Thessaloniki: Greek authorities Saturday began evacuating some 70,000 people in the city of Thessaloniki ahead of an operation to defuse a bomb from World War II. The bomb, containing nearly 250 kilograms (550 pounds) of explosives, was unearthed in the northern city during road works last week and is dueContinue Reading
Qaraqosh,Iraq: Efforts to clear villages liberated from Islamic State are undermining the possibility of recording the atrocities to people and heritage committed there, according to a leading Iraqi aid worker. Dr. Sarah Ahmed, director of projects for the UK-based Foundation for Reconciliation and Relief in the Middle East, last monthContinue Reading
Followers should accept agreement as ‘the lesser of two evils’, John Tong Hon urgesContinue Reading
Armed men have kidnapped a Colombian nun from the town where she worked in southern Mali, officials said on February 8. The nun was taken late the previous evening from Karangasso, where she has been working in a health center, about 300 km east of the capital Bamako, security ministryContinue Reading
American Dominic Father Tom Doyle gave evidence on February 7Continue Reading
The pope has largely failed to elevate the status of women in the church who have ‘rightly called attention to the gap between their huge service to the church and their almost total absence in church decision-making.’ – Jesuit FatherContinue Reading
Rome: The Conference of Italian Bishops (CEI) has condemned “vulgar” posters critical of Pope Francis that appeared all over Rome at the weekend and expressed solidarity with the reformist pontiff. The anonymous posters, written in the local working-class ‘Romanesco’ dialect, picture a stern-faced Francis and allege a series of misusesContinue Reading
Pope Francis appealed to government leaders to be strong in the fight against the scourge of human trafficking. Marking Wednesday’s ‘International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking’ marked annually on 8 February, and focusing this year on the trafficking of children and adolescents, the Pope had words ofContinue Reading
Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro,is expected to arrive in India on February 16Continue Reading
More than 4,440 people claim to have been victims between 1980 and 2015Continue Reading
