Local NGO's report that inhabitants of a Christian village were killed when floodwaters were diverted into their community.
The 800-member Catholic community in a village in India is facing a “social boycott” for refusing to follow traditions to appease Hindus gods.
New talks between Israel and Palestine, despite obstacles, remain a source of hope.
“I am absolutely overwhelmed at the response of people for their church,” Davenport’s Bishop Martin J. Amos said.
A visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to a church in China is not a sign that the secretive communist regime’s stance toward religion is softening.
As France continues its campaign to expel foreign-born Roma, Pope Benedict XVI called on Aug. 22 for greater acceptance of cultural differences and urged parents to teach their children “universal fraternity.”
The controversy surrounding a bishop in a diocese outside of Beijing illustrates the problems facing Chinese Catholic communities.