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
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Dec: 6, 2018: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said he was bringing a “message of hope” to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh this week. The Manila cardinal was visiting the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar in his capacity as president of Caritas Internationalis, the Church’s main international humanitarian agency.Continue Reading
A special correspondent Hsinchu, TAIWAN, Dec 5, 2018: For asserting that they are Taiwanese, two women waitresses lost their job in Sydney, Australia. When the owner of the Chinese restaurant asked them their nationality, they said they are Taiwanese. But, the Chinese boss wouldn’t agree. He insisted that they areContinue Reading
Saudi Arabia, Dec 5: Arabian news reports have shared photos and information about what is believed to be the first ever Coptic church mass conducted in Saudi Arabia on Dcember 2. Cairo Scene reported on a translation from Al Watan, which explained that Egyptian Bishop Ava Morkos of Shobra ElContinue Reading
Okahandja, Dec 5, 2018: When a five-year-old girl with her baby brother in tow knocked at Christina Swartbooi’s door in the middle of the night asking for food, she knew she had to do something, not only for them, but even more for her community as well. Residing in theContinue Reading
An internationally renowned chef who recently dedicated his time to relief efforts in the Port City has been nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. Chef and humanitarian José Andrés, founder of ThinkFoodGroup and World Central Kitchen (WCK), was nominated for the award last week by Rep. John Delaney ofContinue Reading
