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Christian persecution on the rise globally, but overlooked, says expert

Data shows that Christian persecution is on the rise globally -- but that repression remains largely overlooked in the news cycle, one expert told OSV News.

Cardinal says Vatican is not moving toward accepting gay marriage

The Vatican's affirmation that a priest can give an informal blessing to a gay couple who asks for one is not a first step toward the Catholic Church recognizing same-sex marriages, said Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

As migration increased in 2023, so did pressures on the Church’s ministry

Unauthorized border crossings increased in 2023, fueled in part by shifts in U.S. policy and global migration trends. The year saw increasingly heated anti-immigrant rhetoric and actions that also put Catholic Charities agencies -- and the Church's religious freedom to minister to migrants -- in the crosshairs.

National reports, claims against Father Rupnik dominate 2023 headlines about abuse

Efforts continued throughout 2023 to tackle clerical sex crimes in the Catholic Church, with church or state reports being published in several European countries and the case of Father Marko Rupnik making numerous waves of headlines.

Unions racked up major 2023 wins for family-wage jobs in multiple sectors, setting stage for 2024

In the past 12 months, an extraordinary level of nationwide activity -- organizing, strikes, negotiations and new contracts -- has signaled increased influence for American labor unions, which once counted 21 million U.S. workers among their ranks.

‘Jesus, you take over,’ papal envoy cried out in Bethlehem amid wartime Christmas celebrations

Christmas in Bethlehem was celebratory but not as festive as usual this year, given the outbreak of war in the Holy Land two-and-a-half months ago. Visiting for Christmas, the papal envoy, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, prefect of Vatican Dicastery for the Service of Charity, assisted the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem in the wartime celebration amid the "helplessness" of not being able to ease suffering Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Cardinal Krajewski is in the Holy Land as part of a "journey of closeness" with Christians in the region.

Caritas staff convicted, ‘posadas’ forbidden amid Christmas crackdown in Nicaragua

Six lay staff members from a now-closed diocesan Cáritas chapter were convicted on money laundering charges in Nicaragua on Christmas Eve as the Sandinista regime stepped up its crackdown on the Catholic Church over the Christmas season. The Nicaraguan government forbid the enactment of traditional "posadas," the living Nativity scenes created in the streets in the days leading up to Christmas.

‘The devil is a seducer,’ pope says as he begins new series of talks

The devil is sly and sneaky like a serpent and subtly entices people to sin, Pope Francis said at his weekly general audience Dec. 27.
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