Thousands of families are said to be returning to Iraq, just a few years after the towns were taken over by ISIS and Christians killed. Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq has apparently given hope to Iraqi Christians returning to their homeland after fleeing years of violence. Qaraqosh, in the NinevehContinue Reading
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) police and state security officers have prohibited a pastor from having Christian books. According to religious freedom charity China Aid, police turned up at the home of a rural minister in Linyi, Shandong Province. They demanded that he allow them to check his mobile phone. AfterContinue Reading
Rome: Cardinal Peter Turkson on April 7 called for a rethink of healthcare to include a “holistic vision of care” in his message for this year’s World Health Day. “For a fairer and healthier world, it is necessary to acquire a different overall view on human health and care thatContinue Reading
Rabat: Morocco has provided key intelligence about a planned attack on a church in France and helped the European country stop to foil it, the Rabat-based General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST) said. In a statement issued on April 6, the DGST passed on information of a French woman ofContinue Reading
Georgia: A restaurant owner in the US state of Georgia was inspired by Jesus’ example at Easter to offer a job to a burglar who broke in into his diner over the weekend. “To the would be robber who is clearly struggling with life decisions or having money issues… pleaseContinue Reading
JAKARTA: Before each rainy season Lu Lu Aung and other farmers living in a camp for internally displaced people in Myanmar’s far northern Kachin state would return to the village they fled and plant crops that would help keep them fed for the coming year. But this year in theContinue Reading
Opponents of military rule in Myanmar inscribed messages of protest on Easter eggs on April 4 while thousands of others were back on the streets, denouncing the February 1 coup and facing off with the security forces who shot and killed two men. In the latest in a series ofContinue Reading
Denver: Despite difficulties of the Covid-19 pandemic, parishes are welcoming groups of catechumens and candidates into the Catholic Church this Easter who have had to learn about the faith largely through virtual meetings. One such parish is St. Ignatius Parish in San Francisco, which is welcoming a group of catechumensContinue Reading
New York: A parolee convicted of killing his mother nearly two decades ago has been arrested on hate crime charges over an attack on an Asian American woman in New York City, police said. New York Police Department said Brandon Elliot, 38, is the man seen on surveillance video (picturedContinue Reading
New York: A US-based survey has revealed that stress, increased free time and feelings of boredom may have contributed to an increase in the number of cigarettes smoked per day during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic. The findings, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and PublicContinue Reading
