Cullen’s corner

Men help a wounded boy who survived an airstrike by forces loyal to Bashar Assad in Damascus. File photo: CNS/Reuters

The arms trade kills thousands of women and children

The drums of war are beating ever louder as arms traders supply weapons for the war in the Middle East while the superpowers line up...

Opioid-based medications. File photo: CNS/Reuters

Drug corporations making money off the suffering others

When the light shines again

A depiction of a teenager looking over her Facebook page. The Internet facilitates sexual exploitation of children. File photo: CNS/Reuters

Are Internet Service Providers enabling online sexual exploitation of children?

New York City police officers and protestors embrace during a demonstration on June 2, following the death of George Floyd. Photo: CNS/,Reuters

The racism that surrounds us

Browsing the internet. The frequency and number of reported incidents of online child sexual abuse has exploded. Photo: CNS/PA Images via Reuters

Child abuse over the Internet

Rescued and safe at the Preda Girls Home. Photo: Preda Foundation

The three great catastrophes facing humankind

Video: Pope leads world shrines prayer against pandemic on May 30

https://youtu.be/McFy4NeU5tI VATICAN (CNS): Pope Francis led the major shrines around the world in praying the rosary to implore Mary’s intercession...

Pope composes prayers for end of pandemic to be recited after rosary

VATICAN (CNS): “Contemplating the face of Christ with the heart of Mary, our mother, will make us even more united...

Vatican approves special ‘Mass in the Time of Pandemic’

VATICAN (CNS): The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments has approved a special Mass in the Time of Pandemic to...

Pope Francis special Urbi et Orbi, March 27/28, still online

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcUqLrbi9Cg Vatican (Vatican News): Pope Francis presided over a moment of prayer on the sagrato of St Peter’s Basilica, the platform at...

Watch video as Pope and Christian leaders join in prayer for end to Covid-19 pandemic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UtkJSHZgmU&feature=youtu.be VATICAN (CNS): On March 25, joined by Orthodox, Anglican and Protestant Church leaders and faithful from around the world,...

Pope’s prayer to Virgin Mary for protection in English

“O Mary, you shine continuously along our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. “We entrust ourselves to you,...

Pope Francis entrusts world threatened by Covid-19 pandemic to Mary

VATICAN (CNS): Pope Francis entrusted to Jesus' mother the suffering and anguish of millions of people affected by the Covid-19...

Diocese of Hong Kong prayer for deliverance from coronavirus

Prayer for Deliverance from the Epidemic(Covid-19 Coronavirus Infection) O God, you are the source of all goodness. We come to...