Bishop condemns killing of priest in Philippines
2017-12-05
Fr Marcelito “Tito” Paez was killed December 4Continue Reading
Philippine bishops declare Year of the Clergy and Consecrated Persons
2017-12-04
Manila: In his first pastoral exhortation as head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, Archbishop Romulo Valles of Davao announced that the 2018 calendar will be dedicated to the clergy and consecrated persons. The year, he said, envisions that clergy and consecrated persons become “renewed” servant-leaders “who careContinue Reading
Pope hails Bangladesh as model of interreligious harmony
2017-12-03
Dhaka: Pope Francis has hailed Bangladesh as a role model of peaceful coexistence of people with different religious beliefs. The head of the Roman Catholic Church praised Bangladesh in an address to priests at Mother Teresa Home for orphans in Dhaka’s Tejgaon before leaving for Rome on November 2, endingContinue Reading
Pope meets orphans at Mother Teresa House
2017-12-02
Dhaka: Pope Francis visited a home in Dhaka founded by Mother Teresa for orphans, unwed mothers and destitute elderly on Nov.2 as he wrapped up his trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh. The pope, who left for Rome later in the day, was surrounded by children and nuns wearing the traditionalContinue Reading
‘I Ask Forgiveness,’ Pope tells Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh
2017-12-02
Pope Francis has greeted and blessed Rohingya refugees who fled to Bangladesh from neighboring Myanmar, grasping their hands and listening to their stories at an interfaith peace prayer in Dhaka, reports Associated Press. He expressed sorrow for the “tragedy” of the Rohingya Muslims’ plight, using the minority group’s name for theContinue Reading
Pope Francis trades popemobile for a rickshaw
2017-12-02
Pope Francis waved to crowds from the backseat of one of Bangladesh’s typical bicycle-pulled rickshaws en route to a meeting of interfaith leaders at the residence of Dhaka’s archbishop. Bangladeshi dancers serenaded him as he made his way to the stage for the event, where he was to meet with RohingyaContinue Reading
Western Nuclear powers to boycott Nobel Peace Award ceremony
2017-12-01
OSLO, Norway — Breaking with tradition, nearly all ambassadors of the world’s nuclear powers will not attend this year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony which honors efforts to ban atomic weapons, the Nobel Institute said Thursday. “We are disappointed that the ambassadors from the United Kingdom, the United States and FranceContinue Reading
Lankan Church women demand zero tolerance to violence
2017-12-01
Colombo: A consultation on action against violence in post war Sri Lanka heard Church women asserting zero tolerance. “The Church in Sri Lanka should ensure zero tolerance to violence against women at all levels, when the women in the war-torn Sri Lanka still face a rising rate of violence afterContinue Reading
Catholic priest goes missing in Bangladesh
2017-11-30
A Catholic priest has disappeared in Bangladesh, police said on Wednesday, as the country stepped up security ahead of a landmark visit by Pope Francis that follows a rise in Islamist attacks on religious minorities. Walter William Rosario, a 40-year-old priest and headmaster of a Catholic school, went missing onContinue Reading
Pope Francis calls for healing and reconciliation in Myanmar
2017-11-30
In an historic mass to some 150,000 worshipers in Yangon, Myanmar, Pope Francis on Nov 29 urged the country’s Catholics to respond to hatred and rejection with “forgiveness and compassion.” The pontiff’s first visit to the staunchly Buddhist southeast Asian country, and the first ever by a sitting Pope, comesContinue Reading