Pope Leo XIV has undergone successful planned surgery at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, during which doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung, the Holy See Press Office says.
Suspected cyberattacks on two major Korean megachurches, including what is believed to be the world's largest church congregation, may have exposed the personal data of hundreds of thousands of members.
The setting is an old chateau outside Geneva, where students from around the world come together to learn and practice ecumenism by living and praying with people from different traditions, and sometimes encountering different faiths; it's 80 years old.
Pope Leo XIV has met with a delegation from the Lutheran World Federation and expressed his appreciation for how Catholic-Lutheran relations have "matured both spiritually and theologically over the decades."
Mozambique's president, Daniel Chapo, has encouraged religious congregations to intentionally contribute to rebuilding the moral and ethical values of the east African country that has been plagued by terrorism in recent years in its northern areas.
Charismatic and new forms of independent Pentecostal and evangelical movements are growing in Asia, with these movements spreading, says the outgoing general secretary of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA).
Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation with more than 240 million people of who slightly over half are recorded as Muslims, with Christians not far behind, while some reports have recorded Christians facing persecution in parts of the country.
The sanctity of life has been a strong theme of Pope Leo during his four-day to France and during a visit to the pilgrimage town of Lourdes the pontiff condemned every form of active euthanasia.
Charismatic and new forms of independent Pentecostal and evangelical movements are growing in Asia, with these movements spreading, says the outgoing general secretary of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA).
Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation with more than 240 million people of who slightly over half are recorded as Muslims, with Christians not far behind, while some reports have recorded Christians facing persecution in parts of the country.
The sanctity of life has been a strong theme of Pope Leo during his four-day to France and during a visit to the pilgrimage town of Lourdes the pontiff condemned every form of active euthanasia.
Christian religious and political leaders in Iraq have urged Prime Minister Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi to guarantee genuine political partnership for the community, enforce state authority, and improve security for the dwindling minority in the Mid-East country.
