Vatican City: Pope Francis Wednesday offered a rare public apology from the Catholic Church for a series of scandals which have recently shaken the city of Rome and the Vatican. The Vatican has been the focus of several controversies including the coming out of a gay priest and the leakContinue Reading
Madonna says she uses religious symbolism to reflect her connection with the Catholic ChurchContinue Reading
Vatican City: When it comes to protection against abuse, guidelines need to be implemented according to the customs of each country if they are to be effective, said one official of the Vatican’s commission for the protection of minors, which met in Rome over the weekend. “The important thing aboutContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis and his brother Jesuits in Rome have converted an old travel agency building into a new homeless shelter for men, just in time for the cold winter months. The new dormitory is called “Gift of Mercy,” because mercy is “love’s second name,” Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, theContinue Reading
New York: Playboy will no longer publish photos of nude women as part of a redesign, the decades-old magazine announced Tuesday. The magazine will still feature women in provocative poses, but they will no longer be fully nude, Playboy said in a statement. The change, to take place in March,Continue Reading
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
