A woman was killed and at least six people were injured when a gunman opened fire at a church in Nashville on Sunday morning, officials said. The woman died in the parking lot and medical officials were treating at least six wounded church-goers after the shooting at Burnette Chapel ChurchContinue Reading
Bangladesh has banned telecommunication companies from selling mobile phone connections to Rohingya refugees, citing security concerns for the latest restrictions, officials said Sunday. Bangladesh’s four mobile phone providers were threatened with fines if they provide any of the nearly 4,30,000 newly-arrived refugees from Myanmar with phone plans while the banContinue Reading
Eman Ahmed died of heart disease, kidney dysfunctionContinue Reading
Yangon: As tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims flee violence in Myanmar and global criticism mounts over the civilian government’s silence on the crisis, the country’s top Catholic leader says that Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi “should have spoken out.” Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, archbishop of Yangon, says theContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Geneva: The Government in India fails to prevent espousal of anti-conversion acts, UN is told “The Government of India fails to prevent the adoption anti-conversion acts prevail in seven states such as Odisha, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand and Gujarat that restricts the rights of minorities to practice, propagate andContinue Reading
The Pope was expected but did not attend the screening because of the Mexico earthquakeContinue Reading
Paris: After being attacked in Marseilles, France, on Sunday by a woman who threw acid at her and three of her companions, Boston College student Courtney Siverling went on Facebook to say that she forgave her attacker. In the post she wrote, “I pray that the attacker would be healedContinue Reading
John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences will carry forward the work of the two recent Synods of Bishops and the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris LaetitiaContinue Reading
Father Teresito ‘Chito’ Soganub was held in captivity since May 23
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By Santosh Digal Manila: The Philipines is to host Focolare movement’s 11th edition of the “GenFest” for youth in Manila next year. The July 6-8, 2018 meeting has chosen as its theme, “Beyond All Border” in this Southeast Asian country, Philippines, where eight to 10 populations belong to Christianity. TheContinue Reading