Americans still have a favorable opinion of Pope Francis after five years, but it appears some Republicans are growing weary of his leadership, a new survey Tuesday showed. The Pew Research poll found that 34 percent of American Catholics see the pope as being “too liberal,” while 24 percent seeContinue Reading
Deborah Hyde Exorcism is intrinsic to Christianity. From driving possessed swine into a lake to expelling a spirit from a boy who foamed at the mouth, Jesus could reasonably be considered a therapeutic exorcist. So it’s hard to tell some churches to get real and rational – although, regrettably, thatContinue Reading
Let us see temptations as a means of purification and perfectionContinue Reading
The El Salvador archbishop was gunned down during Mass in 1980Continue Reading
Churches celebrate women’s day but never touch the entrenched structures of discrimination existing in themContinue Reading
Johannesburg: A Church group in South Africa has joined voluntary groups to celebrate the International Sex Worker Rights Day that began in India 17 years ago. The Central Methodist Mission Church on March 3 unveiled a banner from the church’s steeple that read: “Jesus was the first to decriminalize sexContinue Reading
By Sr. Justine Gitanjali Senapati, CSJ “Achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls is the unfinished business of our time, and the greatest human rights challenge in our world,” says Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The world is going to celebrate the International Women’s Day onContinue Reading
The proportion of girls getting married in India has nearly halved in a decade, the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) said on February 6. This has contributed significantly to a global decline in child marriage. UNICEF said 25 million child marriages were prevented worldwide in the last decade, with theContinue Reading
The order came on a petition by a laymanContinue Reading
For the first time Caritas India and Misereor Germany jointly launched the Lent campaign, which this year will focus on the ecological teachings of Laudato Sì, the encyclical of Pope Francis on the protection of the environment and human communities from the risks of climate change. “Caritas India and MisereorContinue Reading