Gurudwara vandalized in US
2015-12-09
It is just 80 km from California shooting sceneContinue Reading
Church farewell for “Sardar Patel”
2015-12-09
London: Relatives and friends of actor Saeed Jaffrey, who died in London last month aged 86, bid a final farewell to him at a west London church on Monday. Saeed, who played Sardar Vallabhai Patel in Richard Attenborough’s “Gandhi” film, and his wife Jennifer had been attending Sunday service atContinue Reading
Vatican allows more defence witnesses in leaks trial
2015-12-08
The trio faces up to 10 years in jail if found guiltyContinue Reading
Pope Francis launches Jubilee of Mercy
2015-12-08
Pope Francis pushed open the great bronze doors of St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday to launch his Holy Year of Mercy, declaring that mercy trumps moralizing in his Catholic Church. Francis stood in prayer on the threshold of the basilica’s Holy Door then walked through it, the first of anContinue Reading
Sex and blackmail allegations at heart of Vatican leaks scandal
2015-12-06
The trial of the Pope Francis’s only female staffer, a priest and two journalists resumes on MondayContinue Reading
Pope Francis gets another honor
2015-12-06
PETA has named Pope Francis as the Person of the YearContinue Reading
World leaders must listen to Pope Francis on climate change
2015-12-03
The climate change conference that kicked off this week in Paris has been called the world’s “last, best hope” for an international agreement to combat climate change. Though past conferences have largely been failures, there’s a new player in town this year who could change everything: Pope Francis. On MondayContinue Reading
Pope stresses Christian-Muslim brotherhood
2015-12-01
Bangui: Pope Francis on Monday concluded his three-nation Africa tour asserting that Christians and Muslims were brothers and urging them to reject hatred and violence. “Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters,” the Pope said in an address at a mosque in a flashpoint Muslim neighborhood of the Central AfricanContinue Reading
The ‘Vatican Village’: Where women divorced to become nuns
2015-12-01
When Pope Francis arrived in Kenya for his three day visit on November 26, a village in Western Kenya had something in common with the Pontiff. The head of the Catholic Church came from Vatican. And the village in Mawego Kobuya village in Karachuonyo, Homa Bay County…is also called ‘Vatican.’ Here, ChristiansContinue Reading
Asia’s Aids epidemic needs urgent action to prevent even more deaths
2015-11-30
More than half of the world’s 1.2 billion adolescents live in the Asia-Pacific region and governments need to protect themContinue Reading