By Sakchai Lalit With their heads bowed and wearing orange robes, the members of the boys’ soccer team rescued from almost three weeks trapped in a cave in northern Thailand on Saturday completed their time as novice Buddhist monks. About 300 people gathered for the ceremony on a rainy morningContinue Reading
Bishop Timothy Doherty of Lafayette in USA has said prayers and apologies to survivors of abuse were “necessary, but not sufficient”, adding that people deserve to know how US Archbishop McCarrick’s alleged misdeeds went unreported for so long. Writing for his diocesan newspaper, Bishop Doherty said he was not surprisedContinue Reading
Khan’s party won 116 of the 269 contested seats in the National AssemblyContinue Reading
Police have started investigation into the death of Egyptian Coptic bishop who was found dead inside his monastery on July 29. According to local media reports, Bishop Epiphanius, head of the Anba Makar Monastery in Beheira, northwest of Cairo, was found with injuries indicating that he had been a victimContinue Reading
July 30 is the UN observance of the World Day against Trafficking in PersonsContinue Reading
Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has overseen the reunification of feuding wings of the one of the world’s oldest Christian churches, his top aide said today. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church split in 1991 over the naming of a new patriarch after the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic FrontContinue Reading
On Tuesday, a group of Chilean laypeople interrupted a Mass that took place in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago, Chile, the Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati demanded his renunciation. The protest comes a few months later to the clear announcement that all the bishops of the country have put their mandate inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chiang Mai: “The ecumenical movement needs renewed interfaith orientations when conflicting theological assumptions and presuppositions are posing challenges to authentic gospel values and Christian witness,” said internationally renowned ecumenical theologian Dr. S. Wesley Ariarajah at the Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI) of the Christian Conference of AsiaContinue Reading
New York: With over 70 per cent of Americans ignorant about Sikhism, schools in the US state of New York will now include lessons on the minority community in their curriculum to educate students about Sikh religion and its tradition, according to a media report. A non-profit Sikh organisation, theContinue Reading
Toronto: A young woman has died and 13 other victims, including a 9-year-old girl, were injured by gunfire on the busy Greektown strip. The police chief said there was an “exchange of gunfire” and that the alleged shooter — who is now also dead — had used a handgun. ItContinue Reading
