By Linda Bordoni Vatican City, Jan. 15, 2019: Pope Francis has urged pastors of the Asian Church to foster cooperation and fraternal exchange and to reaffirm their common responsibility in promoting the unity and integrity of the Catholic faith in their vastly diverse continent. His words of encouragement came inContinue Reading
Islamabad: A Pakistani university is rebranding Valentine’s Day as “Sister’s Day”, and debating marking the holiday widely seen as a Western import by handing out headscarves and shawls to its female students. The University of Agriculture in Faisalabad (UAF), in central Punjab province, said the change was taken to promoteContinue Reading
KINSHASA, Jan 10, 2019: – Congo’s Catholic Church, one of the country’s most respected institutions, challenged Thursday’s official results from a chaotic presidential election, suggesting its tally did not give victory to opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi. Though bishops stopped short of naming a winner, the announcement sets up a potentialContinue Reading
Manila, Jan. 2019: President Rodrigo Duterte on Jan 10 denounced bishops in the Catholic-majority country as “sons of bitches”, renewing his attacks on the church that has criticized him over his bloody war on drugs. Duterte, who launched his campaign against drugs when he took office in mid-2016, remains hugelyContinue Reading
Manila, Jan 9, 2019: Hundreds of thousands of people have thronged the streets of Manila to fling themselves at a statue of Jesus Christ as it inched its way through the Philippine capital in an annual procession that is one of the world’s biggest shows of Catholic devotion. The faithfulContinue Reading
Vatican City, Jan. 9, 2019: In his message for the 27th World Day of the Sick, Pope Francis urges believers to promote a culture of generosity, noting that the joy of generous giving is a barometer of the health of a Christian. Pope Francis says that those who care forContinue Reading
KALINOWKA, Jan. 8, 2019: The former Catholic priest of the Polish village of Kalinowka is serving three years in jail for molesting five schoolgirls. But Marta Zezula, a mother whose testimony helped convict him, says the priest’s victims are the ones made to feel guilty. “We are witches … becauseContinue Reading
Vatican City, Jan. 7, 2019: Pope Francis on January 7 expressed concern over the rise of populism and nationalism, including separatist tendencies in Europe. He blamed those growing trends on reactions to waves of migration and on globalization’s disorderly development. Pope Francis touched on several world issues in his speechContinue Reading
Cairo, Jan 6, 2019: A policeman was killed trying to defuse a bomb outside a church in Egypt, security officials said. The explosion injured two other officers and an onlooker. The device was hidden in a bag on a roof by the Coptic Christian church in Nasr City outside Cairo,Continue Reading
Madrid, Jan. 6, 2019: Pope Francis on January 6 appealed to European leaders to show concrete solidarity to 49 migrants stranded aboard a pair of rescue vessels. The Pope, addressing faithful in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, noted that the migrants, rescued in the Mediterranean Sea, have been waiting forContinue Reading