– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com NAIROBI, AFRICA African bishops say UN Nairobi Summit will be destructive of pro-life agenda Bishops in Africa have raised concerns about the agenda of the Nairobi Summit, a United Nations gathering being held next week,…
– Marco Carvalho More than a dozen and a half choirs from seven countries and territories will take part, starting from today until Sunday in the fourth edition of the International Choir Festival of Macau. This year’s edition of Cantata…
– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com MANILA, PHILIPPINES AFTER TWO MAJOR PHILIPPINES QUAKES, CATHOLIC BISHOPS CALL FOR PRAYERS AND AID (CNA) Catholic bishops have appealed for prayers and aid for earthquake victims after two strong earthquakes hit the Philippines in the…
– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com (CNA) Pope Francis said Wednesday that the first Christian evangelization of the pagans opened up “a very lively controversy” as the early Church discerned how to absorb new members from outside the people of Israel. …
– Tej Francis ASIA The unprecedented scale of anti-Christian persecution in Asia An elderly Christian woman in a village in India’s Tamil Nadu state was beaten by extremists. The incident is part of a surge in attacks against Christians in…
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The third likely option is that they have followed the Gaza Valley to the village of Layla, situated at an altitude of 3,800 meters and inhabited by the nomad layaps, yak herders on the neighboring…
– ROBAIRD O’CEARBHAILL As Pope Francis said at Davos in 2018, the highest international economic forum, about social inequality and justice, “Only through a firm resolve shared by all economic actors may we hope to
– Tej Francis Email:tejfrancis@gmail.com (Crux) Cardinal John Henry Newman, declared a saint by the Catholic Church on Sunday, is widely recognized as one of the greatest theologians of the 19th century. Yet for Pope Francis, he’s an example of everyday…
– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com U.S.A In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace (Pew Forum) In U.S., smaller share of adults identify as Christians, while religious ‘nones’ have grown. The religious landscape of the United States continues to…
– Robaird O’Cearbhaill Hong Kong Correspondent Despite the well known areas of science brought to early modern age China by Jesuit missionaries, one crucial area, water distribution technology on which agricultural economies depend, was, until recently, almost ignored. One of…
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