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A Christian pastor summoned to a police station in India’s Chhattisgarh state was brutally beaten by a mob of 50 Hindu nationalists who were waiting for his arrival.
Cardinal Marcello Semeraro said the new blesseds offered a ‘model of service.’
“I would like to reiterate that if we want to preserve fraternity on Earth, ‘we cannot lose sight of Heaven.’”
Islamic groups in India are objecting to a Catholic bishop’s claim that Muslims are targeting Christians for romance in order to convert them in a so-called “love jihad.”
This week a new pastor was appointed for a small parish in the Archdiocese of Perugia still reeling from the arrest of their pastor earlier this summer on charges of child pornography and prostitution.
Lebanon’s new Prime Minister Najib Mikati pledged Friday to gain control of one of the world’s worst economic meltdowns, saying lifting subsidies would be critical for the small country’s government formed after a year of political stalemate.
The United Nations and human rights groups have condemned the Taliban's ban on all demonstrations days after women took to the streets to protest Afghanistan's newly formed interim government that includes more than a dozen leaders who are designated terrorists and ex-Guantanamo detainees.
The oldest record of 1,700 years of Jewish life in Germany has arrived in Cologne, on loan from the Vatican Library.
The Nigerian army said Thursday that its troops have arrested a high-profile member of the Boko Haram extremist group in northern Borno State, where the rebels’ 12-year insurgency is concentrated.
Muslim residents in an area of Lahore, Pakistan on Monday (Sept. 6) fired high-powered weapons at the homes of Christians, wounding a pregnant woman and at least three other people, sources said.
