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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,...
Family members of the Dalit youth who was brutally killed in Shirdi. Shirdi — Dalit youth was brutally assaulted and killed in the temple town of Shirdi in Maharashtra allegedly over his mobile ringtone of a song on Dr....
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...
Paris, France, May 21, 2015 / 02:37 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Known for its ornate rose window and towering stained glass glory, the thirteenth century Sainte-Chapelle in Paris has finally been pieced back together after a seven year laser-cleaning project. Seven...
Workshop participants (In the picture) Jharsuguda: Heavy mining has disrupted tribal and dalit communities while rapid mining has led to serious environmental degradation and pollution, bemoans a Catholic bishop in Odisha, a state that accounts for nearly 17 percent of...
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...
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...
Swami (Dr) Snehananda Jyoti “The hour is coming – in fact it is here already – when true worshippers will worship God in spirit and truth”, responded Christ while answering to a question put by the Samaritan woman at the...
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. ...