May 25, 2020: Hong Kong police have fired volleys of tear gas at demonstrators as thousands of people protested against Beijing’s controversial plan to directly impose national security laws on the semi-autonomous financial hub. Images posted on social media on May 24 showed protesters gathering in the busy Causeway BayContinue Reading
Frankfurt, May 25, 2020: A church service in Frankfurt is being blamed for the spread of coronavirus in the German city. According to the city’s health department, more than 40 people contracted Covid 19 after attending a worship service at Gospel Christians Baptist Church on May 10. “Most of themContinue Reading
May 23, 2020: Catholics are calling for a public investigation into why so many elderly people have died in U.K. nursing homes during the coronavirus crisis. More than 20,000 people have died in U.K. care facilities as a result of the pandemic, according to an analysis of official figures byContinue Reading
Vatican City, May 23, 2020: Pope Francis appointed May 23 Bishop Thomas An-Zu Chung as the next Metropolitan Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan. Chung, who currently serves as bishop of Chiayi, Taiwan, will replace Archbishop John Hung Shan-chuan, who has retired at the age of 76. The Holy See is theContinue Reading
Karachi, May 22, 2020: A passenger plane belonging to state-run Pakistan International Airlines crashed near the southern port city of Karachi May 22, killing all 107 passengers and crew, the city’s mayor said. The aircraft crashed into a crowded neighborhood on the edge of the airport. Mayor Wasim Akhtar saidContinue Reading
Karachi, May 22, 2020: Scores of people are feared dead as a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft carrying 90 passengers and 8 crew members crashed on May 22 in Karachi. The 20 Airbus crashed in Model Colony near Jinnah international airport Karachi, according to PIA spokesperson Abdullah Hafeez who confirmed theContinue Reading
Douala (Cameroon), May 22, 2020: A pastor in Cameroon who drew attention by claiming to heal sufferers of coronavirus has died of the disease. Pastor Frankline Ndifor of Kingship International Ministries Church in the African nation was convinced that he could heal anyone of the illness by simply laying handsContinue Reading
Manila, May 21, 2020: The social action arm of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has appealed to prelates to show solidarity to the dioceses of Borongan and Catarman in Samar by providing aid to those affected by Typhoon “Ambo.” In this great time of need, we urge youContinue Reading
By Ronald O. Reyes, LiCAS.news Philippines, May 21, 2020: A religious congregation of nuns in the Philippines has called on the public to be more vigilant against online sex exploitation of children amid the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement, the Religious of the Good Shepherd said women and children haveContinue Reading
Manila, May 21, 2020: “Impractical and without sense,” was how Archbishop Romulo Davao, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, described the government’s guidelines for the resumption of religious services. The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infection Diseases (IATF-EID) had said under a modifiedContinue Reading
