Nikhil Gomes Dhaka: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh (CBCB) celebrated its Golden Jubilee at Mohammadpur, Dhaka, on May 27. The CBCB was established in 1971 and completed 50 years in 2021, but celebrations were withheld due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario, former Archbishop of Dhaka, Bishops, priests,Continue Reading
Bangui, May 29, 2022: The National Assembly of the Central African Republic has passed a law to abolish the death penalty. It now awaits the endorsement by President Faustin Archange Touadéra. The last official execution in the Central African Republic took place in 1981. In the intervening period, the justiceContinue Reading
Rome, May 26, 2022: Two priests serving in the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, northern Nigeria, have been abducted after unidentified gunmen attacked their residence. According to media reports, the kidnappers stormed St. Patrick Catholic Church in Katsina state in the early hours of May 25, seizing Fathers Stephen Ojapa andContinue Reading
Vatican City, May 21, 2022: Pope Francis said Saturday that Catholic schools should not be Christian in name only, but in fact. Speaking to the De La Salle Christian Brothers, the pope underlined that Christians educators must first of all be witnesses to the Gospel. “The Christian educator, in theContinue Reading
Managua, May 23, 2022: A Nicaraguan bishop critical of President Daniel Ortega’s government has begun an indefinite hunger strike after taking refuge in a Catholic church in the capital Managua, alleging he had been targeted by the police. Bishop Rolando Alvarez of Matagalpa and Esteli in the north of theContinue Reading
Mexico: Father Jose Guadalupe Rivas 58, and another unidentified person have been found dead on a ranch in Tecate, on the US Mexico border. Father Jose ran the Casa del Migrante de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Tecate (Baja California). He was a member of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal MovementContinue Reading
By Giancarlo La Vella Jerusalem, May 17, 2022: All Christian denominations in the Holy Land have condemned a violent intrusion by the Israeli police in the funeral procession carrying the body of slain reporter, Shireen Abu Aqleh. Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilus III, the bishopsContinue Reading
Sokoto, May 15, 2022: A Christian student was stoned and then burned in Nigeria for allegedly sending a blasphemous WhatsApp message about Muslim prophet Mohammed during Ramadan. Deborah Yakubu studied at the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, northern Nigeria. The college was closed for holidays when the allegedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Myanmar, May 15, 2022: Cardinal Charles Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Asia, has urged the international community to monitor the situation in Hong Kong and speak out for freedom and justice. The president of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences made the call MayContinue Reading
Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City,May 12, 2022: Pope Francis decried the low birth rate in Western countries on May 12, describing it as an urgent social emergency and a “new poverty.” “It is not immediately perceptible, like other problems that occupy the news, but it is very urgent: fewer and fewerContinue Reading