Category: Christian World
Kanpur: The Catholic community of Kanpur has supported the campaign to make Kanpur tobacco free by May 31, the international No Tobacco Day. An awareness campaign was held in St Patrick’s Church, Cantonment, after the Sunday morning service on May...
Posted on May 25, 2015 by The Voice Of Bombay's Catholic Laity Forum of Discussions on Family Dear Bishops, Get open discussions started on national and diocesan levels. Don’t miss the boat this time, like last year. Time and tide wait for...
Hundreds attempt to raze Lahore church as suspect is taken into custody. Lahore: A Christian man was arrested in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday night following allegations that he desecrated a Qur’an, activists and police said. Humayun Faisal,...
Islamabad (Matters India)— A 140-foot bullet-proof cross is being built in Pakistan’s Karachi city, the biggest in Asia, a media report said on Friday. Pakistani Christian businessman Parvez Henry Gill is building the cross at the Gora Qabristan Cemetery, Dawn...
Ireland became the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage through a referendum on Friday. The Republic has a written constitution which can only be changed by referendum. Same-sex marriage is now legal in 20 countries worldwide. In...
A LAY INITIATIVE TO HELP POPE FRANCIS SPREAD THE GOSPEL MESSAGE OF LOVE AND COMPASSION The Message Over 40 “action phrases,” the inspirational messages of Pope Francis, have been compiled by the #LoveLikeFrancis team from the Holy Father’s tweets, public remarks,...
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Henry McDonald in Dublin.Sunday 24 May 2015 (Once upon a time the Irish used to be described as more Catholic than the Pope. Catholic means all inclusive, also gay people whom traditional Catholics exclude.Referendum result gives yes vote 62%...
In a recent seminar at The Village Church, Sam Allberry addressed whether the gay lifestyle conflicts with Christianity. Allberry, who has chosen to come out of the gay lifestyle, gives hope for others with same-sex attraction who have called on the name...
(Gospel herald report) Bishop John McAreavey, the Chair of the Council for Justice and Peace of the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference, has revealed that Christian persecution is at an unprecedented high, with at least 11 believers killed hourly because of their...
Toledo(Matters India): A Catholic diocese in the United States has placed an Indian priest on administrative leave for alleged but unspecified misconduct. The Diocese of Toledo on Friday announced that Bishop Daniel Thomas took action after learning of an unspecified...
(Matters India)The event will prominently feature comments by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue at the Vatican and Anantanand Rambachan, professor of religion, philosophy, and Asian studies at St. Olaf College. Other speakers include Abhaya...
This little boy still can't talk or move – but his mother has never been happier Santiago, Chile, May 22, 2015 / 04:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Constanza Saavedra spends 24 hours a day devoted to her son Ignacio, or “Nachito”...
Rome, Italy, May 21, 2015 / 12:05 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Following last week's online release of an audio message from the caliph of the Islamic State, one expert says the group's understanding of Islam calls on all Muslims to re-evaluate...
“This is the first time we are facing such a situation,” Sr. Marica told Catholic News Service as the convoy of five vehicles took to the dusty mountain path to Khani Dhanda. Nepal(UCAN): Members of the Missionaries of Charity had...
A recent Pew Research Center survey showed a significant drop in the Christian population in America. However, the survey left unanswered why the exodus from the Church is underway. A study just released by sociologists Dr. Josh Packard and Ashleigh...
Minnesota (Matters India): A Catholic priest has pleaded guilty to child sex crimes in a US court. Fr Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul, who is charged in two separate cases in Minnesota 9th District Court in Roseau with sex crimes involving minors,...
Dr Suresh Mathew It is time to take stock of the hits and misses of Narendra Modi Government as it completes one year on May 26. If self-appraisal is a yardstick to gauge the performance of the NDA government, one...
By Elise HarrisLourdes, France, May 20, 2015 / 02:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After nearly losing his life in combat nine years ago, retired U.S. Marine Paul McQuigg journeyed to Lourdes with his wife and son this month to pray for healing...
Atlanta (Matters India)— The soon-to-be seminarians of The Little Way Messengers congregation in Karnataka, India, will eventually minister to the people of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Father Balappa Selvaraj, a priest of the archdiocese, will return to India May 18...