The Canonization process of the French Missionaries, Fathers Nicolas Michael Krick and Augustin-Etienne Bourry, who were martyred in Arunachal Pradesh 165 years ago, gained momentum with the constitution and inauguration of the Diocesan Board of Inquiry at St Peter’s...
“Something has happened in India which reminds me of what happened in Germany during the Nazi era. After Hitler took power in January 1933 almost the whole of Germany went mad, people shouting ‘Heil Hitler,’ ‘Sieg Heil,’ ‘Juden Verecke’ and adoring that madman like...
The Pakistan Supreme Court on September 25 acquitted a blasphemy accused who was earlier sentenced to death by the trial and high court, after nearly two decades. The apex court, in its judgment, observed that the prosecution failed to prove the case against the...
A Catholic bishop in Pakistan has warned of an increase in young Christian and Hindu girls being kidnapped, then forced to convert to Islam and marry their captors. “There have been many kidnappings recently,” Archbishop Sebastian Shaw of Lahore told papal charity Aid...
A new Pew Research Centre report examines public confidence in groups of people who hold positions of power and responsi-bility in America, including religious leaders. The other groups included in the survey were members of Congress, military leaders, police...
