Washington: Afghanistan’s terrified Christians are bracing for a new round of persecution in the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of the country, Christian leaders and aid organizations warn. “We are telling people to stay in their houses because going out now is too dangerous,” one Afghani Christian leader told theContinue Reading
A martyr of faith The August 21 celebration of the 200 years of the birth of Andrew Kim is part of the Jubilee Year that the Catholic Bishops Conference of Korea (CBCK) has declared from November 29, 2020, to November 27, 2021. The theme chosen for the jubilee is, “AreContinue Reading
By Jose Torres Jr, LiCAS.news Manila: Christians in Afghanistan have expressed fear over an uncertain future under Taliban rule, with their leaders saying it is just a matter of time before attacks would start. “We are telling people to stay in their houses because going out now is too dangerous,”Continue Reading
Colombo: Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith of Colombo has called on the people to demonstrate August 21 to protest what he described as the government’s failure to shed light on the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings. “Raise a black flag on August 21 in front of your homes, institutions and market places asContinue Reading
Kabul: At least two people have been killed and 12 wounded after gunmen fired into a crowd of people who had taken down an Afghan Taliban flag in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, sources say. A black-on-white Taliban flag that was waving at a roundabout in Jalalabad, located aboutContinue Reading
Cardinal Raymond Burke, an outspoken conservative within the Roman Catholic Church and skeptic of Covid vaccinations, has been admitted to the hospital with the coronavirus and is on a ventilator. Burke’s Twitter account posted on Aug. 14 that the cardinal, who has publicly clashed with the views of Pope Francis,Continue Reading
Christians are being urged to pray for people in Afghanistan as persecution is likely to rise due to the Taliban takeover. On Aug. 16, as the Taliban confirmed it had 90 per cent of government buildings under its control in Kabul, thousands gathered at the city’s international airport in aContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has expressed his concern over the situation in Afghanistan and people to unite in praying to “the God of peace so that the clamor of weapons might cease and solutions can be found at the table of dialogue.” After leading the recitation of the Angelus onContinue Reading
New Delhi: The United Nations Postal administration has decided to issue a commemorative stamp honoring Saint Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa was born in 1910 and died in 1997. According to the UN Postal Administration, the $1.80 Mother Teresa’s stamp is intended to be used from the U.N. post office atContinue Reading
Rome: A Christian couple who spent seven years on death row in Pakistan on false blasphemy charges has been granted asylum in a European country. According to human rights organization ADF International, Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel arrived in Europe this week after their death sentence was overturned by theContinue Reading
