Iraq wedding fire caused by “gross negligence”, government investigation says
Baghdad, Iraq Reuters A fire that swept through a crowded wedding hall in a northern Iraqi town killing more than 100 people was blamed on “gross negligence” and lack of safety measures, the results of a government investigation into the disaster said. The investigation results, announced at a news conference on Sunday by interior minister […]
Mourners demand accountability, bury loved ones after Iraq wedding inferno
Hamdaniya, Iraq Reuters Calls for accountability grew on Thursday for the victims of a deadly fire at an Iraqi wedding celebration in a Christian town as grief-stricken mourners attended a packed memorial service and families buried their loved ones. More than 100 people died and at least 150 were injured on Tuesday evening in an […]
Iraq wedding fire kills more than 100, relatives identify bodies
Mosul, Iraq Reuters A fire ripped through a packed wedding hall in northern Iraq late on Tuesday, killing more than 100 people in a Christian town that had survived Islamic State occupation. Fire fighters searched the charred remains of the building in Qaraqosh, also known as Hamdaniya, through Wednesday morning and bereaved relatives gathered outside […]
More than 100 dead, 150 injured in Iraq wedding inferno
Nineveh, Iraq Reuters More than 100 people were killed and 150 injured in a fire at a wedding party in Hamdaniya district in Iraq’s Nineveh province that left civil defence searching the charred skeleton of a building for survivors into the early hours of Wednesday. Nineveh Deputy Governor Hassan al-Allaq told Reuters that 113 people […]
Australia mourns 10 wedding guests killed in bus accident
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia on Tuesday mourned the 10 people who were killed when a chartered bus carrying wedding guests rolled over at a roundabout, the country’s worst bus accident in three decades. Residents placed flowers near the crash site and gathered for a candlelight vigil at a church in the rural Hunter region in New […]
Bus accident kills 10 wedding guests in Australia
Updated: 12:40pm (AEST)Sydney, Australia Reuters At least 10 people died and 25 were injured after a chartered bus carrying wedding guests rolled off a ramp at a roundabout in Australia’s New South Wales state, police said on Monday. The accident occurred around 11:30pm on Sunday near the town of Greta about 180 kilometres north-west of […]
LIFESTORY: FOR US IMMIGRANT FAMILIES, A SWEET WEDDING TRADITION PRESERVES A TASTE OF HOME
BILL MOTCHAN, writing for Religion News Service, looks at how food plays an important role in the lives of immigrant families in keeping links with the past…
In Kenya, a pastor’s refusal to marry an HIV-positive bride stirs debate over AIDS stigma
RNS A Pentecostal pastor in the western Kenyan town of Bahati triggered outrage over the past week by refusing to marry a young couple until they complied with his demand that they be tested for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. On 3rd November, Pastor Jesse Karanja, the leader of Mizpah House of Prayer Church, […]
In a first, Pope Francis performs marriage ceremony on a plane during Chile visit
Pope Francis has performed an impromptu mid-air wedding for two flight attendants during a journey between two cities in Chile – the first time a pope has performed such a ceremony in a plane. Vatican News reports that the couple – Paula Podest Ruiz and Carlos Ciuffardi Elorriga – had a civil union in 2010 but […]