Annapolis: Five people have been confirmed killed in a shooting at the offices of the Capital Gazette, a daily newspaper published in Annapolis, a historic city an hour east of Washington. “There’s five fatalities that we know of. There’s several other persons that are gravely injured. We’ll have more informationContinue Reading
United Nations: More than 10,000 children were killed or maimed amid armed conflicts worldwide in 2017, while others were raped, forced to serve as armed soldiers or caught in attacks on schools and hospitals, a United Nations report said on June 28. A total of more than 21,000 violations ofContinue Reading
Archbishop Coutts of Karachi is scheduled to become a cardinal at a June 28 consistory at the VaticanContinue Reading
Pope Francis signed a rescript adding four more members to the group of cardinal bishops in the College of Cardinals. They are: Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, 63, Vatican secretary of state; Argentine Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, 74, prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches; Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, 74, prefect ofContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Manila: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) discourages Catholic priests to carry firearms. These recent days, the news has reported a good number of Catholic priests asking for a permit from the Philippine National Police (PNP) that they are allowed to carry firearms as, duringContinue Reading
By Paterno Esmaquel II MANILA, Philippines – Leading bishops of the Catholic Church criticized President Rodrigo Duterte for calling God stupid, as they issued rare statements that singled out the chief executive who now faces rising public outrage. How can he be a President for all Filipinos if he doesContinue Reading
A Vatican court has found Mgr Carlo Alberto Capella, a former staff member at the Vatican nunciature in Washington, guilty of possessing and distributing child pornography. Judge Giuseppe Della Torre, head of the tribunal of the Vatican City State, delivered the verdict on June 23, and sentenced Mgr Capella toContinue Reading
Couples for Christ is a lay Catholic movement dedicated to familiesContinue Reading
Geneva: Pope Francis vowed Thursday to seek deeper “unity” between the Catholic Church and other Christian faiths as he arrived in Geneva, a centre of Protestantism, amid Christianity’s waning influence in Europe. Pope touched down in Geneva, the home of French Protestant reformist Jean Calvin, shortly after 10:00 am (0800Continue Reading
A Catholic priest is telling the British House of Lords of the benefits of yoga to mark International Yoga Day 2018 on June 21. Fr Joe Pereira told AsiaNews that he has been practicing Iyengar Yoga for 50 years, adding that his Kripa Foundation has used it “to help in the rehabilitationContinue Reading
