leaders to seek support from the pope and to call for justice and an independent inquiry into who is responsible.

Following the disappearance and murder of an 18-year-old woman in Mexico, the Catholic Church in the country blamed the crime, as well as others like it, on a failure of the state.

In Honduras, a local bishop is calling for an “authentic peace” after claiming the Central American nation is “tormented” by violence related to organized crime and war.

Soon after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution for death row inmate Melissa Lucio on April 25, the bishops of Texas both commended her religious conversion, and lamented a flawed justice system that resulted in a “dubious” conviction.

Comenzó en la mañana de este lunes 25 de abril la 119º Asamblea Plenaria del Episcopado Español. Omella sobre Ucrania: es necesario reivindicar la democracia.

El Santo Padre agradeció el trabajo de la Orden de la Santísima Trinidad a la que animó a seguir colaborando con otras instituciones que comparten su noble objetivo “de flagrante actualidad”. Y les manifestó su deseo de que la Virgen y San Juan de Matha acompañen siempre su camino y el servicio de la Solidaridad Internacional Trinitaria

En el tercer encuentro con los miles de sacerdotes y religiosos llamados a ser en el mundo un signo concreto de la misericordia de Dios, Francisco propuso como inspiración la figura bíblica de Rut, premiada por su generosidad y misericordia desinteresada hacia su anciana suegra Noemí. "Perdona siempre" es su invitación. ¿Quién eres tú "para preguntar si está convencido o no" de los fieles que piden perdón?

Francisco envía un saludo de Pascua al Patriarca de Moscú: "Que el paso de la muerte a la nueva vida en Cristo se haga realidad para el pueblo ucraniano, que anhela un nuevo amanecer que ponga fin a la oscuridad de la guerra".

El Papa recibió a un grupo de estudiantes de Irlanda, en el marco del 50° aniversario de la Capellanía Católica de la Queen’s University de Belfast. En el discurso entregado, el Santo Padre afirma que “construir una cultura del encuentro al servicio del Reino de Dios es un compromiso personal”.

Pope Francis formalized new appointments to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and named the new secretaries to the restructured Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

The capsizing of a small boat overloaded with passengers trying to illegally leave Lebanon is "the biggest proof of the terrible crisis" that the country is enduring as it continues to sink economically, said Carmelite Father Michel Abboud, president of Caritas Lebanon.

Orthodox Christians and Eastern-rite Catholics in Ukraine celebrated Easter Sunday amid ongoing fighting in various area of the country.

Following the re-election of Emmanuel Macron as President of France, the president of the French Bishops’ Conference says voters made a reasonable choice but notes that the results show growing political divisions.

Pope Francis spurs Catholic students from Queen’s University in Belfast to cultivate the culture of encounter so as to contribute to building up Ireland’s noble traditions of hospitality, reconciliation and fidelity to the Gospel.

Pope Francis receives participants in the "International Trinitarian Solidarity“ conference in audience in the Vatican, and points to the dramatic actuality of their charism that promotes action against religious persecution and solidarity with victims of slavery, oppression, exclusion, and persecution.

Today is “Liberation Day” in Italy, a holiday that commemorates the liberation of Italy from fascism and the Nazi occupation of the country during the Second World War.

When Pope Francis first installed the Missionaries of Mercy six years ago, sending them out as special channels of God’s forgiveness and compassion, it was a clear sign of what he believes the heart of priesthood is all about.

One Indian religious sister serving in western Ukraine says Russian soldiers are “butchering” innocent civilians in areas of the country they have invaded.