Kathmandu: Barely three weeks after a democratic federal constitution was promulgated in Nepal, Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli was on Monday sworn-in as the new prime minister heading an eight-member cabinet. President Ram Baran Yadav administered the oaths of office and secrecy to Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist Leninist) chairmanContinue Reading
Rome: In a room full of people with an average age well north of 60, it’s been no surprise that Davide Paloni, a four-month-old baby brought into the hall each day by his parents, has become a star at the 2015 Synod of Bishops on the family, winning hearts andContinue Reading
Beijing: Amid efforts to deepen reforms to further liberalise its economy to halt the slowdown, China is holding the first World Congress on Marxism which aims to discuss the future orientation of the socialist ideology expounded by Karl Marx. The congress, sponsored by Peking University opened here today. It isContinue Reading
Months after winning a national title, Harvard’s debate team has fallen to a group of New York prison inmates. The showdown took place at the Eastern correctional facility in New York, a maximum-security prison where convicts can take courses taught by faculty from nearby Bard College, and where inmates haveContinue Reading
The prelates have no intention to block the work underway at the synodContinue Reading
Washington: Ahead of next year’s World Youth Day in Krakow, the long-time secretary for Pope John Paul II explained how the saint inspired a generation even though many never saw him in person. “The thing that was attractive, that attracted young people to John Paul II, was not even whatContinue Reading
Pope Francis said the bishops should not just talk but try to hear what God wanted for the Church of 1.2 billion members Continue Reading
52-year-old Luke Sarker, the pastor of Faith Bible Church, suffered injuries when three men yesterday attacked him Continue Reading
In human and subhuman practices- killings, abduction, torture and rape-make their life hell. Minorities in Pakistan can be categorized as ‘ethnic and linguistic’ and ‘religious’. The 1973 Constitution used the term ‘minority’ on several occasions but never defined it. Government views minorities on religious lines only without differentiating along ethnic,Continue Reading
Nearly 800,000 people from 178 countries are asking Pope Francis to provide clarity on Church teaching regarding the family. Signers of the petition include 202 cardinals, archbishops and bishops. In the lead-up to October’s Vatican Synod on Marriage and the Family, the drafters express their deep concern over what theyContinue Reading
