Jesuits urged to continue in Sri Lanka’s war-ravaged region
Jesuit Refugee Service plans to withdraw from Sri Lanka by the yearendContinue Reading
Jesuit Refugee Service plans to withdraw from Sri Lanka by the yearendContinue Reading
Fearing the effects of the Zika virus on their unborn children, pregnant women in Latin America increasingly have sought out abortion pills online from a nonprofit aid agency, a new study has found. The research, published on Wednesday as a letter in the New England Journal of Medicine, is theContinue Reading
Thanks to Matters India, Delhi, I came to know that Archbishop Henry D’Souza, a friend of Mother Teresa for more than 35 years and a founding member of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), died of age-related illness on June 27 in Kolkata. He was equally a friend andContinue Reading
Turkey has suffered several bombings in recent months linked to Kurdish or Islamic State group militantsContinue Reading
Miao diocese’s youth ad women are organizing drug awareness campsContinue Reading
Although the number of casualties may not cross the world-attention threshold, the story of what happened in al-Bayda-1, a settlement outside Alexandria, is indicative of a pattern faced by minority Christians in Egypt when failure of the rule of law and religious prejudice become the order of the day. OnContinue Reading
Vatican City: On Tuesday Benedict XVI gave his second public speech since his final day as Pope, expressing gratitude for a lengthy priesthood and for Pope Francis’ “goodness,” which he said moves him deeply. Speaking to Pope Francis and members of the College of Cardinals gathered inside the Vatican’s smallContinue Reading
Lahore: Two Christians and a Muslim man were sentenced to death by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Tuesday, for committing blasphemy. The Anti-Terrorism Court of Gujranwala district announced the verdict in the case, which was pending for the last one year. ATC Gujranwala Judge Bushra Zaman handed down death penaltyContinue Reading
He was founder-member and chairperson of Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah, NSCN-IM)Continue Reading
New Delhi: Worried over “the increased attacks” calling Mother Teresa a “conversion activist” at a time when Prime Minister Modi has expressed interest in attending her canonisation ceremony in the Vatican in September, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India is planning to write to Modi and BJP chief Amit ShahContinue Reading
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