Baby Pope wins halloween at the White House
2015-11-02
“Top prize goes to Lil’ Pope.”Continue Reading
Russian plane crashes in Sinai, reportedly killing all 224 people on board
2015-10-31
Search officials in Sinai had reported hearing voices coming from section of aircraft carrying 224 from Sharm el-SheikhContinue Reading
Flashmob in Italian jail pays tribute to Pope Francis
2015-10-31
Rome: Inmates at Italy’s largest women’s prison gathered in the jail yard Thursday to shake their hips in a flashmob dance — in honour of Pope Francis. The women performed a zumba-style routine of spins, funky steps and arm swings to “Pope is Pop”, a song written about the pontiffContinue Reading
Saudi cleric denies issuing Fatwa permitting husband to eat wife
2015-10-31
Immediately after the reports emerged, Abdul Aziz denied issuing the fatwa and said, “attempts by enemies to distract society from their main cause at the moment, which is standing together behind our wise leadership against attempts to distort the the world’s Muslims.” Sheikh Abdul Aziz, a Saudi Arabian grand muftiContinue Reading
Hours After Attack on Bloggers, Atheist Publisher Hacked to Death in Dhaka
2015-10-31
Dhaka: A Bangladesh publisher who worked with atheist writers was hacked to death in the capital Dhaka today, just hours after two secular bloggers and another publisher were attacked in a separate incident. Faisal Arefin Dipan was murdered at his office in central Dhaka, Imran Sarker, who heads a secularContinue Reading
Duo studying to become priests spread the Gospel through hip hop
2015-10-31
Salesians are using rap to share their faith with young peopleContinue Reading
China ends one-child policy, allows couples 2 kids
2015-10-29
Beijing: China announced the end of its hugely controversial one-child policy on Thursday, with the official Xinhua news agency saying that all couples would be allowed two children. It cited a communique issued by the ruling Communist Party after a four-day meeting in Beijing to chart the course of theContinue Reading
Nepal elects first woman president
2015-10-29
Kathmandu: Communist leader Bidhya Devi Bhandari was on Thursday elected as Nepal’s first woman President by the parliament, weeks after it adopted a new landmark Constitution that declared the country a secular state. 54-year-old Bidhya, the Vice-president of CPN-UML and widow of late general secretary of the party Madan Bhandari,Continue Reading
Gay priest decries ‘inhuman’ treatment of homosexual Catholics
2015-10-29
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
Pakistan loses re-election bid for UN council
2015-10-29
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