Spain is encouraging Indian film-makers to use its colourful fiestas and historic monuments as settings for their films in an attempt to grab a bigger share of India’s fast-growing overseas tourism market. As part of the strategy to lure visitors from the world’s second most populous country, Madrid will alsoContinue Reading
Taipei: Thousands protested in Taipei Thursday against draft bills that would make Taiwan the first place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, arguing traditional family values would be undermined. Protesters dressed in white and holding placards with the slogans including “Stand forward for the next generation’s happiness” packed a streetContinue Reading
Police said they were investigating possible links to the Islamic State extremist group.Continue Reading
A priest whose disappearance sparked protests in an eastern Mexican town was found alive but with injuries consistent with torture, the Catholic church said. Father Jose Luis Sanchez Ruiz had last been seen on Thursday, and the next day the doors to his church in Catemaco, a town in theContinue Reading
Warsaw: Worshippers in the capital of ultra-Catholic Poland finally celebrated the consecration of the city’s highest church on Friday — after a mere 225 years of waiting. The cornerstone of the enormous Temple of Divine Providence in Warsaw was laid in 1792 but its halting progress since has mirrored turbulentContinue Reading
Rome:Pope Francis on Friday (Nov. 11) made a surprise visit to meet several men who took the controversial step of leaving the priesthood and starting a family. A Vatican statement said the pope left his residence in the afternoon and traveled to an apartment on the outskirts of Rome whereContinue Reading
A suicide bomb attack killed at least 52 people and injured more than 100 others during a religious ceremony in the remote mountains of Pakistan Saturday evening, according to local law enforcement. Through its media wing Amaq, ISIS claimed responsibility for the blast on a Sufi shrine in the LasbelaContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis revealed on Thursday that the search for Christian unity is one of his principle concerns, one that he prays may be shared by every baptized person. The Pope’s words came as he met in the Vatican with participants at a plenary session of the Pontifical CouncilContinue Reading
Bishop Thomas Valpy French had spent a total of 22 years in IndiaContinue Reading
Fr. Frank Pavone, head of the controversial pro-life group Priest for Life, came under fire for a video of him standing behind an altar with an aborted baby in an effort to support Donald Trump. Ed Mechmann, director of public policy for the Archdiocese of New York, said on OctoberContinue Reading
