Eight U.S. Senators and 26 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have raised “grave concerns about the increasing intolerance and violence experienced by members of…religious minority communities,” in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing threats to Christians in Chhattisgarh and vigilantism over beef that has led toContinue Reading
Vatican City: Continuing his knack for surprises, Pope Francis made an unscheduled stop at a rehabilitation center for those addicted to drugs and alcohol as part of monthly works of mercy, which he carries out on Fridays during the Jubilee Year of Mercy. He traveled to the Fr. Mario PicchiContinue Reading
Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama has called on Catholic priests not to reduce Christianity to “marketplace prophecies and visions but rather preserve spiritual sanity and sobriety during Holy Mass.” Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama who is the Archbishop of Jos and President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) said this recently duringContinue Reading
Megan Peterson was astounded to learn her tormentor was reistatedContinue Reading
Authorities in India failed to stop “incidents of religious violence” and often “contributed to tensions through polarizing speeches”Continue Reading
Jakarta: Indonesia aims to shut down all of the country’s red-light districts by 2019 in a bid to eradicate prostitution in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, the Jakarta Post said late Tuesday quoting the social affairs minister. The government has already closed 68 red-light districts, while another 100 wouldContinue Reading
Kathmandu : A 5.4 magnitude earthquake jolted Nepal on Wednesday afternoon creating panic in the Himalayan country. The quake tremors, epicentred in Sindhupalchowk district of central Nepal, were felt at 3.07 p.m. (local time). The district was badly hit in the April 25 quake last year, the National Seismological CentreContinue Reading
The Twin-Otter aircraft belonging to Tara Air went missing minutes after it took off from Pokhara airport on way to JomsomContinue Reading
Ciudad Juarez: Pope Francis has decried the “human tragedy” of what he described as “forced migration” worldwide during a huge mass at Mexico’s border with the United States. Francis made a point of holding the service in Ciudad Juarez, which lies across from El Paso, Texas, to pray for migrantsContinue Reading
Vatican: The Pontifical Gregorian University on Monday began its first Diploma Program on the Safeguarding of Minors. The one-semester course is conducted under auspices of the Centre for Child Protection, as a unit of the University’s Institute of Psychology. In a speech to the first class of the programme, theContinue Reading
