However, the Vatican's Statistical Yearbook of the Church said, 9.1 million people received their first Communion in 2023, up ...

Religious faith is never apolitical. Though many claim otherwise, it is impossible to be neutral when death, oppression, violence, corruption, racism, homophobia and harm to human beings is a stark ...

The number of Catholics and permanent deacons in the world rose in 2023, while the number of seminarians, priests, men and ...

When journalist Philip Mayifilua* discussed press freedom challenges in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with ...

We are all welcome here. That’s true whether we come from Boston or Burundi; choose to partner with a man or a woman; feel trapped in one kind of body and want to be in a different body; are agnostic ...

The Greensboro office of Church World Services is scrambling to raise money to help recent refugees who have recently arrived ...

From Zimbabwe to Albuquerque. A mother and her five children moved to New Mexico, and as you can imagine, there was culture shock, a language barrier, and a lot of ...

With the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in Tanzania and concurrent outbreaks such as Ebola in Uganda, Mpox in the DRC and Burundi, cross-border public health collaboration has never been more urgent.

As M23 rebels take Bukavu and the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo worsens, Michel Tissier, peace advocate and humanitarian, explores its roots and urges Europe, particularly Belgium ...

The competition also underscores Tanzania’s reputation as a peaceful nation capable of hosting international gatherings, ...

The conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has entered a new and more destabilizing stage. A call for a pause ...