The United Nations (UN) has warned that Yemen faces “the world’s worst cholera outbreak in the midst of the world’s largest humanitarian crisis”, with the number of cases expected to reach 600,000 by the end of the year. “In just two months, cholera has spread to almost every governorate ofContinue Reading
President Uhuru Kenyatta has gazetted the recognition of the Kenyans of Indian decent as the 44th tribe in Kenya and invited them to participate in the political, economic, cultural and social development of the nation. The presidential proclamation is contained in the special gazette issue of July 21, 2017. ActingContinue Reading
The archdiocese of Rouen in northern France held a special Mass on July 26 to mark the first anniversary of the assassination of an elderly parish priest, Fr Jacques Hamel. The 85-year-old was killed while celebrating Mass on July 26th last year after two gunmen stormed his church in the townContinue Reading
A committal mention date has been set for October 6Continue Reading
Concluded as the most powerful storm to make landfall in recorded history, Yolanda affected 3,424,593 families in nine regions Continue Reading
Christian Conference of Asia held its executive committee meeting mid July Continue Reading
By Barbara Bustamante Santiago – This Aug. 15 will mark 90 years since the Sacramentine Sisters of Don Orione were founded to offer something very particular for the salvation of the world: their blindness. They are a community of blind nuns consecrated to perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament andContinue Reading
Vatican City: As the city of Rome and much of Italy experiences a severe drought, the Vatican has turned off its fountains in an effort to preserve water and show solidarity with the city, which may be forced to ration water to about 1 million of the city’s residents. AsContinue Reading
Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has demanded the United States return church bells seized by American forces in a bloody campaign more than a century ago, in another blast at his country’s traditional ally. American forces took three bells from the Catholic church of Balangiga town on the eastern islandContinue Reading
162,093 Catholics left the Church in Germany during 2016—down from 181,925 in 2015, according to statistics released by the bishops’ conference on July 21. 28.5% of Germans are Catholic, and the Catholic population stands at 23,582,000, down from 27,533,000 in 1996. 537 parishes closed in 2016. Over the past twoContinue Reading
