Riyadh, Feb. 27, 2020: Saudi Arabia on Feb. 27 suspended visas for pilgrims wishing to visit Mecca over coronavirus fears, the foreign ministry said. The government is “suspending entry to the Kingdom for the purpose of Umrah and visiting the Prophet’s Mosque temporarily”, the foreign ministry said in a statement,Continue Reading
United Nations, Feb 26, 2020: UN chief Antonio Guterres is closely following the situation in Delhi and stresses that demonstrators should be allowed to protest peacefully and security forces should show restraint, his spokesperson said. Communal violence over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in northeast Delhi has killed at least 20Continue Reading
Paris. Feb. 25, 2020: Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman who spent years on death row after a 2010 conviction of blasphemy, said Monday that she was seeking political asylum from the French government. “My great desire is to live in France,” Bibi said in an interview with RTL radio,Continue Reading
Vatican City, Feb. 25, 2020: One of the six members of Pope Francis’ advisory Council of Cardinals has acknowledged a bias among the members of the Catholic Church’s all-male hierarchy against giving women more leadership roles, saying he and his peers must “shed this prejudice.” In an NCR interview, IndianContinue Reading
Rome, Feb 24, 2020: Several Catholic dioceses in northern Italy have suspended Mass and other activities this week to help contain the spread of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by coronavirus. The northern regions of Italy saw a dramatic uptick in coronavirus cases over the weekend, prompting some regions toContinue Reading
Trosly-Breuil, Feb 23, 2020: A religious leader who founded a celebrated organization for people with learning difficulties had sexually abused six women in France, an internal report says. Canadian Jean Vanier set up the global network L’Arche (The Ark) in France in 1964. He died in 2019 aged 90. NoneContinue Reading
Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 20, 2020″ The first Catholic Mass in nearly five hundred years will be celebrated at a cathedral in Geneva later this month. Mass will be said in the Cathedral of Saint-Pierre de Genève on Feb. 29, in a decision announced by the Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva andContinue Reading
Mosul, Iraq, Feb 20,2020: The rebuilding of a Syriac Catholic church in Mosul, Iraq, destroyed by ISIS will begin soon, the U.N.’s heritage agency (UNESCO) announced last week. Al-Tahera church, in the old city of Mosul, was severely damaged after ISIS invaded the city in June of 2014. Among numerousContinue Reading
Indianapolis, Feb 17, 2020: When Father John Hollowell went to Mayo Clinic for brain scans after what doctors thought was a stroke, he received a shocking diagnosis. The scans revealed that instead of stroke, he had a brain tumor. While it is a serious diagnosis, Hollowell, a priest of theContinue Reading
Vatican City, Feb. 18, 2020: Pope Francis has requested that priests in formation for the Holy See’s diplomatic service be required to spend one year in missionary work, the Vatican announced Monday. The pope has asked the change to go into effect for the 2020/2021 academic year. He called forContinue Reading
