Chinese government agents have demolished a Catholic church in Jinan province, bulldozing it to the ground, despite a government permit to operate legally. Some 40 law enforcement officials and government workers stormed Liangwang Catholic Church on the morning of July 17, according to a report published Saturday. The communist authoritiesContinue Reading
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has called for the rebuilding of 11 schools torched by suspected Islamic extremists in northern Pakistan. No one was wounded in the attacks early Friday as the buildings were closed at the time. Police have yet to arrest any suspects, but localContinue Reading
By Sakchai Lalit With their heads bowed and wearing orange robes, the members of the boys’ soccer team rescued from almost three weeks trapped in a cave in northern Thailand on Saturday completed their time as novice Buddhist monks. About 300 people gathered for the ceremony on a rainy morningContinue Reading
Bishop Timothy Doherty of Lafayette in USA has said prayers and apologies to survivors of abuse were “necessary, but not sufficient”, adding that people deserve to know how US Archbishop McCarrick’s alleged misdeeds went unreported for so long. Writing for his diocesan newspaper, Bishop Doherty said he was not surprisedContinue Reading
Khan’s party won 116 of the 269 contested seats in the National AssemblyContinue Reading
Police have started investigation into the death of Egyptian Coptic bishop who was found dead inside his monastery on July 29. According to local media reports, Bishop Epiphanius, head of the Anba Makar Monastery in Beheira, northwest of Cairo, was found with injuries indicating that he had been a victimContinue Reading
July 30 is the UN observance of the World Day against Trafficking in PersonsContinue Reading
Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has overseen the reunification of feuding wings of the one of the world’s oldest Christian churches, his top aide said today. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church split in 1991 over the naming of a new patriarch after the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic FrontContinue Reading
On Tuesday, a group of Chilean laypeople interrupted a Mass that took place in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago, Chile, the Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati demanded his renunciation. The protest comes a few months later to the clear announcement that all the bishops of the country have put their mandate inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chiang Mai: “The ecumenical movement needs renewed interfaith orientations when conflicting theological assumptions and presuppositions are posing challenges to authentic gospel values and Christian witness,” said internationally renowned ecumenical theologian Dr. S. Wesley Ariarajah at the Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI) of the Christian Conference of AsiaContinue Reading