At least seven people were reportedly killed and ten injured on Friday when two unidentified gunmen opened fire during a funeral inside a Greek Orthodox church in Jordan's Karak governorate, south of Amman. Jordanian authorities confirmed deaths and injuries but had not yet given an official toll.
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Archbishop Luis Marín de San Martín, head of the Vatican's Dicastery for the Service of Charity, will travel to Ukraine from Oct. 27 to 30 to bring Pope Leo's closeness to people suffering from the war. The Vatican says the mission gives concrete expression to the Pope's commitment to peace.
With King Charles III's approval, Pope Leo XIV has been named Papal Confrater of the College of St George at St George's Chapel, Windsor. The Dean and Canons called it 'a visible sign of spiritual fellowship, ecumenical friendship and Christian fraternity' between the Catholic Church and the Church of England.
IMB missionaries Jason and Lizzy Davis serve in Rome, where pilgrims climb the Holy Steps on their knees praying the rosary. The couple told IMB News that the picture of earning your way to Jesus is "the opposite of what the gospel is," and described how God has remained faithful in their work.
The Rev. Patrick Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, arrested for protesting on a public sidewalk outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington, pleaded not guilty to an unlawful entry charge. A D.C. judge ordered him to stay off that sidewalk while the case moves forward.
