Dhaka/Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – Early last month, Rakibul Alam’s makeshift home built of blue tarpaulin and bamboo turned into a muddy mess when heavy monsoon rain hit southern Bangladesh. Alam, his wife and their three children withstood knee-deep water inside their home for two days but were forced to evacuateContinue Reading
The Catholic Church in the Philippines has reiterated its commitment to Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si, urging all to join the upcoming Season of Creation and sign a petition to world leaders to take action for a “healthy planet and healthy people”. “Code Red for humanity” Archbishop Romulo Valles ofContinue Reading
Rome: Vandals have stolen a cross from the Catholic church in the Holy Land built on the site where tradition holds that Jesus performed the miracle of multiplying five loaves and two fishes to feed 5,000 people. Israeli police are investigating the theft of a six inch iron cross fromContinue Reading
Beijing: China will now allow couples to legally have a third child as it seeks to hold off a demographic crisis that could threaten its hopes of increased prosperity and global influence. The ceremonial legislature on Aug. 20 amended the Population and Family Planning Law as part of a decades-longContinue Reading
Washington: Afghanistan’s terrified Christians are bracing for a new round of persecution in the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of the country, Christian leaders and aid organizations warn. “We are telling people to stay in their houses because going out now is too dangerous,” one Afghani Christian leader told theContinue Reading
A martyr of faith The August 21 celebration of the 200 years of the birth of Andrew Kim is part of the Jubilee Year that the Catholic Bishops Conference of Korea (CBCK) has declared from November 29, 2020, to November 27, 2021. The theme chosen for the jubilee is, “AreContinue Reading
By Jose Torres Jr, LiCAS.news Manila: Christians in Afghanistan have expressed fear over an uncertain future under Taliban rule, with their leaders saying it is just a matter of time before attacks would start. “We are telling people to stay in their houses because going out now is too dangerous,”Continue Reading
Colombo: Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith of Colombo has called on the people to demonstrate August 21 to protest what he described as the government’s failure to shed light on the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings. “Raise a black flag on August 21 in front of your homes, institutions and market places asContinue Reading
Kabul: At least two people have been killed and 12 wounded after gunmen fired into a crowd of people who had taken down an Afghan Taliban flag in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, sources say. A black-on-white Taliban flag that was waving at a roundabout in Jalalabad, located aboutContinue Reading
Cardinal Raymond Burke, an outspoken conservative within the Roman Catholic Church and skeptic of Covid vaccinations, has been admitted to the hospital with the coronavirus and is on a ventilator. Burke’s Twitter account posted on Aug. 14 that the cardinal, who has publicly clashed with the views of Pope Francis,Continue Reading