Vatican City: On Sunday Pope Francis spoke of the importance of remembering the day of our baptism, which he said is more than just a date on the calendar, but is the moment we receive our Christian identity and are immersed in the grace and forgiveness of God. “The feastContinue Reading
Istanbul:The leaders of Turkey and Bulgaria are due to reopen the Bulgarian St Stephen’s Church today in Istanbul after seven years of restoration, in a gesture of harmony in an often turbulent relationship between the two neighbours. The Bulgarian Orthodox church in Balat, a historic Istanbul neighbourhood on the shoresContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has kicked off the new year by shedding light on the plight of persecuted religious minorities in Asia, asking that Catholics join him in praying for these people and for religious freedom in their countries. The video, released Jan. 5, opens by showing images of differentContinue Reading
Karachi : A girl and her fiance were gunned down today, allegedly by the girl’s maternal uncle after spotting them chatting in Pakistan’s Sindh province, in the latest case of honour killing, a media report said. The girl, identified as Nazeeran, was speaking with her husband-to-be Shahid in Nayi WahiContinue Reading
By Malini Manjoly The eight well-functioning cooperatives of Navjyoti, a non-governmental organization of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth have changed the lives of many people especially women and children in Surkhet, West Nepal. The cooperatives are solely managed by its 1375 shareholders. They avail loans on the basis ofContinue Reading
Police invaded Catholic churches and fired tear gas during Mass in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday (December 31) as protests against the rule of President Joseph Kabila intensified. One witness at St. Michael’s Church in central Kinshasa told AFP that officers broke up the Mass and arrested altar boys,Continue Reading
Pope Francis is having cards printed and distributed showing a 1945 photo of victims of the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki along with the words the fruit of war.” The photo captures a boy carrying his dead brother on his shoulders while he waits for his turn at the crematory. ItContinue Reading
Yangon: The Christian communities in Myanmar, Catholic and Protestant, have publicly celebrated Christmas in the streets of Yangon, for the first time in 50 years. In the past, Christmas was strictly confined within the walls of churches, several liturgies, feasts, processions, took place in the city, especially from 23 toContinue Reading
Pope Francis has recommended jettisoning life’s “useless baggage” in 2018, including what he called “empty chatter” and banal consumerism, and focusing instead on building a peaceful and welcoming world, particularly for refugees and migrants. Francis offered his reflections on paring down non-essentials as he celebrated New Year’s Day Mass MondayContinue Reading
Bangladesh wants to send up to 100,000 Rohingya back to Myanmar in the first batch of repatriations of Muslim refugees who fled ethnic violence this year, officials said today.Continue Reading
