By Santosh Digal Cox Bozar, Bangladesh, Dec. 11, 2018: Caritas Bangladesh and the Jesuit Relief Service (JRS) have been providing psycho-social support to Rohingya children. One of the compelling sights in all the 30 makeshift camps in Cox’s Bazar is that of little children and youth filling the camps. TheirContinue Reading
Beijing, Dec 10, 2018: Dozens of members of a prominent unofficial Protestant church and their pastor have gone missing in southwest China after authorities raided their homes, churchgoers said Monday, amid increasing restrictions on religious worship. The police sweep occurred Dec. 9 night, according to a statement from the EarlyContinue Reading
By Pamela Constable Kartarpur, Pakistan, Dec. 10, 2018: — Rising above a placid stretch of rice paddies and wheat fields in southern Punjab province is a graceful white-domed temple. To followers of the Sikh religion, 21 million of whom live in next-door India, it is a sacred site where GuruContinue Reading
Manila, Dec. 10, 2018: The office of Rodrigo Duterte, the controversial Philippine president, on Dec. 6 was forced to play down remarks he had made about killing bishops, claiming it was only “hyperbole” and not a genuine threat. In a speech to local government officials, Duterte, who has a runningContinue Reading
By Nicole Winfield Vatican City, Dec. 10, 2018: The Vatican has launched an investigation into a small Chilean religious order of nuns after some sisters denounced sexual abuse at the hands of priests and mistreatment by their superiors, a turning point that shows the Holy See is now willing toContinue Reading
Moscow, Dec 10, 2018: A Russian priest who flaunted luxury items including Louis Vuitton bags and Gucci shoes on his Instagram account will face a disciplinary committee, an Orthodox Church spokesman said Dec 10. Vyacheslav Baskakov deleted the images of himself posing in his frock with the designer goods afterContinue Reading
Oran, Dec 8, 2018: The Catholic Church on December 8 beatified in the city of Oran seven French monks and 12 other clergy killed during Algeria’s civil war, the first ceremony of its kind in a Muslim nation. May “Monsignor Pierre Claverie… and his 18 companions, faithful messengers of theContinue Reading
Manila, Dec. 6, 2018: An American Catholic priest wanted for allegedly sexually abusing Filipino altar boys as young as seven has been arrested in the Philippines and now faces deportation, officials said Dec. 6. Kenneth Bernard Hendricks, 77, was taken into custody on Wednesday on the central island of BiliranContinue Reading
Rome, Dec. 6, 2018: Pope Francis has put his white Lamborghini sports car up for raffle a second time after the final bidder at a previous charity auction in May failed to pay the agreed $800,000 price. This time the custom-built Lamborghini Huracán coupé will be up for grabs inContinue Reading
Abu Dhabi, Dec 6, 2018: Pope Francis will visit the UAE for the first time in what will be a landmark moment for interfaith relations and Catholics in the Gulf. The Vatican announced the visit to the country on February 3-5 on Thursday. The news follows an official invitation fromContinue Reading
