Pope Francis has expressed his “spiritual closeness” to victims of the deadly shooting in Las Vegas, which left more than fifty people dead, and hundreds more wounded. In the telegram addressed to the Bishop Joseph Anthony Pepe of Las Vegas, the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said PopeContinue Reading
Mumbai: The BMC has urged the Bombay high court to direct Our Lady of Remedy Church at Poisar, Kandivli (West), to hand over a big area in front of it, which includes a part of the cemetery with 33 graves, for road widening. BMC wants some 338 square metres ofContinue Reading
Puttur: Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, Moran Mor Baselior Cleemis, opined that a life guided by altruism in the true spirit of service and love preached by Jesus Christ is the real foundation of a religion. He was speaking after presiding over a function in which Dr GeevargheseContinue Reading
Delegates from all 58 parishes attended the five-day synodContinue Reading
A young Pakistani Christian woman who travelled to Australia for surgery, after she was seriously injured in a twin suicide bombing at her church in Peshawar in 2013, says that three years on “countries in the West still fail to recognise the persecution of Christians in Pakistan”. Kashmala Munawar wasContinue Reading
Amid opposition by some Catholic leaders to a proposed Muslim burial ground near Margao town in the state, the Goa Church Saturday asked its followers to respect the basic rights of every community. Diocesan Centre for Social Communications, an arm of the Goa Church, issued a statement Saturday, saying disposalContinue Reading
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Witnesses heard numerous gunshots at the Mandalay Bay casino hotel Continue Reading
Studies revealed that women feel less confident and knowledgeable enough to edit or create Wikipedia pagesContinue Reading
Yetnebersh Nigussie shares the award with India’s Colin Gonsalves and Khadija Ismayilova of AzerbaijanContinue Reading