Kathmandu: In an unusual move, Muslims in Nepal have backed the ongoing campaign for reinstating the country’s erstwhile Hindu identity, saying they are more “secure” under a Hindu state than under a secular Constitution. “It is to protect Islam. I have opened my mouth demanding that Nepal be declared aContinue Reading
CHICAGO: A 3-year-old boy in the US has become the youngest mayor of a small US town and has been advised by his elder brother who has held the post previously to be nice and “no poopy talk”. James Tufts, 3, was elected as the new mayor of Dorset —Continue Reading
The ancient Middle Eastern churches are “dissolving” thanks to widespread Christian emigration in the wake of persecution at the hands of jihadists, the Archbishop of Erbil has warned.Continue Reading
Hiroshima: Seventy years ago, the only wartime use of nuclear weapons took place in the Aug. 6 attack on Hiroshima and the Aug. 9 attack on Nagasaki by the United States. The Hiroshima attack killed around 80,000 people instantly and may have caused about 130,000 deaths, mostly civilians. The attack onContinue Reading
Sao Paulo: The sign of peace during Mass is not a time for congratulations or small talk, but a prayerful time to wish peace to those closest to each person, clarified the bishop of Barretos in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Bishop Milton Kenan Junior issued an August 4 decree on theContinue Reading
Diyarbakir : On Saturday Pope Francis approved a decree recognizing the martyrdom of Flavien-Michel Malké, a Syriac Catholic bishop who was killed in 1915 amid the Ottoman Empire’s genocide against its Christian minorities. The decision was made during an Aug. 8 meeting between Pope Francis and Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefectContinue Reading
Vatican – The Vatican announced a World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, the latest move by Pope Francis to push environmental issues up the global agenda Aug. 10. The prayer day will be celebrated annually on Sept. 1, in line with the Orthodox Church’s day for theContinue Reading
Beijing: Resistance is growing among China’s expanding Christian community to a government campaign to remove crosses from churches in a wealthy coastal province. The campaign initially centered on one church, which was torn down last year after officials accused it of having violated zoning restrictions on height and size. ThenContinue Reading
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
