Dubai : Etihad Cargo, the cargo division of the United Arab Emirates’ national carrier Etihad Airways, has launched its first humanitarian freighter missions in the Islamic month of Ramadan to India and Kazakhstan. The Abu Dhabi government-controlled carrier said in a statement on Sunday that an Etihad Boeing 777 freighterContinue Reading

The number of priests in Brazil has increased by a tenth in just four years ­– from 24,600 in 2014 to 27,300 this year. The figures were obtained from the Centre for Social Investigation and Religious Statistics (Ceris), an agency of the bishops’ conference. Folha De Sao Paulo, the daily newspaperContinue Reading

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) president Cardinal Oswald Gracias  met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on May 24 to discuss issues concerning the Christian community in the country. The meeting between Singh and Gracias, who recently took over as the president of the CBCI, was termed a “courtesy call” by theContinue Reading