Category: Christian World

Vatican City (Matters India) — Cardinal Mar Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), issued an appeal on behalf of the Catholic Church of India to help the quake victims in Nepal. The Cardinal has...

By Kevin J. JonesWashington D.C., (CNA/EWTN News).- Sister Diana Momenka, a Catholic nun from Iraq, intended to visit the U.S. to talk about the persecution of religious minorities in her country – until the local U.S. consulate denied her visa application....

  (Matters India) Danger levels rose sharply in late April for northeast Syria’s isolated Assyrian Christians, caught for nearly three months now between Kurdish militias and Syrian army forces battling with militants of the self-proclaimed Islamic State for control of...

The right hand of T.J. Joseph was chopped off by activists of the Popular Front of India( PFI) on July 4, 2010. Kochi: (UCAN) An NIA court here, which last month convicted 13 people for chopping off the hand of a...

There are some who want you to believe so. By Philip Jenkins India (UCAN):  In the Indian magazine Outlook and in a number of other publications, Tony Joseph recently sought to find out ‘Why Christianity Failed In India’. That is...

Rome (Matters India) — Pilgrims and tourists strolling down the streets of Rome in the coming months may come across an unexpected treat – a special “Jubilee of Mercy Ice Cream,” created in honor of the upcoming Holy Year. Pope...

By Ann Schneible. Vatican City, May 6, 2015 / 10:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Marriage is more than the wedding ceremony, the flowers, the dress, the photos, Pope Francis said in his weekly general audience: it is a participation in the Church's mission....

New York (Story By: mattersindia.com): India has cautioned against the UN giving religion-based organizations a role in international security matters and warned that it could be “counterproductive.” Prakash Gupta, a counselor at India’s UN mission, said on Monday the UN Charter’s...

Story By: Sr. Anitha Kanatt (Matters India) “Sister, is God dead?” An 18-year-old student surprised me when he stood up in the class to ask this question. Seeing me a little embarrassed, he continued, “I read somewhere that God is dead. What...

New Delhi ( Story By: Jose Kavi – Matters India): Sr. Jessy Kurian is a leading human rights activist whose mission is to provide legal assistance to marginalized women in India. Kurian was the first Catholic nun in India to hold a quasi-judiciary...

By Carl Bunderson. Vatican City, May 2, 2015 / 05:44 pm (CNA).- The Synod of Bishops began receiving in April responses to a questionnaire that had been sent to dioceses the world over in preparation for October's Synod on the Family. The...

A few days before the four-day event was to begin, a marriage between a Hindu girl and a Christian boy had vitiated atmosphere in the town. Bhopal (UCAN):  The administrative officials of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh have revoked permission...

The bishop said that the protesters need not enter the church as they live as scheduled caste Hindus. Kottayam:   (UCAN)- A group of Christians belonging to CMS Anglican Church in Kottayam began a protest accusing their Bishop Stephen J Vattappara...

By Elise Harris and Alan Holdren. Madrid, Spain, (CNA/EWTN News).- Kayla Mueller, the young human rights activist who was killed earlier this year while being held hostage by ISIS, was a woman of faith with a heart full of compassion toward those who...

Baltimore: A Protestant bishop in the US has resigned after she was accused of knocking down a cyclist while driving drunk. The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland announced Friday that it accepted the resignation of Heather Cook, who was bishop suffragan,...

Story by Matters India: A new research found that emotions such as hope, pride, love, and compassion to encourage people to donate to charitable causes can lead to different results, and love alone has the power to inspire giving to those...

Rome (Matters India)— A concert on Vatican grounds with immigrants and the homeless as VIP guests will be held in mid-May, the pope’s personal charitable office announced Thursday, in what amounts to the latest response to Francis’ insistence on making...

By John Pontifex (CNA)Kathmandu, Nepal, (Aid to the Church in Need).- Nepal’s bishop has given a graphic account of the country’s catastrophic April 25 earthquake, describing how he was lucky to survive. In a message to international Catholic charity Aid to...

Says government must repeal biased legislation used to target minority faith communities. A new report on religious freedom in India paints a grim portrait of relations between the majority Hindu population and its smaller religious minorities. India is struggling to...

New Delhi(Matters India): The Catholic diocese with the largest geographical area in the world will be erected in India on Friday. Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, head of the Syro-Malankara Church, will inaugurate Gurgaon diocese and install Mar Jacob Barnabas as its...