Irish gay marriage vote reflects Church in decline
2015-05-20
Bishops oppose changing the constitution, but polls indicate their attempt will failContinue Reading
Saudi marries again, wife avenges with traffic fine
2015-05-19
First wife and her brother broke traffic rules while husband was enjoying first nightContinue Reading
ISIS wreaks havoc in Iraq’s Ramadi, 500 Iraqis slain, 8000 escape
2015-05-18
Washington — Just two days after the US forces killed a top Islamic State commander Abu Sayyaf in a ground operation in Syria, the ISIS has begun to wreak havoc in Iraq. In the biggest gain for the extremists this year, key Iraqi city of Ramadi which is capital of Anbar provinceContinue Reading
Cardinal Tagle: first Caritas Internationalis president from Asia
2015-05-15
Vatican City — Cardinal Luis Tagle, Archbishop of Manila, is the new president of Caritas Internationalis. The general assembly of the umbrella organization of Catholic charities elected the Filipino cardinal with 91 votes out of 133. “Thank you for your trust. I am limited in my capacities, but with allContinue Reading
Motorcycle gunmen kill 43 in bus attack in Pakistan’s Karachi
2015-05-13
Karachi — At least 47 people were killed in Pakistan’s Karachi on Wednesday when terrorists entered a packed bus and opened fire. The police said 25 men and 16 women were killed. There were around 60 passengers, including children, on the bus, mostly from the Ismaili community. Witnesses say sixContinue Reading
Bangladesh bans use of its national anthem as a ringtone
2015-05-13
Amar Shonar Bangla is based on the first 10 lines of song written by Rabindranath TagoreContinue Reading
Another blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh
2015-05-12
Dhaka — Bangladesh witnessed another gory death when a masked gang wielding machetes hacked a secular blogger to death on Tuesday. The third murder of a blogger this year occurred in northeastern Bangladesh. “Attackers wearing masks hacked Ananta Bijoy Das with machetes in Sylhet city at around 8.30am this morning.Continue Reading
Raul Castro may return to Catholic Church
2015-05-12
The younger brother of Fidel Castro met Pope Francis on SundayContinue Reading
Hundreds of migrants rescued off Indonesia coast
2015-05-12
Malaysia detained more than 1,000 migrantsContinue Reading
Cardinal Cleemis echoes Church’s service to Nepal quake victims
2015-05-10
Vatican City — Cardinal Mar Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), issued an appeal on behalf of the Catholic Church of India to help the quake victims in Nepal. The Cardinal has expressed solidarity and support for quake victims and made an plea to theContinue Reading