Ghana’s chief imam is a man of few words, but the 100-year-old Muslim cleric certainly knows how to make waves – by attending a Catholic Church service as part of his birthday celebrations. Pictures of Sheikh Osman Sharubutu, sitting attentively in the pews of Accra’s Christ the King Catholic ChurchContinue Reading
Burkina Faso, May 12, 2019: Gunmen killed a priest and 5 churchgoers during mass Sunday, May 12, in an attack on a Catholic church in Dablo, northern Burkina Faso, security sources and local official said. “Towards 9.00 am, during mass, armed individuals burst into the Catholic church,” the mayor ofContinue Reading
Vatican City, May 9, 2019: Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking law on Thursday requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-up by their superiors to the church authorities. The new church law provides whistle-blower protections for anyone making a report and requiresContinue Reading
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
