She has been described as frail, old, skinny and weak, but she made the tough-talking leader of the Philippines seethe in public. “Who are you?” fumed President Rodrigo Duterte. “You do not have the right to criticize us…. Just because you are a nun? The...
Pakistan’s top judge has announced he will take up the appeal of a Catholic mother of five children who has been on death row since 2010 for blasphemy. Chief Justice Saqib Nisar told lawyer Saif ul Malook — the chief counsel for Asia Bibi — to prepare for her appeal....
For the first time in the history of Pakistan, a Christian chapel has been opened in an Islamic university. This is the church of St Mary, housed in the atrium of the Agriculture University of Faisalabad. It was inaugurated, on April 15th by Joseph Arshad, archbishop...
The Catholic Church in South Korea had 5.813 million worshippers accounting for 11% of the country’s population as of Dec. 31, 2017, up 1.3% from one year earlier, according to newly released statistics. But the figures released on April 13 by the Catholic Bishops’...
The 13th World Fellowship of World Religious Councils (WIFRC) concluded on April 21 with delegates from various religions celebrating the diversity of faiths and religious traditions. Around 200 people from all over India representing Bahai, Buddhisht,...
