Kaduna, Feb 03, 2020: A Nigerian seminarian kidnapped with three others in Nigeria has been murdered by his abductors. Michael Nnadi, aged 18, was separated from the others along with the wife of a medical doctor, Philip Atagi, and killed by the bandits who took them hostage and demanded ransoms.Continue Reading
VATICAN CITY , Feb 03, 2020: The Vatican donated thousands of protective masks to several Chinese provinces affected by the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. In an email to Catholic News Service Feb. 3, the Vatican press office confirmed a report that appeared in the Chinese newspaper The Global Times,Continue Reading
The headline at dailymail.co.uk was certainly striking: “Nuns forced to become PROSTITUTES after they were ‘abandoned’ by the Catholic Church have been sheltered at a secret Vatican residence for more than a year, cardinal reveals.” The headline was based on an interview with Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, the prefectContinue Reading
Canada, Jan. 31, 2020: Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who spent years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy, has published a book about her experiences and her new life. Ms Bibi released a memoir, Enfin Libre, or Finally Free, written with French journalist Anne-Isabelle Tollet. She wasContinue Reading
Stockholm, Jan 31, 2020: Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg and the global protest movement “Fridays for Future” were nominated on January 30 for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize by two Swedish lawmakers. “Greta Thunberg is a climate activist, and the main reason she deserves the Nobel Peace Prize is thatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chiang Mai, Jan 31, 2020: The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) organized a regional consultation to intensify interfaith HIV and AIDS advocacy collaborations in Asia. Held at the CCA headquarters from January 27–31, twenty-five participants representing different faith-based organizations and religions from Asia as well asContinue Reading
Geneva, Jan 30, 2020: Coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread outside China. “The main reason for this declaration is not what is happening in China but what is happening in other countries,” said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.Continue Reading
Prato, Jan 22, 2020: Priests from a Catholic group banned by the Vatican – including its charismatic founder – are under police investigation for child abuse after two brothers accused them of sex attacks. Don Giglio Gilioli, 73, and eight of his priests and brothers in the Disciples of theContinue Reading
Beijing, Jan. 28, 2020: China has quarantined millions of people and urged its citizens to delay overseas travel as it scrambles to stop a deadly coronavirus epidemic from spreading further. Authorities also ordered schools and universities to remain closed on Jan. 28 after extending a national holiday by a weekContinue Reading
Vatican City, Jan 27, 2020: The Vatican announced Sunday that Pope Francis has a new personal secretary, Fr. Gonzalo Aemilius, a priest from Uruguay known for his ministry with children on the streets. Pope Francis first met Aemilius in 2006 when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires. In one ofContinue Reading
