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by Elise Harris. Vatican City, May 26, 2015 / 08:21 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his homily Tuesday Pope Francis cautioned against the “counter-witness” of those who seek to follow both Jesus and worldly temptations, saying that to follow Christ means denying oneself...

Last week, famously Catholic Ireland voted overwhelmingly to legalize same-sex marriage in a national referendum, making it the first nation in the world to enact marriage equality through a popular vote. Within hours of the results,several journalists and pundits painted it as a victory...

Lahore (Matters India) — The Christian quarter of Lahore was attacked by a mob after a mentally handicapped man was accused of desecrating the Qur’an. Young Christian man Humayun Faisal Masih was accused of blasphemy after burning some portions of...

An Ethiopian Christian man revealed that he was taken and ordered at gunpoint by masked assailants to murder two of his friends, Christian pastors, or else his three children will be killed. "I was commanded to follow the instruction of...

By Kevin Jones. Chicago, Ill., Nov 18, 2014 / 04:06 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Newly installed Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich’s first public homily stressed the importance of personal witness “with joy and compassion,” purified of “anger, harshness and fear.” “Jesus tells all...

By Hillary Mast. Bismarck, N.D., May 28, 2015 / 03:50 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On his 40th anniversary as a priest, Bishop David Kagan of Bismarck says he has a deeper understanding of his own vocation than when he was first ordained. “My...

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia under investigation in Italy on suspicion of embezzlement, price fixing. Rome (UCAN):  Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, a Vatican official, is under investigation by Italian prosecutors on suspicion of embezzlement and price fixing during the sale of an historic...

A Charter of Rights was declared on the occasion. Kottayam (UCAN):  Bishop Mathew Arackal of the Kanjirappally opened a fast and demonstration in Kottayam districtThursday demanding remunerative price for farm products and security for farmers' life and property. More than...

Construction of the St Peter's church near the town was on for the last few months. Tirunelveli (UCAN):  Three persons were killed and 14 others injured in Tirunelveli when the roof of an under-construction church building collapsed, police said.  Construction...

Police deployed to protect church, minority residents. Lahore:  Dozens of Christian families who fled their homes on Sunday night following a mob attack over allegations of blasphemy have yet to return, fearing reprisals from Muslims. Babu George Salamat, a Catechist...

May 24, 2015 (Story By: Juan Berretta) — Alone with Pope Francis at his residence at Santa Marta, in the Vatican, Argentine journalist Juan Berretta, in an historic one-on-one interview, engages one of the most important people in the world, who reveals...

Kottayam (Philip Mathew- Matters India): An Indian Orthodox Church has launched a center for emotional support in a bid to check increasing suicides. The center named Vipassana was launched by the supreme head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Basalios...

Haryana : 500 people flee homes after riots near Faridabad    Faridabad (Matters India)— More than 500 Muslim men, women and children have been taking refuge at Faridabad’s Balabgarh police station since Monday evening after being forced to flee from...

ByJoshua J. McElwee   – National Catholic Reporter, usa. McElwee  is NCR  Vatican correspondent. Pope Francis wants to retool the Catholic hierarchy so that it not only defines and enforces church teachings, but also listens and responds to how laypeople understand God's will,...

Rome (Matters India)— Pope Francis has claimed that he hasn’t watched TV since 1990 after making a promise to the Virgin Mary. The Pope said that he didn’t even watch the matches of his football team San Lorenzo de Almagro back...