American author on Indian Christian clergy dies
2016-07-16
Doctor Hunter P Mabry taught at the United Theological College, Bangalore, for 25 yearsContinue Reading
Russia: Church reacts as ‘anti-missionary bill’ becomes law
2016-07-16
On 7 July, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill referred to by one Christian organisation as an “anti-missionary bill”. The new law, known more commonly as the “Yarovaya” law (the name of one of its authors), which will come into effect on 20 July, was formallyContinue Reading
Gammarelli legacy passes to sixth generation of papal tailors
2016-07-15
Rome: For five generations the Gammarellis have dressed and shod the Vicar of Christ through their family business, Rome’s historic Ditta Annibale Gammarelli. Now, after the recent death of manager Annibale Gammeralli, the business will pass to the hands of the sixth generation. Established in 1798 by Giovanni Antonio Gammarelli,Continue Reading
Ahead of canonization Mother Teresa relics tour parishes
2016-07-15
Dressed in Mother Teresa’s signature white sari with blue stripes, the Missionaries of Charity work to maintain and preserve their founder’s ministry to the poor. To inspire their work, every convent houses one of her relics. On Thursday, a drop of her blood kept at the convent and women’s shelterContinue Reading
Nice attack: At least 80 dead as lorry rams into crowd
2016-07-15
At least 80 people were killed and another 100 injured in the southern French city of Nice after an attacker drove a lorry into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday, authorities said. The attacker behind the wheel on Thursday drove at high speed along the famed Promenade desContinue Reading
Man who shot John Paul II wants to become priest
2016-07-14
Mehmet Alì Ağca told an Italian TVContinue Reading
Catholic Church hosts hundreds of Muslims in UAE
2016-07-13
At a time when religious beliefs seem to be dividing people and causing pain and destruction to the world, it is always refreshing to see people of different faiths helping each other out. A Roman Catholic Church in the United Arab Emirates, a predominantly Muslim country, recently fed hundreds ofContinue Reading
Daughters of St Paul pray for nuns stranded in South Sudan
2016-07-13
They are shut in their house and don’t dare to leave itContinue Reading
American layman appointed as chief Vatican spokesperson
2016-07-12
The appointments of these two professional journalists are effective from August 1Continue Reading
Sudan’s Christians face ‘ethnic cleansing’
2016-07-12
Five years ago on July 11, South Sudan became the world’s newest country after seceding from the North. Following a lengthy dispute over where a border should be drawn, it was decided that Sudan’s predominantly Christian South Kordofan and Blue Nile states would remain in the mainly Sunni Muslim North.Continue Reading