While India’s Christian minority continues to fear for its safety amid rising attacks, another state, Karnataka, has passed a controversial “anti-conversion” bill, which has routinely been used as a pretext for anti-Christian violence in several other states. The southern Karnataka state’s upper house this week passed the “Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill,”…
The Vice-President for Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who survived an assassination attempt after a gunman’s weapon jammed, said she is alive “because of God and the Virgin Mary”. At a meeting with priests and nuns on Thursday, Ms Fernández de Kirchner said she wanted her first public appearance to be with them. “It seems…
Gospel musician Diana Asamoah has said that she is thankful to have worked with her former executive producer Emmanuel Anane Frimpong. In a letter addressed to Mr Frimpong, the singer noted that she is appreciative to him and his company Frimprince Music Productions. “I, Evangelist Diana Asamoah, will use this opportunity to say a very…
Dozens of bishops from South Sudan and Kenya have issued a desperate plea to the UK government as East Africa grapples with a spiralling hunger crisis. An open letter signed by over 40 bishops from South Sudan and Kenya appeals to the UK government to “urgently get more funding to the front line of the…
The highest court in India has ordered the government to provide details of reported attacks on Christians across eight states. Christians are reported to have been targeted in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. At a hearing on 1 September, Supreme Court justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli asked the Ministry of…
The Pope has expressed his condolences to King Charles III upon the death of his mother, the Queen, on Thursday. The Queen died peacefully at the age of 96 at the Balmoral Estate in Scotland, where she had been spending the summer. In a telegram to King Charles, the Pope said he was “deeply saddened”…
The Archbishop thanked people for being “so supportive” of the Queen, and “so cheerful” while they waited to pay their respects. He was accompanied by the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, during his walkabout along the queue. The Archbishops of Canterbury has been out and about greeting some of the thousands of people waiting in…
A company by the name Frimprince Music Productions have terminated their contract with veteran gospel singer Diana Asamoah. The company owned by the musician’s long-time producer Emmanuel Anane Frimpong pulled the plug on their relations after nearly 22 years. In a letter addressed to Diana Asamoah, Mr Frimpong noted that on “several” occasions she has…
At least one person was killed after a multiple-story building collapsed in the northwestern Nigerian city of Kano Tuesday, which left “many” others feared trapped inside, according to the local fire service. Eight people had been rescued from the rubble so far, including a person who was declared dead at a local hospital, Nura Abdullahi,…
Floods caused by record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in Pakistan’s northern mountain regions have so far claimed the lives of more than 1,400 people, and affected an estimated 33 million more, washing away homes, roads, railways, livestock and crops. Damages are now expected to total more than $30 billion — triple that of an earlier estimate…