A Catholic priest has disappeared in Bangladesh, police said on Wednesday, as the country stepped up security ahead of a landmark visit by Pope Francis that follows a rise in Islamist attacks on religious minorities. Walter William Rosario, a 40-year-old priest and headmaster of a Catholic school, went missing onContinue Reading
In an historic mass to some 150,000 worshipers in Yangon, Myanmar, Pope Francis on Nov 29 urged the country’s Catholics to respond to hatred and rejection with “forgiveness and compassion.” The pontiff’s first visit to the staunchly Buddhist southeast Asian country, and the first ever by a sitting Pope, comesContinue Reading
Dubai: As the nation turns 46, a church in Dubai is celebrating the 50th year of beginning its congregation here, symbolising the peace, harmony and tolerance existing in the UAE even before the Union. The St Thomas Orthodox Cathedral in Oud Mehta is kick-starting a year-long celebration of the goldenContinue Reading
The life of Mother Teresa (1910-97), the Macedonian nun who devoted herself to serving the destitute mainly in India, continues inspiring people across the globe to play a healing role regardless of religion or ethnicity. That is the message conveyed in the photo exhibition on her life that kicked offContinue Reading
The symbol “0” is a familiar sight, but its origins are far from certain. A recent batch of carbon dating is causing the history of mathematics to be rewritten, as it has discovered zeros dating back to a period 500 years before previously seen. The numbers appear in an ancient IndianContinue Reading
Dublin, Ireland : Hundreds of groups of Catholics gathered across the island of Ireland on Sunday to pray the Rosary for the preservation of the Catholic faith and for the defense of life against the threat of abortion. “Firstly, we thank Christ our King, and the Most Immaculate Heart of Mary,Continue Reading
Six persons, who worked as caterers in marriage parties, died of asphyxiation while sleeping beside a ‘tandoor’ (an oven) kept along with the utensils in a tempo parked near a marriage venue in Cantonment area here, police said on Tuesday. Police said the incident happened late on Monday night butContinue Reading
Ram Puniyani The politics of communal polarization in is focusing on many identity issues, one being the Love Jihad, where the Hindu girl married to a Muslim or Christian man is targeted, and is legally manipulated in a manner to ensure that she is forced to be sent to herContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vientiane (Lao): Christian women of Laos People’s Democratic Republic have pledged to empower communities for overcoming increasing violence against women Lao society. Impact of immediate and long-term consequences of increasing violence against women and gender inequality was the thematic focus of a two-day training workshop heldContinue Reading
Mumbai: Members of the Parsi community have snubbed their high priests’ assurances that Metro III project will not affect the structural stability and spiritual sanctity of their fire temple at the Princess Street junction in Girgaum. The community has decided to launch its own separate peaceful agitation by seeking supportContinue Reading