New York : The number of refugees worldwide has reached the figure of 65.3 million people, including those seeking asylum and internally displaced persons. This is what emerges from the annual report of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), published on the occasion of World Refugee Day, which isContinue Reading
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Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has released a video, purporting to show that a Swiss nun kidnapped in Mali in January is alive and in good health. The three-minute video, posted on social media on 16th June, shows a veiled Beatrice Stockly speaking in French, saying that she has beenContinue Reading
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The religious community in Orlando is showing support for victims and families of Sunday’s horrific mass shooting. Several churches in the Orlando area have offered to host funerals for the victims of the tragedy at their facilities, free of charge. “People want to come to the assistance and the aidContinue Reading
Pope Francis met on Thursday with members of the ROACO (Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches) Assembly which raises funds for Christians in the Eastern-rite Churches. Among those taking part in the meeting were the papal representatives from Jerusalem, Lebanon, Syria, Ukraine, Iraq and Jordan, as well asContinue Reading
Bishop Salvadore Lobo of Baruipur described Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, who will be canonised by Pope Francis on 4th September, as the “best missionary of the millennium”. Lobo, who headed the canonisation committee, reported that Christ had said to Mother Teresa in a vision, “Go into the houses, I cannotContinue Reading
Colombo: Tamil Nadu fishermen are welcome to make financial contributions for the reconstruction and expansion of St.Anthony’s church on Kachchativu, but they cannot participate in the actual building of the shrine, its priest, Fr.Jayaranjan told Express on Wednesday. Reacting to Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s demand that Indian Prime MinisterContinue Reading
Korean Catholics “have a duty to work for the evangelization of North Korea. This task is all the more important the closer we get to the border, and we are very close. This institution will be a new base for cultivating peace in East Asia and even the world”, saidContinue Reading
‘A church is also a house of Allah; praying is what matters. We worship the same God’Continue Reading
