Christians travelling on buses for Christmas holiday close to the border with Somalia have recently become targets of the Somalian militant group, al-Shabaab. According to Christians in the region, travelling has become a risky endeavour, as the militants have seized...
The week after Pope Francis toughened up the rules on setting up new orders it became clear that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI distanced himself from an order that he helped establish and recognised in 1977 when, as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, he was Archbishop of Munich...
In his Christmas address to the Roman Curia, Pope Francis said that crisis can be beneficial to the Church, but conflict is always destructive. The annual address to the Vatican leadership has become a key indicator of papal priorities, and in past years Pope Francis...
Moscow, on December 15, Interfax – Eleven percent of Russians curse frequently; the share is the highest in the group aged from 31 to 45, the Public Opinion Foundation said in a statement seen by Interfax. The number of frequently cursing men is two times higher...
In a move some have said is already a direct result of Pope Francis’s highly anticipated visit to the country in March, Iraqi parliament earlier voted to establish Christmas as an annual national holiday. The vote, which took place on Dec. 16, was unanimous and goes...
