An English bishop has said that parishes have seen “dramatic fall†in income as a result of the coronavirus lockdown.Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury urged the government to step in to help dioceses struggling financially as a result of the pandemic.
The Holy See relaunches Pope Francis’s appeal for debt relief for nations struggling due to the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.Archbishop Ivan JurkoviÄ has renewed the Holy Father’s appeal for debt relief at an international level.
At least 123 people have been killed in a landslide in a jade mine in northern Myanmar, Thursday morning.The landslide in the Hpakant area of Kachin State is the worst in a series of deadly accidents at such sites in recent years.A statement f
An explosion at a medical clinic in Iran's capital, Tehran, kills at least 19 people, which state-run media says was caused by a gas leak.At least 19 people were killed in Iran after a powerful explosion at a clinic in northern Tehran.The expl
Christian groups in India are demanding an independent inquiry into the death of a father and his son after having been taken into police custody in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.Several Christian organizations in India are raising their concern and demanding action b
The Chinese government is forcing Uyghur women to take contraceptives in an effort to slow the growing population. One expert called the campaign "a slow, painful, creeping genocide" of the religious and ethnic minority.In a report released on Monday, June 29, AP found
Four gunmen launch a grenade attack at the main gate to the Stock Exchange and open fire but fail to make it to the trading floor, which was packed with workers.According to reports, some staff inside barricaded themselves in offices in the heart of Karachi's financial
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on lives and economies lead to warnings of a recession in Latin America and the Caribbean.In April the International Monetary Fund, the IMF, predicted a 5.2 percent recession this year for Latin America and the Caribbean.
The author of a new UNICEF report says that more than 600 million children in South Asia will see their life prospects diminished over the coming months unless urgent action is taken.This week, the UN Children’s Agency, UNICEF warned that the Coronavirus pandemi
Chinese officials reportedly arrested an elderly bishop of the underground Catholic Church last week.Coadjutor Bishop Augustine Cui Tai of Xuanhua, 70 years old, was taken by Chinese officials to an undisclosed location according to local Catholics, UCA News reported o