May 10, 2020: A Christian nurse has shared her experience of working on a Covid-19 ward during the pandemic. Former United Reformed Church Youth Moderator, Katie Henderson, voluntarily switched from working on a paediatric ICU ward to an adult ICU coronavirus ward after she felt led by God to helpContinue Reading
By M Zulqernain Lahore, May 8, 2020: Religious minorities in Pakistan, including Hindus and Christians, continued to suffer in 2019, facing forced conversions and persecution under the blasphemy laws, according to the country’s human rights commission. The Human Right Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said that religious minorities remained unable toContinue Reading
Nanyang, May 8, 2020: Bishop Emeritus Joseph Zhu Baoyu of Nanyang (Henan), the oldest Chinese person to recover from Covid-19, died May 8 at the age of 99. the prelate had fallen ill to Covid-19 in February, but managed to recover to become the oldest Chinese person to get overContinue Reading
Canberra, May 7, 2020: Australian Cardinal George Pell, who was accused of sexually abusing two boys in the 1990s, knew about child abuse cases taking place in the Archdiocese of Ballarat in 1970s and 1980s, according to a royal commission report tabled on May 7. “By 1973, Cardinal Pell wasContinue Reading
United Nations, May 6, 2020: Lord Buddha’s message of unity, service to others is more important today as humanity suffers from the COVID-19 pandemic and it is only by working together that nations can stop the spread, recover from the deadly coronavirus, the UN chief said in his message forContinue Reading
Rome, May 5, 2020: The Vatican says internal migrants should have the same legal protections as refugees and says their children should have the right to birth certificates, education and being reunited with their parents if separated. The Vatican on May 5 published a booklet of pastoral guidelines to careContinue Reading
Berlin, May 5, 2020: Traditionalist former Pope Benedict XVI accuses opponents of wanting to “silence” him while associating gay marriage with “the Antichrist” and attacking “humanist ideologies” in a new authorized biography published in Germany. The 93-year-old, whose original name is Joseph Ratzinger, claims in “Benedict XVI – A Life”Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 3, 2020: Two separate polls show that Americans are relying more on their faith to help persevere through the coronavirus pandemic. The Pew Research Center, in a survey released April 30, showed that nearly one-fourth of all Americans say their faith has grown stronger during the pandemic,Continue Reading
Lagos, May 3,2020: A man claiming to have killed the murdered Nigerian seminarian Michael Nnadi has given an interview in which he says he executed the aspiring priest because he would not stop announcing the Christian faith in captivity. Mustapha Mohammed, who is currently in jail, gave a telephone interviewContinue Reading
Rome, May 2, 2020: When the coronavirus lockdown left a group of transgender sex workers in a beach town near Rome without work, they turned to a local Catholic priest for help to buy food. But his parish’s resources were already stretched by the health crisis so he turned toContinue Reading
