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The pontiff met with the Jordanian monarch today at the Vatican. The Holy See noted the "cordial" conversation and the two sides' shared commitments. For the Jordanian priest, the bilateral relationship is well established with Jordan as a 'model' of Christian-Muslim relations. Both are concerned about the escalation in the region, while stressing the importance of tourism, especially 'religious tourism'.

Former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele will be the new prime minister. Analysts expect him to adopt a less confrontational approach despite ties to China. Pacific nations are torn between loyalty to their Western partners and agreements (especially on security) with China.

One million foreigners visited the country in the first quarter of 2024. Once a remote destination, it is now popular with eco-friendly travellers. But its weak currency and high debt push it ever closer to China and Thailand in exchange for a big slice of Mekong River hydroelectric power.

One million foreigners visited the country in the first quarter of 2024. Once a remote destination, it is now popular with eco-friendly travellers. But its weak currency and high debt push it ever closer to China and Thailand in exchange for a big slice of Mekong River hydroelectric power.

On the occasion of a recent international meeting in Rome with 300 priests from every continent, Francis addresses a letter to all parish priests, urging them to 'Experience the joy of being true fathers, who do not dominate others but rather bring out' their 'precious possibilities'.

On a day when even among local politicians rhetoric about labour abounds, in Pakistan and Sri Lanka the most defenceless groups have tried to make their voices heard. Fr Bonnie Mendes: "Even the Church should value the feast of St Joseph the Worker more to defend their dignity".

On a day when even among local politicians rhetoric about labour abounds, in Pakistan and Sri Lanka the most defenceless groups have tried to make their voices heard. Fr Bonnie Mendes: "Even the Church should value the feast of St Joseph the Worker more to defend their dignity".

The US giant is ready to allocate funds worth USD 1.7 billion to the archipelago. For CEO Nardella, the aim is to 'help' the country 'hit its development targets', in line with outgoing President Widodo's Indonesia Emas 2045 slogan. A plan that embraces the Southeast Asian region and aims to create up to 2.5 million jobs.

On April 24th and 25th, Catholics Answers’ Jimmy Akin and the Reformed Baptist Dr. James White squared off in a two-night debate at First Baptist Church of Livingston, Louisiana. The first evening addressed the question of sola scriptura and the second “How Does One Find Peace With God,” or the doctrine of justification. The debate featured two of the most prominent apologists from the Catholic…

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We’ve all had the experience of waking up at night and not being able to go back to sleep. Such was the case for me not long ago. Usually, in this situation, my mind would find a train of thought and then take off. We all know how that story ends: toss and turn for the next three hours; then, at last, your mind tires out and you fall back to sleep—just in time for the alarm to go off and you have…

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Top executives of the main transnational criminal organisation, which was responsible for transporting drugs abroad, arrested, while local consumption is also growing. Drug trafficking continues to travel the so-called 'northern route' through Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Russia to finally reach Europe, with widespread connivance among law enforcement agencies.

Today's news: at least 36 victims in Guangdong in highway collapse;Ankara wants to join South Africa in genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice;Bhutan is a pioneer in South Asia for primary health care (PHA); Heat wave and mismanagement cause a fish die-off in a reservoir in southern Vietnam, hundreds of thousands of animals dead.

In the general audience Francis renewed his invitation to pray for peace. In the catechesis he reflected on the theological virtue of faith. "Its great enemy is not reason, but fear". A gift that "must be asked daily, so that it may be renewed in us".

I confess a fondness for the old Star Trek television series, which had little to do with science and a lot to do with perennial questions regarding human nature; Paradise Lost or Gunsmoke in outer space. One episode commonly named as among the best, “The City on the Edge of Forever,” presents to the shrewd but passionate Captain Kirk a terrible conundrum. The ship’s surgeon, Dr. McCoy…

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I have been ordained since 2015, and I personally know of nearly a dozen priests who have left ministry. They are priests from my diocese (five readily come to mind) and others whom I went to seminary with, either classmates or men ahead or behind me in formation. Priests leave for any number of reasons. The most tragic is when the priest has abused someone or there is an allegation.

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May 1 in many Asian countries coincides with temperatures of over 40 degrees Celsius. Increasingly frequent conditions that - as a study by the Global Labor Institute on textile companies in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Pakistan and Vietnam explains - risk compromising workers' health and productivity without adequate mitigation measures.