Rome (AFP) – High-ranking members of the Italian Church on Monday slammed politicians who peddle anti-immigrant ideas to win votes — sparking a heated row with Italy’s right wing. “We here hear talk of the ‘unbearable’ number of asylum seekers, an attitude that is unfortunately fed by these salesmen” whoContinue Reading
New York — Environment activists in New York have enlisted the help of the Holy Father to help further their cause. Thirteen protesters arrested while forming a human blockade around a gas storage facility in Seneca Lake, New York, on August 4, were “reading from Pope Francis’ encyclical on theContinue Reading
Nepali Christians fear that proposed amendments to Nepal’s new constitution, likely to come into effect on Monday (10 August) after seven years of parliamentary discussions, could eventually render all Christian activity illegal. Attempting to convert someone to another religion is already prohibited in Nepal, but the proposed amendments would meanContinue Reading
Seoul: North Korea is creating its own time zone, moving its clocks back by 30 minutes to mark the 70th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese rule, the official KCNA news agency said on Friday. North Korea is in the same time zone as rivals South Korea and Japan, nineContinue Reading
Dhaka: A 40-year-old secular blogger was hacked to death at his flat here on Friday by five machete-wielding assailants. This is the fourth such brutal murder in Bangladesh this year. Niloy Neel was killed by unidentified assailants inside his fourth-floor flat at North Gorhan in the capital Dhaka around 1:45Continue Reading
Beijing: Chinese authorities Friday removed a cross from a church after Christian protesters ended a month-long sit-in on the building’s roof in a bid to protect the cross from what they said was its unfair removal, witnesses said. Communist China officially guarantees freedom of religion though authorities are sometimes suspiciousContinue Reading
Bangkok: A Thai man was jailed for 30 years today for “insulting” the monarchy on Facebook, in one of the toughest known sentences passed under the junta-ruled kingdom’s draconian lese majeste law. Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 87, is protected by one of the world’s strictest royal defamation rules under whichContinue Reading
United Nations: The UN has called for better support systems and policies for working mothers to enable them breastfeed their babies as it marked the start of the annual World Breastfeeding Week. The theme for this year’s observance from August 1 to 7 is ‘Women and work – Let’s makeContinue Reading
Chicago: The Sikh community in a major city in the US state of Illinois will have their first gurdwara soon by converting a 30,000 square feet foreclosed building that earlier served as a Baptist church. “The old building, which is spread in 30,000 square foot, is being renovated as NanaksarContinue Reading
Lahore: A Dominican priest in Pakistan has praised the nation’s Supreme Court for suspending the death sentence of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman charged with blasphemy, and has emphasized the importance of dialogue between Muslims and Christians. “The Supreme Court of Pakistan has made a great move as her deathContinue Reading
