Singapore, May 20. 2020: A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video-call for his role in a drug deal, the city-state’s first case where capital punishment has been delivered remotely. Punithan Genasan, a 37-year-old Malaysian, received the sentence for his role in a 2011 heroinContinue Reading
Knoxville, May 20, 2020: A Tennessee pastor returned home from India May 19 night after being held there since October. Pastor Bryan Nerren was arrested and accused of failing to declare money he brought on a mission trip. On May 19 night, Nerren was reunited with his family at theContinue Reading
Tokyo, May 20, 2020: Father Adolfo Nicolás, the 30th superior general of the Society of Jesus, died on May 20 in Tokyo. He was 84. Current Superior General Father Arturo Sosa mourned the death saying he was both sad and grateful. In his statement from Rome, Father Sosa said, “FatherContinue Reading
Vatican City, May 19, 2020: Pope Francis held a mass in the presence of worshippers for the first time in over two months, when the coronavirus pandemic forced Italy and the Vatican into lockdown. May 18 service marked the centenary year of the birth of Pope John Paul II andContinue Reading
Belfast, May 18, 2020: Churches in Northern Ireland may soon be rolling out “drive-through” services in a bid to serve their congregations during the current coronavirus lockdown. The innovative services, which have been popularised in the United States, were suggested as an alternative form of church gathering in a newContinue Reading
Warsaw, May 17, 2020: Polands Archbishop Wojciech Polak has urged the Vatican to investigate allegations of child sex abuse within the Roman Catholic Church in the country reported in a documentary released on YouTube. The “Hide and Seek” documentary broadcast on YouTube on Saturday alleges the abuse of children byContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 16, 2020: On a rainy evening in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis delivered a special blessing, asking God for help against the coronavirus. The square in Vatican City would normally be packed with onlookers, but no one was standing on the glistening cobblestones in March as heContinue Reading
Podgorica (Montenegro), May 15, 2020: Serbia on May 13 strongly protested the detention of eight Serbian Orthodox Church priests in Montenegro after thousands of people attended a religious procession despite a ban on gatherings because of the coronavirus. Montenegrin prosecutors said that the priests are facing charges of violating healthContinue Reading
By Christina Gray Abakalik (Nigeria), May 14, 2020: God willing, Father Edward Inyanwachi will soon again celebrate Mass for the members of his rural southeastern Nigerian parish. Until then he’s trying to keep them from starving. The pastor of St. Patrick Parish and two mission churches in the Diocese ofContinue Reading
Rome, May 14, 2020: A vast chorus of diverse voices across the world on May 14 joined the global Day of Prayer for Humanity against the coronavirus epidemic. Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jains, Jews, Muslims, Sikhs and other religions participated in the unique prayer program as more than 4.3 million peopleContinue Reading
