Rome hosts first Catholic-Muslim cricket match
2015-10-20
The Catholic team won by four runs in a close contestContinue Reading
Taiwan world’s fastest ageing nation this decade
2015-10-19
Taipei: Taiwan has become the world’s fastest ageing country this decade, overtaking Japan, the US, Britain and other developed nations, according to a report published on Monday by the National Development Council (NDC). With a total population of 23.4 million, there are 2.86 people aged 65 and above, EFE newsContinue Reading
‘It’s truly a miracle’ – kidnapped Syrian priest escapes from Islamic State
2015-10-17
Homs, A Syrian priest who was captured by Islamic State militants in May thought he would die for his faith. Now, he credits the Virgin Mary and the help of a Muslim friend for his escape. “This is the miracle the Good Lord gave me: while I was a prisonerContinue Reading
‘India witnessed religiously motivated killings, arrests’
2015-10-15
Washington: India witnessed religiously motivated killings, arrests, riots and coerced religious conversions and the police in some cases failed to respond effectively to communal violence, according to the US state department report on International Religious Freedom 2014. In the India section of the Congressional mandated annual report released by secretaryContinue Reading
Pope Francis claims ‘greed is driving world to ruin’
2015-10-15
Paris: Pope Francis today called on the world to reject the “idolatry of money”, claiming that greed was driving societies to ruin. In an interview in his modest apartment in the Vatican, the pope told the glossy French magazine Paris Match that the world economic system as it stands wasContinue Reading
Pakistan’s Supreme Court makes landmark judgment
2015-10-15
In a landmark judgment on 7 October the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) upheld the death sentence of Malik Mumtaz Qadri, 30, who murdered the former Governor of Punjab, Salmaan Taseer, a liberal Muslim, on 4 January, 2011. Qadri, one of Taseer’s official bodyguards from the Elite Force, shot himContinue Reading
Pope apologises for recent Rome, Vatican scandals
2015-10-14
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
Pope and I send same message: Madonna claims
2015-10-14
Madonna says she uses religious symbolism to reflect her connection with the Catholic ChurchContinue Reading
Vatican aims for child protection norms to be custom-fitted per culture
2015-10-13
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
Pope Francis establishes new dorm for Rome’s homeless men
2015-10-13
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