A South African judge on Sunday ordered authorities to prevent Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is in South Africa for an African Union summit, from leaving the country because of an international order for his arrest, human rights activists said. Mr. al-Bashir appeared for a group photo with other AfricanContinue Reading
He Dong ate too much gypsum tofu, a local food with a high concentration of calcium sulphateContinue Reading
Pope Francis has approved the creation of a tribunal to hear cases of bishops accused of covering up child abuse by paedophile priests.Continue Reading
Jerusalem — A 1,500-year-old church from the Byzantine era was unexpectedly discovered during the course of works to widen a highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Israel officials said on Wednesday. Located at the entrance to Abu Gosh, an Arab village 13 km west of Jerusalem, the church dimensions areContinue Reading
Washington D.C., — One year after ISIS invaded Mosul, the Iraqi city’s diverse religious heritage is on the verge of extinction, warned a U.S. government commission on Tuesday. If appropriate actions are not taken, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) warned, the diverse heritage of Christians, Yazidi, SunniContinue Reading
The pope addressed an international conferenceContinue Reading
Romero oversaw the diocese of San Salvador from 1977 until March 24, 1980, when he was shot and killedContinue Reading
Rome — In a cavernous market just outside Rome, migrant boys from North Africa shunt trolleys stacked high with crates of melons, garlic, tomatoes, strawberries and other Italian produce. Some of the younger market porters, believed as young as 12 and known to be working illegally, bowed their heads whenContinue Reading
The ship had 450 people on boardContinue Reading
London — Support is growing within the Church of England to rewrite its official liturgies to refer to God as female following the selection of the first women bishops. Growing numbers of priests already insert words such as “she” and “mother” informally into traditional service texts to try to makeContinue Reading
