Category: Christian World
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jun 6, 2015 / 11:57 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Moved by the testimony of two priests and a religious sister who endured atrocities during the Bosnian War, Pope Francis on Saturday told a gathering of Bosnian priests,...
(Story By: Sowmya Rajaram – Matters India) Bangalore: Dressed in a purple sari, Sister Joyce bows in reverence before tabernacle inside the chapel of St Thomas Convent, Ulsoor, Bangalore, before putting on lawyer’s black blazer. The nun belonging to St Anne’s Sisters of...
Mumbai (Matters India): The Archdiocese of Bombay has decided to transfer parish priest’s sweeping power to make land deals to a group of priests. The move comes in the wake of demands made by a group of lay people to...
Canberra, Australia, Jun 5, 2015 / 12:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A group of Australian bishops have emphasized Cardinal George Pell’s record of leadership against clergy sex abuse following critical news broadcasts and comments from a member of the pontifical council...
By Andrea Gagliarducci and Carl Bunderson. Maputo, Mozambique, Jun 5, 2015 / 04:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A group of bishops from across Africa and Europe met last weekend pledging to redouble their efforts in favor of families, and examining challenges of the...
Remove target. How then can shooters fire? Be Jesus-like, an ideal humane human being, “Son of Man” (darling of humanity) as He called himself. He brutally condemned proselytizing (Mt.23, 15). Becoming a Christian you become part of a divided house which can’t stand. Jesus’...
The writer is in legal trouble for his Sahitya Akademi award-winning novel Korkair released in 2009. Chennai (UCAN): A local court in Tamil Nadu has summoned Tamil writed Joe D’Cruz for portraying Christianity in bad light in his award-winning novel....
Beside Caritas, eight other NGOs will intensively be engaged in all the 38 districts to submit the plans by end of November this year. New Delhi (UCAN): Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA) has officially invited Caritas India to partner...
Washington (Story by Matters India): An American lawmaker and a panel of four experts on Wednesday decried alleged ‘violence’ against religious minorities in India. They appealed the US administration to include human rights violations as a topic in its talks...
15 Reactions Worth Reflection (Note: All reactions are about Edapally Church built at the cost of around Rs.50 crores. For full article see: Edappally St.George Church in: http://sites.google.com/site/jameskottoorspeaking/ Great indeed is the Light House Marvel, I too must have a share in...
(In the picture: Rev Libby Lane is formally installed as the Church of England’s first female bishop) London (Story by Matters India) — Support is growing within the Church of England to rewrite its official liturgies to refer to God as...
[Jonathan Luxmoore is a freelance writer covering European church news from Warsaw, Poland, and Oxford, England.] This story appeared in the June 5-18, 2015 print issue under the headline given above) (Note: This article gives a researched data on...
If the people are the Church, then the Church is already reconsidering gay marriage. By Fr. William Grimm Tokyo (FROM UCAN): Voters in Ireland have made that country the first to recognize same-sex marriage by a national referendum. Various other...
Belfast, UK, Jun 2, 2015 / 12:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After a legal ruling deemed a bakery in Northern Ireland to have discriminated against a gay customer, the bakery’s owners have decided to appeal the decision, hoping to promote the...
By Elise Harris : Rome, Jun 1, 2015 / 10:30 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As the relics of Blessed Oscar Romero were brought out for veneration during his beatification Mass in San Salvador, the cloudy skies parted and a ring of light –...
Vatican City By Ann Schneible, May 30, 2015 / 12:16 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- “Why do children suffer?” Pope Francis asked this of a group of children with serious illnesses or disabilities and their parents, some of whom had been told to...
Villupuram (Story: Matters India): A new book published by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) highlights the Dalit Christians march toward equality and justice. Bishop A. Neethinathan of Chingelpet, chairperson of CBCI Office for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe, released...
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Sep 5, 2014 / 09:04 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A religious sister from Texas who has been serving the people of Papua New Guinea since 1986 will soon complete a website to raise awareness about the...
Earlier this week, at least 10 people were injured and several structures were set ablaze as the dispute took a violent turn. Faridabad (UCAN): Tension prevailed in a Haryana village on Friday after a fresh conflict erupted between the majority...
Bangalore (Matters India): Fr Adolf Washington, a Bangalore archdiocesan priest and former president of the Indian Catholic Press Association, has been chosen as the first recipient of an award instituted in honor renowned American preacher Archbishop Fulton Sheen. The Living...