Methodist court ruling blow for openly lesbian bishop
Bishop Karen Oliveto was elected in 2016Continue Reading
Bishop Karen Oliveto was elected in 2016Continue Reading
Beijing: The first freight train to link China directly to the UK arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu on Saturday April 29, after covering over 12,000-kilometres (7,500 miles), making it the second-longest route in the world. The journey is the latest effort in China’s drive to strengthen tradeContinue Reading
Cairo: Pope Francis warned against religious fanaticism on Saturday, April 29 wrapping up a brief trip to Cairo in which he urged Muslim leaders to unite against violence by Islamist militants against the Middle East’s ancient Christian communities. Francis’s trip comes three weeks after Islamic State, also known as Isis,Continue Reading
Cairo: Pope Francis closed his first day in Egypt with a visit to Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II, telling him their Churches are bonded by the blood of their martyrs, and are called to further cement this bond with acts of charity. In his April 28 address to the patriarch,Continue Reading
Dubai: On Thursday , April 27 the story of St Mary’s Catholic Church parish’s 50 years in Dubai was told not only with words but — in the city’s typical innovative fashion — with a computer-driven laser light-and-sound show, too. A huge number of parishioners turned up to mark theContinue Reading
On a scaffold several stories high beneath the dome of a Cairo church, Ayman William paints for the glory of God, unfazed by recent attacks against his fellow Coptic Christians in Egypt. The church, deep within the dusty alleyways of one of the many “informal” neighborhoods that have sprung upContinue Reading
Peshawar: A Pakistani court today allowed Hindus to worship at a Shiva temple in Abbottabad district which had been off limits to them for 20 years.A bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) headed by Justice Ateeq Hussain Shah permitted Hindus to worship at the Shiv Jee temple of KhyberContinue Reading
Beijing: China has banned dozens of Islamic names like ‘Saddam’ and ‘Jihad’ for babies belonging to the restive Muslim-majority Xinjiang province, in a move that would prevent children from getting access to education and government benefits, a leading rights group said on Tuesday. Xinjiang authorities have recently banned dozens ofContinue Reading
Washington D.C.,: When it comes to religious persecution, Christians are the most widely targeted community, said a new report released this week. But despite oppression and threat of violence, the faithful “should not be afraid,” said a Pakistani archbishop. Pakistan’s Christians have made vital contributions to the country’s history andContinue Reading
Rome: Pope Francis urged governments on Saturday to get migrants and refugees out of holding centres, saying many had become “concentration camps”. During a visit to a Rome basilica, where he met migrants, Francis told of his trip to a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos last year. HeContinue Reading
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