Vatican City: Pope Francis has sent his condolences to the victims and relatives of a fireworks accident on Sunday that killed at least 100 people and injured hundreds of others in India’s Kerala state during celebrations of the local Hindu new year. The Pope was “saddened to learn of theContinue Reading
The birth anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution and Dalit rights activist, would be observed at the United Nations for the first time with focus on combating inequalities to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Permanent Mission of India to the U.N. in association with theContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on April 10 appealed for the immediate release of Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was taken captive on March 4 during the course of a murderous terror attack on a home for the elderly operated by the Missionaries of Charity in Yemen. The attackers killed 16Continue Reading
Karachi: Nearly 60 million people live below the poverty line in Pakistan, making almost a third of the country poor under a new formula adopted by the government to measure poverty. The report, from Pakistan’s Planning Commission, estimates that adults in up to 7.6 million households are earning less thanContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has called for a church that is less strict and more compassionate towards “imperfect” Catholics, such as those who divorced and remarried, saying “no one can be condemned forever”. Francis said gays should be respected but firmly restated the church’s position that there are “absolutely no grounds”Continue Reading
Hanoi: Vietnam’s National Assembly has elected Nguyen Xuan Phuc as prime minister, and he takes office at a time of soaring public debt, a serious budget deficit and China’s growing assertiveness in the South China Sea. In a televised inaugural speech Thursday, Phuc vowed to push up with reforms, fightContinue Reading
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
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
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
