Although retired pope Benedict XVI is growing more frail, there are no particular concerns or worries regarding his health, a Vatican spokesman has said. Fr Federico Lombardi issued a statement following an interview with Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the retired pope’s personal secretary, in which the archbishop said Benedict XVI wasContinue Reading
He was trying to show the world who was killed and who was responsibleContinue Reading
Hanoi:.- While the Stations of the Cross are a worldwide Lenten devotion for Catholics, the faithful in Vietnam have an additional practice that blends ancient traditional chants with Catholic prayer and meditation on the Crucifixion. “The ‘Ngam Nguyen’ are…a unique Vietnamese Catholic practice of intoning a series of meditations recountingContinue Reading
“We have different cultures and religions, but we are brothers and we want to live in peace,” Pope Francis said.Continue Reading
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Jakarta: Mentally ill Indonesians are routinely shackled by their families or social care facilities, and face psychological and sexual abuse at the hands of their carers, a new report by Human Rights Watch says. An estimated 57,000 have experienced such conditions, known as “pasung”, in the South-east Asian nation, despiteContinue Reading
Rome: Although she’s not as well known outside of Rome, Saint Francesca Romana has been lauded as a woman whose charity and service to the poor rival those of the modern-day, soon-to-be saint Mother Teresa. Saint Francesca Romana, also known as Saint Frances of Rome, is “a saint loved becauseContinue Reading
Washington D.C: India is making a mistake in refusing to issue visas to a U.S. international religious freedom organization, said religious liberty advocates and experts specializing in the South Asian country. “This is a missed opportunity for India and for religious freedom. We had hoped to travel there for someContinue Reading
New Delhi – Marking the first death anniversary of a young man who prevented a suicide bomber from entering a crowded church in Lahore, a group of Catholics in Pakistan have called for his canonization. The first anniversary of the deadly terrorist attack on St. John’s Catholic Church in Lahore was onContinue Reading
Moscow: Two Indians were among the 55 passengers who died when their plane crashed and burst into flames as it was landing in Rostov-on-Don, in Southern Russia, on Saturday morning. The names of the Indians in the list put out by Russian authorities are: Anju Kathirvel Aiyappan and Mohan Shyam,Continue Reading
