Charmian Carr, who played Liesl von Trapp in The Sound of Music, has died at the age of 73. The actor’s spokesman said she died on Saturday in Los Angeles, of complications from a rare form of dementia. Carr was best known for her role in the Rodgers and Hammerstein’sContinue Reading
Vatican City: Nuncios must be missionaries of the Gospel in every corner of the world, “going out” physically, culturally and through prayer and Adoration. This was underlined this morning by Pope Francis celebrating Mass in Casa Santa Marta with the papal representatives from around the world, on the occasion ofContinue Reading
A fire has ruined the famous church of San Sebastian in the Peruvian colonial city of Cuzco. Residents watched in despair as the blaze burned the gilded altar and valuable paintings inside the 16th-century church. Authorities don’t know what sparked Friday’s fire in the 17th-century church. Video footage from TVContinue Reading
As Europe’s leaders (minus the UK) meet in the Slovakian capital, Bratislava, the voice of the Eastern bloc* leaders is being heard more, even if it’s not always comfortable listening for Brussels’ Eurocrats. This week, Hungary, which has during the past year come under pressure for its handling of Europe’sContinue Reading
Over 100 parliamentarians from 60 countries met this week in Berlin for a series of workshops and seminars under the title, “An Embattled Right: Protecting and Promoting Freedom of Religion of Belief”. The second conference of this size after last year’s meeting in New York, it was organised by theContinue Reading
On Friday, Pope Francis visited a neonatal hospital unit and a hospice for the terminally ill, stressing the dignity of human life from conception to natural death. The Sept. 16 visit is the latest in the Pope’s “Mercy Friday” initiatives, to spend time with various groups each month during theContinue Reading
In cases of marriage between a Latin Catholic and an Eastern Catholic, the new code clarifies that only a priest may officiateContinue Reading
Pope Francis used the words martyr or martyrdom 10 times during his homilyContinue Reading
United Nations: Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai on Monday urged world leaders gathered for the first-ever UN summit on refugees to not waste time with a “pageantry of sympathy” and act to guarantee schooling for refugee children. The United Nations is hosting on September 19 the first summit onContinue Reading
London: The centuries-old tradition of church bell-ringing is under threat in the UK because of a shortage of new recruits, according to a new survey. It is getting more difficult to persuade newcomers to take the practice up, a BBC local radio survey said. Three-quarters of delegates to the annualContinue Reading
