Peshawar massacre: Pakistan replies with ‘weaponised’ teaching
2015-01-26
Following last month’s Taliban school massacre, Pakistan is allowing teachers to carry weapons.Continue Reading
Chinese bishop says Church should take initiative to end conflict with Beijing
2015-01-25
Beijing- A Chinese bishop of the “underground” Church faithful to Rome has said that the Vatican should take the first step to resolve a long-running conflict with the Beijing regime. In an interview posted by Vatican Insider, Bishop Joseph Wei Jingyi of Qiqihar—who is not recognized by the Chinese government—said thatContinue Reading
Saudi Arabia King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz dies, new ruler is Salman
2015-01-23
Riyadh – Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah died early on Friday and his brother Salman became king, the royal court in the world’s top oil exporter and birthplace of Islam said in a statement carried by state television. King Salman has named his half-brother Muqrin as his crown prince and heir.Continue Reading
Sri Lankan war victims feel ‘healed’ by pope’s Madhu visit
2015-01-22
Madhu – Kunaratnam Sabaratnam’s legs were severed by a shell in the closing stages of Sri Lanka’s ethnic war. But shaking hands with Pope Francis at the Marian shrine in Madhu “was like meeting God, and the pope’s touch took way all my pains of these years,” Sabaratnam told CatholicContinue Reading
Big families bring hope – not poverty, says Pope
2015-01-22
Vatican City – Pope Francis has rejected the “simplistic” belief that large families are among the causes of poverty, stressing that economic systems which create a culture of waste are to blame. “Families know they are essential to the life of society,” the Pope said Jan. 21 during his firstContinue Reading
Pope Francis’ curial reform: sending bishops home to dioceses
2015-01-22
Vatican City – The appointment of Bishop Mario Toso as head of the small Italian diocese of Faenza-Modigliana leaves vacant the post of secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, a Vatican office that will be involved in the larger process of Curia reform. Bishop Toso, a Salesian,Continue Reading
Malaysia court dismisses Catholic appeal to use Allah
2015-01-21
Top court rejects application to appeal a ban on the Catholic Church’s use of the word “Allah” to refer to God.Continue Reading
Catholics don’t have to breed ‘like rabbits’, says Pope Francis
2015-01-20
Pope says Catholic church supports “responsible parenting” but criticises ‘ideological colonisation’ of the developing worldContinue Reading
Global wealth flowing to the richest, says study
2015-01-20
The richest 1 percent is likely to control more than half of the globes total wealth by next year, the charity Oxfam reported in a study released Monday. The warning about deepening global inequality comes just as the world’s business elite prepare to meet this week at the annual WorldContinue Reading
Pope Francis meets father of woman who died in accident at Mass
2015-01-19
Manila: Pope Francis on Sunday met with the father of Kristel Padasas, the 27-year old volunteer who died at Saturday’s Mass in Tacloban. Padasas was mortally injured when scaffolding by the stage where the Mass took place collapsed during the wind caused by Tropical Storm Anang, which was approaching theContinue Reading