Tag: Christianity
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Vatican report: 20 Catholic missionaries killed in 2023
Twenty Catholic missionaries were murdered in 2023, according to a new Dec. 30 report issued by the Vatican’s Fides News Agency. Fides, the news agency of the… Read More
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Gay marriage now legal in Estonia
Estonia, January 2, 2024 Photo: thepinknews.com As of New Year’s Day, gay marriage is legal in Estonia, making it the first ex-Soviet state to… Read More
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Saint of the day: Gregory Nazianzen
St. Gregory Nazianzen was baptized when he was 30. He accepted his friend Basil’s invitation to join him at a newly founded monastery, but had… Read More
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Russian Church opens 85th shelter for mothers in crisis situations
Saratov, Saratov Province, Russia, January 2, 2024 Photo: diaconia.ru On December 28, the Good People Social Support Fund opened a new mother and child… Read More
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Nicaraguan regime publishes photos of Bishop Álvarez as US demands release of imprisoned bishop, other clergy
The U.S. Department of State has demanded the release of Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa and other imprisoned Nicaraguan religious leaders following a wave of… Read More
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More than 5,000 needy children receive gifts from one Romanian diocese
Roman, Western Moldavia, Romania, January 3, 2024 Photo: basilica.ro In the fourth year of its “Do You Want to Do Good at Christmas?” charity… Read More
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Everyone faces temptation, but Jesus is always close by, pope says
Temptation — a constant in spiritual life — is an opportunity for Christians to remember that Jesus is close to them, supports them and lifts… Read More
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Greek village celebrates St. Basil the Great with procession with wonderworking icon and relics
Megali Panagia, Chalkidiki, Greece, January 3, 2024 Photo: orthodoxianewsagency.gr The Orthodox faithful of the village of Megali Panagia in Chalkidiki peninsula festively celebrated the… Read More
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Arise, O My Soul!
December 4, 1955 Woe to you, my soul, darkened by passions and shackled by the chains of insensitivity, how long shall I cry, how… Read More
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House of persecuted Metropolitan Longin goes up in flames in western Ukraine
Bukovina, Ukraine, January 3, 2024 Photo: spzh.news His Eminence Metropolitan Longin of Bancheny, a beloved hierarch of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, has suffered… Read More