Vatican City, May 8, 2019: Pope Francis has paid tribute to Jean Vanier, whose charity work helped improve conditions for the developmentally disabled in Canada and multiple other countries over the past half-century. The Christian philosopher, writer, humanist and an ardent advocate for the most marginalized by society died onContinue Reading
Islamabad, May 8, 2019: Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman freed from death row last year has arrived in Canada, reports CNN quoting her lawyer, Saif Ul Malook. Bibi, a mother of five from Punjab province, was taken out of the country after repeated death threats from religious extremists inContinue Reading
SKopje, May 8, 2019: Pope Francis went to the tiny Balkan nation of North Macedonia to pay tribute to a tiny saint who accomplished big things: St. Teresa of Kolkata. Mother Teresa was born Agnes Ganxhe Bojaxhiu to Albanian parents in Skopje Aug. 26, 1910, so after paying the obligatoryContinue Reading
Colombo, May 8, 2019: Sri Lanka’s security authorities have either killed or arrested all those responsible for the Easter suicide bombings that left 257 people dead, according to the police chief. Chandana Wickramaratne said in an audio statement on Tuesday that police had accounted for every individual involved in theContinue Reading
Muqadas Ashraf was just 16 when her parents married her off to a Chinese man who had come to Pakistan looking for a bride. Less than five months later, Ms. Ashraf is back in her home country, pregnant and seeking a divorce from a husband she says was abusive. SheContinue Reading
Christians are ‘by far the most persecuted’ religious group and are enduring what amounts to genocide in some parts of the world, a report concluded. They are being driven out of the Middle East in a modern-day exodus that means the religion could be wiped out in parts ‘where itsContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Yangon, May 2, 2019: In the aftermath of the horrific Easter Sunday multiple bomb blasts by Islamic terrorists on 3 Churches and 3 luxury hotels in Sri Lanka claiming lives of over 250 people including 50 foreigners and injuring hundreds, the Churches were closed for services.Continue Reading
Manila, May 2, 2019: When the lethargic heat of summer set in, the residents of Binalonan, a small town in the Philippines, used to gather under trees and share stories about their neighbors, swapping tidbits about rumored scandals, affairs, bankruptcies and divorces. But no longer. In local law imposed onContinue Reading
Colombo, May 2, 2019: Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church scrapped plans to resume Sunday services following a “specific threat” against two religious locations after the deadly Easter attacks. The archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, said on Thursday that a “reliable foreign source” had alerted him to possible attacks this weekend.Continue Reading
Paris, May 1, 2019: A hit documentary about how some Catholic priests allegedly abused nuns in different parts of the world, including India, has been pulled from the Franco-German television channel Arte after a priest complained to a German court. The big-budget media investigation, Sex Slaves in the Catholic Church,Continue Reading