A senior Vatican priest, stripped of his post after admitting being in a gay relationship, has launched a scathing attack on the Roman Catholic Church. In a letter to Pope Francis this month, Krzysztof Charamsa accused the Church of making the lives of millions of gay Catholics globally “a hell”.Continue Reading
United Nations: Pakistan lost its bid on Tuesday to be re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council when its current term ends this year. It polled just 105 votes in the 193-member General Assembly. Pakistan was considering running for the Council’s presidency next year, according to diplomatic sources, and hadContinue Reading
Bishop Rachel Treweek of Gloucester is the first female bishop to sit in the House of LordsContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis, ending a contentious bishops’ meeting on family issues, on Saturday excoriated immovable Church leaders who “bury their heads in the sand” and hide behind rigid doctrine while families suffer. The pope spoke at the end of a three-week gathering, known as a synod, where the bishopsContinue Reading
Vatican City: Citing Pope Francis’ recent words on avoiding war and promoting peaceful coexistence between nations, the Holy See addressed the United Nations general assembly last Friday, urging them to ban nuclear weapons around the world and take more serious steps to promote peace programs. “As the twenty-first century unfolds,Continue Reading
Islamabad : At least 10 people were killed when a suicide bomber exploded outside a Shia mosque in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Thursday evening, authorities said. The dead included three children, Dawn reported. The injured were rushed to a hospital in Bolan, around 125 km from Quetta, the provincial capitalContinue Reading
Sokcho: The couple approached each other rather warily, as if unsure of what to say. After all, what’s the ice-breaker for a husband you haven’t seen for 65 years? How do you address a wife you’ve been told has been corrupted by American imperialists? Lee Soon-gyu and her husband OhContinue Reading
United Naations: India is among the countries with the largest surplus of men and a worrying under-five sex ratio with more girls dying before the age of five than boys, according to a UN report. “The World’s Women 2015” report launched said men outnumber women in eastern Asia, southern Asia,Continue Reading
Washington: Writers from 150 countries have expressed solidarity with Indian authors and artistes who have returned their prestigious awards in protest against “rising intolerance” in the country and have asked the BJP government to provide better protection and safeguard free speech. PEN International, the world’s leading association of writers workingContinue Reading
