Baghdad: The apostolic nunciature in Iraq reported on Feb. 28 that the Nuncio Mitja Leskovar, has tested positive for COVID less than a week before Pope Francis trip to the country. “The Apostolic Nuncio has recently tested positive to the COVID 19 virus. His symptoms are very light and fromContinue Reading
Paris: A French court on March 1 sentenced former President Nicolas Sarkozy to three years in prison for corruption and influence peddling, but suspended two years of the sentence. President from 2007 to 2012, he was found guilty of trying to illegally obtain information from a senior magistrate in 2014Continue Reading
Yangon: At least 18 people on February 28 were killed and more than 30 injured in Myanmar as police and military forces “confronted peaceful demonstrations,” the UN Human Rights Office said. The reported casualties make Sunday the deadliest day since the military seized power on February 1. As demonstrations againstContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has said that seeing a psychiatrist in Argentina helped him with anxiety when he was a younger priest in an interview published in an Argentine newspaper Feb. 27 The pope spoke with an Argentine journalist about his physical and mental health. In the excerpt of theContinue Reading
Mosul:In Mosul, adjacent to the Biblical city of Nineveh, four churches representing different denominations occupy a small square surrounded by low-rise houses, testament to the role Iraq’s once flourishing Christian community played. Today, all four churches are either damaged or destroyed after Islamic State militants occupied the city from 2014-2017,Continue Reading
Rome: Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped some 300 schoolgirls from the Nigerian town of Jangebe in the north-western state of Zamfara. According to the state’s information commissioner, “Unknown gunmen came shooting sporadically and took the girls away” in a midnight raid on February 26 on the Jangebe Government Girls’ Secondary School.Continue Reading
A religious order announced on Feb 25 that it had withdrawn an application to exhume the body of its US-born founder following an outcry in England, where the nun is buried. In a Feb. 25 statement, the Society of the Holy Child Jesus said that it had abandoned plans toContinue Reading
Berlin: The head of the German Bishops’ Conference said Feb 25 that the country’s Roman Catholic church is suffering from a “scandalous image” amid mounting anger over the Cologne archbishop’s handling of a report on past sexual abuse by clergy, but he defended its overall record in addressing the issue.Continue Reading
By Will Maule Washington: A group of evangelical leaders have issued a statement condemning the role of Christian nationalism in January’s attack on the US Capitol. The attack, which saw hundreds of pro-Trump supporters storm the US government buildings, was condemned as an insurrection that threatened the safety of electedContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has expressed his condolences after three people were killed in an attack on a United Nations convoy traveling in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Luca Attanasio, the Italian ambassador to Congo, died of his wounds from the attack. Vittorio Iacovacci, an Italian Carabinieri officer, and MoustaphaContinue Reading
