Vatican City: Pope Francis will not baptize babies in the Sistine Chapel this Sunday due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Holy See press office announced Jan. 5 that the newborns would be baptized instead in their home parishes. “Due to the health situation, as a precautionary measure, the traditional baptismContinue Reading
Dublin: The most senior Catholic official in Ireland has struck out at national broadcaster RTÉ for screening a “deeply offensive and blasphemous” sketch in which God was depicted as a rapist. The sketch, produced by satirical group Waterford Whispers News, featured a mock news report showing a caricature of GodContinue Reading
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on January 5 cancelled his visit to India, hours after he announced a fresh lockdown in the United Kingdom over the new strain of coronavirus that has affected thousands of people in his contry. Johnson was to be the chief guest at this year’sContinue Reading
By LiCAS.news reporter Hong Kong: Chinese officials have warned the mainland lawyers of the so-called Hong Kong 12 that their licenses to practice might be revoked. The lawyers, Lu Siwei and Ren Quanniu, were barred from representing their clients arrested last August who were forced to take government-appointed lawyers. TheContinue Reading
QUETTA, Pakistan : Gunmen opened fire on a group of minority Shiite Hazara coal miners after abducting them, killing 11 in southwestern Balochistan province early on Jan 3, a Pakistani official said. The Islamic State group later claimed responsibility for the attack. Moazzam Ali Jatoi, an official with the LeviesContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis warned Jan 3 against the temptation to ignore the suffering of others during the coronavirus pandemic and said that things will get better in the new year to the extent to which the needs of the weakest and most disadvantaged are prioritized. “We don’t know whatContinue Reading
Missouri: A US politician has caused a stir after finishing a public prayer with the phrase “Amen and a woman.” Missouri Representative Emanuel Cleaver, a Democrat, was delivering the opening prayer on the first day of the 117th Congress on January 3 when he made the remark, which many haveContinue Reading
Vatican City: The Vatican’s doctrinal office has urged Catholics not to promote “the alleged apparitions and revelations” associated with the Marian title of “Lady of All Nations,” according to a Dutch bishop. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s appeal was announced in a clarification issued December 30 byContinue Reading
Texas: A 21-year-old man hiding from police in the bathroom of an East Texas church has killed a pastor and injured two other people, including the pastor’s wife. The suspect, identified as Mytrez Beunte Woolen, on January 3 shot Mark McWilliams, the pastor of the Starrville Methodist Church in Winona,Continue Reading
By Feroz Fernandes Canada: A premier non-profit organization in the United States plans to launch in May the “Missionaries of Chastity” to curb internet pornography, the number one threat to innocence in the world. Jason Evert, the founder of Chastity Project, says increased harmful online sexual activity has become aContinue Reading
