Pakistani Christians in Thailand given temporary ID cards
2016-04-06
Last month, World Watch Monitor reported that there are about 11,500 Pakistanis seeking asylum in Thailand, a 51 percent increase from the previous year; all are classified as Christians in a recent report to the UK Parliament. Many of them have been hiding from the Thai police for several yearsContinue Reading
Pope blesses girl with genetic eye disease
2016-04-06
Elizabeth Myers was born with significant hearing loss, and in the next few years, her vision will start to fade as well. While she can still see, her parents want her to take in as much of the world as she can. On Wednesday, she got a rare vision: TheContinue Reading
Pope Francis amasses 2 million followers on Instagram
2016-04-05
After setting up his Instagram account two weeks ago, Pope Francis has already corralled a flock of more than 2 million followers on the social media website. The pope, whose English handle is “franciscus,” has already made 24 posts over the short span, including pictures of him taking selfies withContinue Reading
Multifaith vigil for Lahore Easter bomb victims
2016-04-05
About 200 Christians, Muslims and Hindus gathered April 4 at the site of last weekend’s horrific Easter Day bomb attack Continue Reading
Pope Francis’ post-synod doc to be released April 8
2016-03-31
Vatican City: The Vatican announced Thursday that Pope Francis’ highly anticipated post-synodal apostolic exhortation on the gifts and challenges of family life will be published April 8. Titled “Amoris Laetitia,” on love in the family, the document will officially be presented to journalists next Friday, April 8, in Italian, French,Continue Reading
More women involvement needed in conflict prevention: India
2016-03-29
UN reports point out that women globally constituted less than 4% of signatories to peace agreements and less than 10% of negotiators at peace tablesContinue Reading
EgyptAir plane hijacked to Cyprus, passengers freed
2016-03-29
Negotiations with the hijacker led to the release of most passengersContinue Reading
Lahore bombing: children, mothers among victims
2016-03-28
Islamabad: Dozens of children and mothers wereamong the victims of the Easter suicide bombing in a Lahore public park in which at least 72 people have been killed. A breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack in Gulshan Iqbal Park. Even though the group said itContinue Reading
Pope Francis condemns attack on Pakistani Christians
2016-03-28
Pope Francis termed the attack reprehensibleContinue Reading