Ukraine will create its own Christmas miracle, Zelenskiy says in defiant message
Reuters Ukrainians will create their own miracle this Christmas by showing they remain unbowed despite Russian attacks that have plunged millions into darkness, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a defiant message on Saturday. Speaking 10 months to the day since Russian launched a war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions more, Zelenskiy […]
Bethlehem rebounds from pandemic, lifting Christmas spirits
Updated 3:30pm (AEST) Bethlehem, West Bank AP The Biblical town of Bethlehem marked a merry Christmas on Saturday, with thousands of visitors descending upon the traditional birthplace of Jesus as it rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic. Tourism is the economic lifeblood of this town in the occupied West Bank, and for the past two years, […]
Remember the war weary and the poor, Pope urges on Christmas Eve
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis on Saturday led the world’s Catholics into Christmas, saying in an apparent reference to the war in Ukraine and other conflicts that the level of greed and hunger for power was such that some wanted to “consume even their neighbours”. Francis, celebrating the 10th Christmas of his pontificate, presided at a […]
Christmas greetings from Sight!
Praying all our readers have a wonder-filled Christmas as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ…
Christmas gifts come by boat to isolated Romanian Danube Delta villages
CA Rosetti, Romania Reuters For the elderly living in remote villages in the Danube Delta, one of the world’s largest wetlands, winter is a time of isolation. This year, they are also struggling to cope with a shortage of firewood and rising food prices. So, days before Christmas, Romanian coast guard officers braced against icy […]
Santa brings Christmas cheer to Chad refugee camp
N’Djamena, Chad Reuters A 37 year-old Central African Republic refugee, Henriette Batnan, could not afford buying a Christmas present for her son Edouard, who fled home with her in 2017. Instead, she dressed him in ceremonial robes so he could meet Santa Claus, who visited the Dembo Refugee Camp in southern Chad on Wednesday, bringing […]
Pope’s vicar for Rome seeks full truth about Jesuit abuse
Rome, ItalyAP The Pope’s vicar for Rome called Friday for the full truth to come out about a famous Jesuit priest accused of sexual and spiritual abuses against adult women, and said he was evaluating what to do with the priest’s Rome-based community and diocesan positions. Cardinal Angelo De Donatis became the latest church official […]
Migrant aid: Faith-based groups on border unswayed after US lawmakers’ call to investigate them
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on the response of Catholic Charities USA to accusations they were violating federal law by aiding migrants on the US-Mexico border…
Venezuela’s working-class communities get together to eat Christmas ‘hallacas’
Caracas, Venezuela Reuters Residents in working-class neighbourhoods of Venezuela’s capital city of Caracas are coming together to break bread over “hallacas”, a dish commonly served around Christmas, as part of an initiative to unite communities depleted by migration. Hallacas, a type of tamale filled with ingredients such as beef, chicken, olives and capers and wrapped […]