New Zealand’s Deputy Police Commissioner, John Timms, has confirmed that 5 people were killed as a result of the Volcanic Eruption on White Island, also known as Whakaari, on December 9th.Deputy Commissioner Timms also told a press conference that many oth
Born April 9, 2015, at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, Larissa and Matt Sonnen named her Layla Paige, Layla after Eric Clapton’s hit, a golden-oldie favorite of theirs. The 5-pound, 6.8-ounce baby girl passed all her newborn tests. Her parents were overjoyed. Layla was going to be
German Pentecostal evangelist, Reinhard Bonnke who is principally known for his gospel missions throughout Africa is dead aged 79.A post on his official Facebook page explained that he passed away peacefully and was surrounded by his family. “It is with sorrow th
The civil war in Yemen has been described as the world’s forgotten conflict and shows no signs of abating five years on from the outbreak of hostilities, when Iran backed Houthi Shiite Muslim rebels took over the capital Sanaa.Houthi rebels control large swathes
Following the death of more than a dozen Christians in a church shooting over the weekend, a Burkina Faso bishop said Western governments have a responsibility to stop the flow of weapons to militants in the region.“The Western powers should stop those who are co
Seven members of an Islamist militant group in Bangladesh were handed death sentences on Wednesday by a special court in Dhaka. They were accused for their role in a 2016 attack on a café in the capital in which 22 people were killed, mostly foreigners.The Ant
Pope Francis led prayers for the people of Albania after the country was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake."I would like to send my greetings and my closeness to the dear people of Albania who have suffered so much in these days," the pope said Nov. 27 before concluding his weekly
Two Catholic priests have been convicted of sexually abusing students students at an institute that cared for deaf children. The priests have been sentenced to more than 40 years in an Argentine prison.Their victims say one abuser should have been stopped seven years b
A former member of parliament has spoken out after being deselected as a candidate for the U.K.’s Liberal Democrat Party because of his Catholic faith and views on same-sex marriage and abortion.Robert Flello sat as a Labour Party MP in the House of Commons for
A church located on the outskirts of Bolivia's capital city became an improvised morgue Nov. 20, following another deadly day of protests in the South American country.Father Gechi Revelin of St. Francis Parish in El Alto said protesters started to bring corpses into h