Vatican City, Aug 18, 2020: Pope Francis has approved the extension of the Jubilee Year of Loreto to 2021. The decision was announced Aug. 14 by Archbishop Fabio Dal Cin, the prelate of the Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto, Italy, after the recitation of the rosary on the VigilContinue Reading
Santiago, April 18, 2020: Two Chilean pastors arrested for holding religious gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic have won their legal case, setting a landmark precedent for future religious freedom cases in the country. In June, Alliance Defending Freedom filed a request for emergency cautionary measures with the Inter American CommissionContinue Reading
Vatican, August 18, 2020: Cardinal George Pell, who was acquitted this year after becoming the highest-ranking Catholic cleric ever to be convicted of sexual abuse, spoke about how he maintained hope during his 400 days in prison. “The virtue of Christian hope is different than Christian optimism. No matter whatContinue Reading
Harare, Aug 18, 2020: The apostolic nuncio to Zimbabwe has expressed solidarity to the country’s top Catholic leader who is facing attacks from the government for speaking out against corruption and human rights violation. The nuncio, Archbishop Paolo Rudelli, on August 16 visited Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu of Harare, whoContinue Reading
By Robin Gomes Vatican, August 16, 2020: “There is no other path than dialogue,” said Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, in a statement issued in view of the 4th session of the 21st-Century Panglong Union Peace Conference (UPC), scheduled from August 19 to 21 in Myanmar’s capital, Naypyitaw. “We’reContinue Reading
By Jonah McKeown Denver Newsroom, August 14, 2020: On August 4, Julie Tegho and her husband Hicham Bou Nassif were enjoying an ordinary day at their local mall in Beirut, Lebanon. Without warning, they felt what seemed like an earthquake, followed by a mighty blast that shattered the glass allContinue Reading
Vatican, August 14, 2020: Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi has called on Christians to return home to Iraq after the defeat of the so-called Islamic State. The Assyrian International News Agency (AINA)also says the premier is serious about providing assistance to Christian families. He is quoted saying: “Iraq is aContinue Reading
London, Aug 13, 2020: A pair of Mahatma Gandhi’s glasses are to go on sale after spending a weekend sticking halfway out of an auction house’s letterbox on a busy industrial estate in Bristol in UK. Staff at East Bristol Auctions found the glasses in a plain envelope on aContinue Reading
Colombo, August 12, 2020: Sri Lanka’s former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been summoned by a presidential probe panel to record his statement on the deadly Easter Sunday attacks, officials said on August 11. Nine suicide bombers belonging to local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) linked to IslamicContinue Reading
Manila, August 12, 2020: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) urged Filipinos to keep their courage even as the “regime of death and darkness” under President Rodrigo Duterte “seems to be enjoying its fine hour.” In a statement on August 12, Filipino bishops blasted the killing of theContinue Reading
