Lahore, Dec 13, 2018: A Pakistani official announced this week a new “Minorities Empowerment Package” and the creation of a task force to ensure the rights of religious minorities in the province of Punjab. According to Dawn, Punjab Minister for Human Rights and Minority Affairs Ijaz Augustine said the packageContinue Reading
Vatican City, Dec 13, 2018: The Vatican announced Thursday that Pope Francis will travel to Bulgaria and Macedonia May 5-7, 2019, with a stop in Mother Teresa’s hometown of Skopje. The pope will spend the bulk of the trip in the Bulgarian cities of Sofia and Rakovski before visiting Skopje,Continue Reading
New York, Dec. 13, 2018: Chinese authorities should immediately release the pastor and scores of members of an independent Protestant church in the southwestern city of Chengdu, Human Rights Watch said December 13. Authorities should also return church properties and allow the members to resume worship services. On December 9Continue Reading
Rome, Dec. 12, 2018: Pope Francis has removed from his inner circle two cardinals facing allegations linked to sexual abuse, the Vatican said. Australia’s George Pell and Chile’s Francisco Javier Errazuriz will no longer sit on the Council of Cardinals, set up by the pope as an international advice body.Continue Reading
Strasbourg, Dec 11 : French police are hunting for a gunman who shot two people dead and injured at least 12 others in a terror attack on Strasbourg’s celebrated Christmas market on Dec 11 evening. Residents in Neudorf, a southeast residential district of the city where the gunman is believedContinue Reading
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
