ROME (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV will travel a total of more than 11,000 miles on 18 flights across four African countries in April on a 10-day trip that highlights peace efforts, the works of mercy, and the Catholic Church’s vibrant presence on the continent.

The Vatican rele

Pakistan: Sardar Mushtaq Gill, founder of LEAD Ministries, has welcomed the recommendation made by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) urging the United States Department of State to redesignate Pakistan as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) due to severe a

London: The Middle East is witnessing an unprecedented escalation of violence following the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes. The attacks have triggered widespread retaliatory strikes across the region, hitting cities, military bases

Vatican City: (By Justin McLellan, National Catholic Reporter) Whereas Lent recalls Jesus' time of prayer and fasting in the desert, for a pope it is anything but solitary.

The liturgical season instead opens 40 days of public appearances, liturgies and highly symbolic gestures that

Peru: (Catholic National Register) The current bishop of Chiclayo, Edinson Farfán Córdova, greets Pope Leo XIV during the 2026 ad limina visit. (photo: Diocese of Chiclayo / Diocese of Chiclayo)

Pope Leo XIV could return to Chiclayo — the diocese where he served as b

Pakistan: A Farewell to Nabeel Masih R.I.P. | 19th July 2001 – 31st July 2025 

A Statement from Juliet Chowdhry, Trustee of the British Asian Christian Association 

With deep sorrow and a heavy heart, I must share the devastating news of the death of Nabeel M

Vatican City: (NPR) The election of Robert Francis Prevost, who chose the name Leo XIV, as the 267th leader of the Roman Catholic Church marks two historic firsts. Leo is the first-ever U.S.-born pope to lead the church and the first pope from the Augustinian order.

On Thursday, the new

Vatican City: (ABC NEWS) Francis, who took his name after Saint Francis of Assisi, was known for his outreach to the poor and those in poverty and that will be reflected in his minimalist burial at Saint Mary Major. He is the first pope to be buried outside the Vatican in over a century and the f

VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was 88.

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Shahjahan Kurd, a shopkeeper in Naal town of Balochistan was gunned down Saturday. He was the sole breadwinner of his extended family which included orphan kids of his martyred brothers, Baloch Students Organization chairman Zahid Kurd and freedom fighter Yousuf Kurd— Picture courtesy Walee

— It is a matter of common knowledge that Ukraine couldn’t dare to fight or think of fighting a war against invading militarily much more powerful Russia if the West (the USA and its some important NATO Allies ) had not provided military aid to Ukraine during the last over three years

Son of a Rolex-loving tyrannical Baloch feudal lord is on the run from the law in Pakistan after the February 19 beating of two Sindhi youths who are associated with the youth wing of Pakistan People’s Party .

The party is headed byPresident Asif Ali Zardari.

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A water war has ensued between two provinces, the most populous Punjab and most productive Sindh provinces, over six canals Punjab wants to build. Any mishandling may spell Pakistan's demise.

A Sindhi barrister and scholar has made an appeal to the governors of Sindh and Punjab to r

Vatican City: (By Kristina Millare for CAN) Five Italians have been chosen by Pope Francis to become cardinals at the Dec. 7 consistory, four of whom are under 80 years old and therefore have voting rights to elect a new pope at the next conclave. 

In total, 21 cardinals — re

Rome: (By Hannah Brockhaus for CNA)  Pope Francis told a group of theologians on Thursday he plans to visit Turkey for the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in 2025.Bartholomew I, the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople, anticipated that Francis would be making the t