Over 200 priests and preach-ers from other religious denomi-nations want to carry firearms, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Oscar Albayalde said. The PNP received requests for the permit to carry firearms outside residence (PTCFOR) from 188...
The Chinese government placed strict controls on the funeral of a bishop in Shandong province. Restrictions were placed on photography and the number of mourners at the service for Bishop Joseph Li Mingshu of Qingdao, who died of lung cancer at 93 on June 15. Even...
Christian leaders claim that India’s Jharkhand State aims to side-line poor indigenous people who have converted to Christianity. The state’s legal officers on June 21 gave expert advice to the government that indigenous people who have converted to Christianity have...
A Catholic priest is telling the British House of Lords of the benefits of yoga to mark International Yoga Day 2018 on June 21. Fr Joe Pereira told AsiaNews that he has been practicing Iyengar Yoga for 50 years, adding that his Kripa Foundation has used it “to help in...
“I will work to strengthen everyone’s faith,” said Msgr Felix Toppo, whom Pope Francis appointed on June 24 as the new Archbishop of Ranchi, Jharkhand, replacing Msgr Telesphore P. Toppo, who resigned after 34 years at the head of the archdiocese. “In Jharkhand the...
