THIS LIFE: SPREADING THE LIGHT OF JESUS IN THE NEW YEAR
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, writes about the joy of spreading the light of Christ in the communities where we live…
Put away phones at mealtimes and talk to each other, says Pope
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis on Sunday urged people to talk to each other at mealtimes instead of using their mobile phones, citing Jesus, Mary and Joseph as an example for families to follow. They “prayed, worked and communicated with each other”, the Pope told the faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square during his weekly Angelus […]
In the US, knife rampage at rabbi’s home was domestic terrorism, New York governor says
New York, USReuters New York’s Governor said a knife attack by an assailant who burst into a party at an Hasidic rabbi’s home and stabbed five people late on Saturday was an act of domestic terrorism. Visiting the scene in Rockland County, about 48 kilometres north of New York City, Governor Andrew Cuomo met on […]
Algeria names new Prime Minister
Algiers. AlgeriaReuters Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Saturday named a university professor and former diplomat as Prime Minister as he builds a new government to handle political unrest and a looming economic challenge. Abdelaziz Djerad, 65, served in the administration of a previous president in the 1990s, but was sidelined by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who […]
After centuries, no Christmas Day Mass at Paris’ Notre Dame
Paris, FranceBosNewsLife The Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the most famed religious landmarks in the French capital, was unable to host Christmas Mass for the first time in centuries because of a massive fire earlier this year. And there are fears the Paris landmark can not be saved. But the faithful did not give up […]
Islamic State releases video purportedly showing beheading of 11 Christians in Nigeria on Christmas Day
Abuja, NigeriaBosNewsLife The so-called Islamic State group has released a video purportedly showing the murder of 11 Christians in Nigeria’s Borno State on Christmas Day. In the gruesome video, one man is shot before the other 10 are beheaded. A masked man in the almost one-minute video claimed the killings were part of their recently […]