Tag: Christmas

Pope celebrates Christmas Eve Mass and calls Iraqi refugees

VATICAN CITY— Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Eve with a late-night Mass Wednesday in St. Peter's Basilica and a phone call to some Iraqi refugees...

Pakistani Christians celebrate Christmas

KARACHI/LAHORE- The Christian community in Pakistan is celebrating its holy festival of Christmas with religious zeal to mark the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ, private...

Christmas preparations in full swing

With a few days left to the grand festival of Christmas, members of Christian community of the twin cities are busy in their preparations...

Christmas preparations start in twin cities

The Christian community across the country has started preparations to celebrate the festival of Christmas. The Christian community, with each passing day till the eve...

Naya Pakistan primary school syllabus rid of ‘objectionable material’: report

JI had objected to pictures of girls without dupatta, Christmas cake, Cross emblem, good morning expression

Christmas celebrated amid tight security

Like other parts of the globe, the Christians in Pakistan celebrated Christmas amid tight security. Christians started their celebrations at midnight by singing hymns and...

20 killed in bomb attacks in Baghdad’s Christian areas

20 people were killed on Wednesday in Christian areas of the Iraqi capital during bomb attacks including a car bomb that detonated next to...

Pope Francis’s first Christmas

Pope Francis on Tuesday celebrated his first Christmas as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics as he urged people to avoid pride...

Philippine typhoon survivors strive to live up to the Christmas spirit

Across the centre of the mostly Catholic Philippines, people are scraping together whatever they can to celebrate Christmas, nearly seven weeks after the storm....

Dark Christmas expected in Northern US, Canada

  A severe ice storm on Sunday will be causing a dark Christmas in Canada and the northern US as thousands of households in the...

Seven dead in US Christmas storm

A massive Christmas storm that whipped up tornadoes, ice and snow from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes has killed at least...

Whatmore missing family on Christmas

Finishing the first leg of India tour, the Englishmen leave for their country to be with their family for the celebration of Christmas. They...

A ‘dad’ tenth most popular on Christmas request list

A ‘dad’ is tenth most popular Christmas list request for children with youngsters happy to forgo the latest iPad, toy or new pet, a...

Cop killed as Delhi protesters refuse to rest on Christmas

A 47-year-old Delhi Police constable, who suffered serious injuries during violent protests at India Gate on Sunday, died on Tuesday after battling for life...

Whatmore missing family on Christmas

Finishing the first leg of India tour, the Englishmen leave for their country to be with their family for the celebration of Christmas. They...

Christmas ceremony held at Nine Zero

The minorities committee of the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) organised a colourful programme at Nine Zero on the eve of Christmas. Deputy Convener...

CDA organises Christmas festival

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Syed Tahir Shahbaz said on Tuesday that Islam teaches us to establish peace, passion, tolerance, humanity and brotherhood...