Kabul twin blasts kill 30, wound 80 others
2017-01-10
Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack Continue Reading
Millions of Filipino devotees join Black Nazarene procession
2017-01-09
Manila: About a million and a half barefoot Philippine devotees praying for miracles joined a procession on Monday for a black statue of Jesus Christ being paraded through the old commercial center of the capital, Manila. The devotees crowded around the carriage – pulled by ropes and pushed from behindContinue Reading
Pope Francis encourages breastfeeding in church
2017-01-09
Vatican City: Pope Francis has told mothers to freely breastfeed their hungry infants while in Church, as the pontiff baptized 28 babies in the Sistine Chapel to mark the feast of the Baptism of Jesus Christ. Telling worshipers that Christ’s first sermon was made to the sound of his cryingContinue Reading
22,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar to Bangladesh in one week: United Nations
2017-01-09
Yangon: At least 65,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar — a third of them over the past week — since the army launched a crackdown in the north of Rakhine state, the UN said on Monday. The figure marks a sharp escalation in the numbers fleeing a militaryContinue Reading
Violent persecution set to rise in 2017
2017-01-08
Release International report on the worrying trends.Continue Reading
Pope praised for taking cybersecurity seriously
2017-01-07
He has 10.2 million followers on Twitter, opened an Instagram account last year, has met with tech executives, sold his old iPad for a good price, and addressed mankind’s pervasive use of gadgets in his teachings. You can now add cybersecurity awareness to the range of tech issues Pope FrancisContinue Reading
Pakistan’s regional languages face looming extinction
2017-01-06
Peshawar : Around a hundred women have gathered in a community centre in Peshawar, the heart of Pakistan’s fabled northwest — but they are conversing in a dialect incomprehensible to the Pashtun ethnic group that dominates the region. Instead they are exchanging anecdotes and ideas in their native Hindko (literally,Continue Reading
US army allows turbans, beards, hijabs in military
2017-01-05
Washington: The US Army has issued a new regulation under which servicemen who wear turbans, hijabs or beards can now be enrolled in the military, making the force more inclusive of minority religions and cultures. The new set of rules, issued by Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning, allows religiousContinue Reading
New ‘vocational culture’ needed in Church: Pope Francis
2017-01-05
Vatican City: A fresh and courageous perspective is needed when it comes to helping youth discern and discover their vocation, Pope Francis said Thursday, emphasizing the importance of personal holiness and the commitment to serving others. “(Today) there is the urgency to bring into the Christian community a new ‘vocationalContinue Reading
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he’s no longer an atheist
2017-01-04
For years, Mark Zuckerberg identified as an atheist—at least on his profile page. But in a holiday message posted on Dec. 25, the Facebook CEO nods at a potential return to religion. Zuck wished his friends a “Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Priscilla, Max, Beast and me!,” to whichContinue Reading