Manila: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila will wash the feet of migrants and refugees during a Holy Week ritual that traditionally celebrates Christ’s washing of the feet of the apostles. The head of Caritas Internationalis, who is leading a Vatican campaign to interact and welcome migrants and forcibly displacedContinue Reading
Islamabad: Marvia Malik, a journalism graduate who has also worked as a model, told the BBC she was moved to tears when she was offered the job. She anchored her first show on private broadcaster Kohenoor on Friday, after three months of training. Transgender people face discrimination in Pakistan andContinue Reading
The pontiff told the traditional Palm Sunday Mass on Saint Peter’s Square, which this year coincides with World Youth DayContinue Reading
Warsaw: Thousands of Poles took to the streets on March 24 to protest plans to tighten the abortion law, as the Council of Europe warned the new measure ran counter to Warsaw’s human rights commitments. In Warsaw, men and women carried large red signs shaped like hands with the wordContinue Reading
A group of Protestant and Roman Catholic leaders, including Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, has begun what they call a campaign to “reclaim Jesus” from those who they believe are using Christian theology for political gain. “We are living through perilous and polarizing times as a nation, with aContinue Reading
Radio Veritas survey reveal 39 percent respondents strongly agree with the proposed measure
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The case was “clearly fabricated”.Continue Reading
The head of the Vatican communications department has resigned after coming under fire for doctoring a letter sent by retired Pope Benedict XVI. A brief Vatican statement said Pope Francis had “accepted” the resignation of Msgr. Dario Vigano. It comes after the Vatican admitted blurring part of a letter aboutContinue Reading
A student with a handgun shot two classmates inside his Maryland high school Tuesday before he was fatally wounded during a confrontation with a school resource officer, a sheriff said. The officer and the student both fired a single shot at that point, and it wasn’t immediately clear whether heContinue Reading
Rome: Pope Francis asked forgiveness Monday for all Christians who buy sex from women, saying men who frequent prostitutes are criminals with a “sick mentality” who think that women exist to be exploited. “This isn’t making love. This is torturing a woman. Let’s not confuse the terms,” Francis insisted. TheContinue Reading
