Colombo: Catholics in Sri Lanka on March 7 attended Mass dressed in black, with prayers and protests calling for justice for those killed in co-ordinated suicide bomb attacks on Easter Sunday two years ago. Church bells tolled and prayers were chanted at 8:45am, the time when bombs were detonated almostContinue Reading
Mosul: Pope Francis visited the ruins of Mosul and a Christian community damaged by the Islamic State d on March 7, the third day of his historic visit to Iraq. The day earlier, the pontiff visited the birthplace of Abraham, met with a prominent Shia cleric and gave a sermonContinue Reading
Baghdad: Pope Francis on March 5 arrived in Iraq to urge the country’s dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns to make his first-ever papal visit. The pope, who wore aContinue Reading
Bangkok: YouTube has removed five channels run by Myanmar’s military for violating its community guidelines and terms of service. The company said March 5 that it terminated channels of broadcasters Myawaddy Media, MRTV, WD Online Broadcasting, MWD Variety and MWD Myanmar. The decision follows a Feb. 1 military coup thatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Geneva: The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) have condemned the deteriorating law and order situation and violence in Myanmar. A March 4 joint statement from WCC general secretary Reverend Ioan Sauca and his CCA counterpart Mathews George Chunakara, expressedContinue Reading
By Marielle Lucenio, LiCAS.news Myitkyina: The courage of a Catholic nun in Myanmar caught the attention of people around the world when a photo of her kneeling before armed policemen became viral on social media. “Please don’t shoot, please don’t. They are innocent civilians,” cried Sister Rose Lasang Nu TawngContinue Reading
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
