Pope adds three new invocations to the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary 22 June 2020   /“Mater misericordiae”, the Latin for “Mother of mercy”; “Mater spei”, or “Mother of hope”; and “Solacium migrantium”, or “Solace of migrants” are the new invocations to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Litany of Loreto, which is often…

  A refugee is someone who fled his or her home and country owing to “a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion”, according to the United Nations 1951 Refugee Convention. Many refugees are in exile to escape the effects of natural or…

World Day Against Child Labour is observed on June 12. The day is marked each year to highlight the barbaric practice of child labour. The theme this year is, ‘COVID-19 – Protect children from child labour now, more than ever”. According to figures available on the United Nations’ website, approximately 152 million children have been…