Sacristan sentenced to life in prison for murder of Indian shrine rector

An Indian court sentenced former sacristan Johny Vattaparamban, 54, to life imprisonment for the 2018 murder of the rector of popular St Thomas Shrine at Malayattoor, in southern Kerala state. The court also imposed a fine of $1,321 on Vattaparamban, convicted of stabbing Fr Xavier Thelakkat on 1st March 2018, as he descended from the... Read More

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February 19, 2020

Catholic gospel singer found dead in police cell in Rwanda

A popular Catholic gospel singer was found dead in a police cell in Kigali, Rwanda, in what authorities said was a suicide. Kizito Mihigo, 38, died on 17th February, three days after he was arrested for allegedly fleeing the country to join a rebel group in neighbouring Burundi and for allegedly trying to bribe those... Read More

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November 6, 2018

Asia Bibi’s acquittal of blasphemy challenged in Pakistan Supreme Court

The acquittal of a Pakistani Catholic woman sentenced to hang for blasphemy is to be challenged in the country’s Supreme Court, according to her husband. Three judges of the court ordered on 31st October that the death sentence against Asia Bibi, a mother of five, was to be set aside and she was to be... Read More

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