Mahatma Gandhi gets London statue near nemesis Churchill
2015-03-15
London – A statue of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled on Saturday in London’s prestigious Parliament Square, a space packed mostly with monuments to men who served the British Empire that Gandhi helped destroy. In an ironic twist noted by the Indian government, Gandhi’s likeness now shares theContinue Reading
US religion panel seeks permission to visit India
2015-03-14
India has withheld permisisonContinue Reading
Italian city protests “obscene” ad ahead of papal visit
2015-03-14
Pope Francis is visiting Naples on March 21Continue Reading
Pope knows China better than Vatican curia: Zen
2015-03-13
Italians in the Roman Curia don’t know the Chinese dictatorship because they have never experienced a Communist regimeContinue Reading
UN celebrates Salesian charism
2015-03-12
It was a build up for the bi-centenary of Don Bosco’s birth anniversaryContinue Reading
One sweet way to support Francis in Philly
2015-03-11
A restaurant has come up with a tasty fundraiser for papal visitContinue Reading
House for sale in Indonesia with free wife
2015-03-11
A woman advertised the sale of her houseContinue Reading
Nuns in Myanmar encourage end to inequality
2015-03-11
Yangon – A community of women religious held a workshop in Burma’s largest city over the weekend to mark International Women’s Day, exploring sex inequality and women’s rights in the southeast Asian nation also known as Myanmar. The Sisters of the Good Shepherd’s workshop was held March 6-7 in Yangon,Continue Reading
God’s migrant workers: Germany recruits Catholic priests from India
2015-03-10
Father Boniface was used to packed churches when he said Mass in southern India. But he delivered his first sermon in Germany to a congregation of just four. There are currently around 1,800 foreign clerics helping to make good the lack of Catholic priests in Germany. Trier, Germany (dpa) –Continue Reading