Portland: When Jesuit Father Bob Fabing first met Mother Teresa in 1983 in Calcutta, he had no inkling the meeting would be the start of a decades-long friendship. That friendship culminates next month, when Father Fabing concelebrates Mass with Pope Francis as Blessed Mother Teresa is canonized in early SeptemberContinue Reading
He felt he was “incapable of fulfilling” the demands of another international tripContinue Reading
An exhibition showcasing the life and works of Mother Teresa will be organised at the UN’s headquarters in September in celebration of the Nobel Laureate being declared a Saint.Continue Reading
Muzaffarabad: Women in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir offered their bangles to Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday, an insult in patriarchal South Asia aimed at the UN head’s perceived inaction over violence on the Indian side of the disputed region. Hundreds of refugee women marched in Muzzafarabad, capital of the Pakistani side, chanting slogansContinue Reading
Rome: In the chapel of the first house Blessed Teresa of Calcutta established in Rome, Father Brian Kolodiejchuk of the Missionaries of Charity talks about her life, mixing the concrete and even mundane with the spiritual and even mystical. “She was very human – she loved chocolate, she loved iceContinue Reading
Singapore : Singapore’s Malay-Muslim community leaders have called for stricter norms for registration of religious teachers amid growing concerns over radicalisation in the country, media reports said. The leaders want all Asatizah (Islamic preachers) to be registered with the Asatizah Recognition Scheme (ARS), started in 2005 to help Muslims toContinue Reading
Vatican: Pope Francis has named Cardinal Vinko Pulić, the Archbishop of Sarajevo, as his special envoy to a celebration taking place in Skopje, Macedonia, on 11 September 2016, at the conclusion of a special day of thanksgiving for the canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Mother Teresa, whose birthContinue Reading
Syrian opposition activists have released haunting footage showing a young boy rescued from a partially destroyed building in the aftermath of a devastating air strike in Aleppo. The image of the stunned and weary-looking boy, sitting in an orange chair inside an ambulance, covered in dust and with blood onContinue Reading
Brazil will lose about a billion dollars in revenue thanks to a law that turns the Olympics into a tax havenContinue Reading
Rome: In late August the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See will launch an online exhibit documenting the deep ties Blessed Teresa of Kolkata had with the United States. “She had an impact on Americans — quite a profound impact,” said Ken Hackett, the U.S. ambassador, who knew and workedContinue Reading
