Vatican City, Nov 19, 2018: The Vatican’s nativity scene will be a little bit different this year. In a departure from the traditional Neapolitan or Maltese figures of recent years, the scene of Christ’s birth will be entirely sculpted from sand. Beginning Nov. 17, four artists are beginning their workContinue Reading
Sudan: Nov 18: The first Jesuit of Kenyan nationality was killed in South Sudan, Fides News Agency reported . Victor Luke Odhiambo was shot and killed on the night of November 14 by a group of armed men who attacked the Jesuit community of Cueibet, in the state of Gok.Continue Reading
Rome, Nov. 16, 2018: Pope Francis visited St Peter’s Square on November 16 and requested for a first Aid station there. The initiative, supported by the Pontifical Council for promoting New Evangelisation, aims to offer medical attention to those most in need. The walk-in-clinic is open from 8 am toContinue Reading
Kiev, Nov 15: A landmark Kiev church was attacked on Thursday with Molotov cocktails, an official said, as tensions flare over a split between the Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox Churches. Last month, Kiev voted to hand over Saint Andrew’s Church to the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate, which earlier agreed to recogniseContinue Reading
Dubai, Nov. 15, 2018: On the occasion of the International Day of Tolerance, a church in Dubai is all set to celebrate its 50 years of congregation in the UAE. The Mar Thoma Church in Jebel Ali, founded in 1969, is kick-starting a year-long golden jubilee celebration of the congregationContinue Reading
Boston, Nov. 14, 2018: The human lifespan is increasing by approximately three years every generation—a trend likely to continue, a Stanford study has found. Researchers analysed life expectancy data from the past 50 years and found that people who survive to age 65 are continuing to live longer than theirContinue Reading
Lagos, Nov 12, 2018: Suspected cholera cases have jumped in northeast Nigeria where Boko Haram violence has forced tens of thousands of people to seek refuge in crowded camps, the Norwegian Refugee Council said Nov.12. The humanitarian group said 10,000 people have been affected by the fast-spreading cholera outbreak andContinue Reading
Vatican City, Nov. 13, 2018: The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica rang out in unison with thousands of other church bells around the world as Pope Francis commemorated the 100 year anniversary of the end of World War I. “While we pray for all the victims of that terrible tragedy,Continue Reading
Vatican City, Nov 9,2018: Catholic journalists should be guided not by despair and negativity, but by a commitment to sharing the beauty of the human person, Pope Francis told a group of media students Nov.9. How easy it is “to be carried away by common opinion, by defeatism and byContinue Reading
Vatican City, Nov 10, 2018: Pope Francis on Nov. 9 urged that churches be given due respect as the “house of God” and not be transformed into markets or social lounges dominated by “worldliness”. Celebrating his morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican, he warned that churchesContinue Reading