Category: Christian World

Church or Mammon of Iniquity Worshp? Click here for full article – Cardinal Calls it Cardinal Sin! From: Joseph Mattam sj, May 15/5/15 Dear James, As usual, an excellent piece and much needed; I too saw some extravagant churches all over;...

Melbourne — Australia`s highest ranking member of the Catholic Church has been accused at a Royal Commission hearing of knowing about child sexual abuse claims against a Victorian priest for more than 30 years. Cardinal George Pell has come under...

By Elise Harris. Vatican City, May 20, 2015 / 10:41 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his general audience Pope Francis spoke of the essential role parents play in educating their children – a role he said has been usurped by so-called experts who...

Denver, Colo., May 21, 2015 / 04:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- New York Times columnist, best-selling author and all-around pundit David Brooks has made headlines recently for his bold new book making the case for a societal return to morality.  ...

Kolkata (Matters India): Reacting to the news of the imminent canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta which has gone viral in the social media, her countryman who runs an internet based signature campaign to petition the Vatican to canonize Mother...

The participants will have an intensive experience of Buddhism in the specific context of Thailand, which is predominantly Buddhist. Thailand (UCAN):  Jesuit scholastics are invited to join a four-week programme designed to guide them in examining issues of Asian theology,...

Sacramental wine is made from grapes and used in celebration of the Eucharist (Lord's Supper or Holy Communion). Thiruvananthapuram: (UCAN)  The Catholic Church in Kerala, which has supported the government's steps on prohibition, has courted controversy by seeking permission to...

Dublin (Matters India): Friday`s vote on legalising same-sex marriage in Ireland is a further sign of the waning influence of the once-dominant Catholic Church, experts said. Bishops have come out strongly against changing the constitution, but polls indicate their attempt...

Ernakulam (Matters India): The police in Kerala are searching in several states for a Catholic priest who allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl earlier this year. Father Edwin Figurez Joseph has been suspended from his parish and a complaint has gone...

Washington D.C., By Matt Hadro. May 13, 2015 / 03:41 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Having lost their homes, their heritage and their sense of dignity, Iraqi Christians victimized by the Islamic State feel abandoned by earthly powers, but their faith in God has...

By Mary RezacWashington D.C., May 16, 2015 / 04:04 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Nearly 1,000 United States priests made their own a petition to the fathers of the upcoming Synod, originally made public and signed by nearly 500 English priests. The statement’s...

Vatican City, May 16, 2015 / 02:17 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Speaking to vowed religious, Pope Francis said Christianity must be festive. He praised the special nourishing power of a nun’s smile. “The feast is a theological category of life. And...

Trichy(Matters India): A Catholic priest was hospitalized after a group of parish youth allegedly thrashed him in a southern Indian city. Father Jerald Francis Xavier upset the youth committee members when he scolded them for wasting electricity. The youngsters also...

Mumbai (By: Kanchan Srivastava– Matters India)— As the numbers of Jesuit priests decline, and the times change, the Jesuit order across Maharashtra is having laypersons head its educational institutions for the first time in its history, which spans about 150 years. Over...

By Ann Schneible. Vatican City, (CNA/EWTN News).- What is peace? This question was part of a special question and answer session with the Bishop of Rome touching on a wide range of themes – from the link between greed and war, to...

By Elise Harris. Vatican City, May 12 (CNA/EWTN News).- On Tuesday Pope Francis told global representatives of Caritas International that true service is about welcoming God and others, and called them to continue their mission by going out to the peripheries. “The...

                  Jesus never built any Church with brick and mortar. He was constantly busy building living churches made of flesh and blood – feeding, healing and caring – building what we call today domestic churches made up of temples of the...

Vatican City (Matters India): Following a private meeting at the Vatican with Pope Francis, who has helped to broker improved relations between Cuba and the United States, the president of the Caribbean nation suggested he could return to the Church...

St George Forane Church, Edappally Indian Express, front page report, May 11/2015   KOCHI:The Syro Malabar Church has issued strict instructions to parish priests and parish councils to ensure that luxury is avoided while building new churches. Concerned over the...

By Fr William Grimm Tokyo (UCAN):  A project I worked with that served homeless men in Tokyo once received a gift of a carton of bras for nursing mothers. People do not always use their heads when their hearts bid...