Rome:Italy’s bishops welcomed a ruling by the top administrative court on Monday that Catholic priests can bless the country’s schools in the run-up to Easter. “This is a reasonable and balanced sentence that shows good sense,” Monsignor Mariano Crociata, president of the Italian Conference of Bishops’ schools commission told Adnkronos.Continue Reading
With sales reaching around 300 million per year, the is one of McDonald’s most popular sandwiches. But what many customers may not realize is that the sandwich was created by Catholics and for Catholics nearly 50 years ago. In 1962, a man named Lou Groen had opened the first McDonald’sContinue Reading
One of the highlights of Pope Francis’ 1-day pastoral journey to the Italian city of Milan on March 25 , was his visit to the city’s main detention center, the San Vittore Prison. Shortly after midday and the recitation of the Angelus, the Pope travelled to the prison where he wasContinue Reading
Philip Kalayil came to Chicago from India in the mid-1950s and became an early leader and organizer of the Indian-American community here. He helped start organizations for fellow countrymen to stay in touch with their culture and religion and later assisted in efforts to engage in local politics. “He didContinue Reading
Vishal Arora One way in which the freedom of religion or belief in a country can be measured is whether minorities are permitted to carry out their own rituals during key ‘rites of passage’ such as birth, marriage and death. One of the world’s fastest-growing Christian communities is that inContinue Reading
Bekasi: Indonesian police fired tear gas to disperse hard-line Muslims protesting against the construction of a Catholic church in a satellite city of the capital Jakarta. Several hundred protesters from a group called Forum for Bekasi Muslim Friendship demonstrated in front of the Santa Clara church in Kaliabang, a neighborhoodContinue Reading
Washington: Over 100 US lawmakers have asked India to give a “temporary reprieve” to an American donor NGO until a more permanent solution can be found under the Indian laws for the Christian organisation to function. Compassion International is said to be shutting down its India operations after it wasContinue Reading
London: Church and government leaders offered prayers in the aftermath of an attack in London on Wednesday afternoon. “Our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by the incident in Westminster this afternoon,” read a post on Twitter from the news page of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England andContinue Reading
Two in five North Koreans are undernourished and more than 70% of the population relies on food aid, the United Nations says. In a new report, it said most North Koreans also lacked access to basic healthcare or sanitation. Diarrhoea and pneumonia are the two main causes of death forContinue Reading
London: Four people were killed and at least 20 injured in London on Wednesday after a car ploughed into pedestrians and an attacker stabbed a policeman close to the British parliament in what police called a “marauding terrorist attack”. The dead included the assailant and the policeman he stabbed, whileContinue Reading
