By Matters India Reporter Negombo, July 21, 2019: St. Sebastian’s Church in Katuwapitiya, a suburb of Sri Lanka’s Negombo town, was reopened on July 21, exactly three months after it was severely damaged in a suicide bombing. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, head of the Catholic Church in the island nation whoContinue Reading
Vatican City, July 29, 2019: Pope Francis has appointed Matteo Bruni as director of the Holy See Press Office. Alessandro Gisotti and Sergio Centofanti have been appointed deputy directors of the Editorial Directorate at the Dicastery for Communication. Pope Francis on July 18 appointed British-born Bruni is the new spokespersonContinue Reading
Tokyo, July 18, 2019: Motive for the apparent attack remained unclear hours after the blaze. If arson is confirmed, the attack will be among the deadliest criminal acts in decades in Japan, where violent crime is extremely rare. The fire gutted the three-storey building in the city of Kyoto thatContinue Reading
Matters India reporter New York, July 17, 2019: Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Myanmar has underscored the role of religion and its leaders in working for sustainable peace and development. The “recognition that religious leaders are influential in peace making is a reality the world leaders and the civil societyContinue Reading
Vatican City, July 12, 2019: Pope Francis has mourned the death of Vincent Lambert, a 42-year-old quadriplegic who battled legal issues for years. “Every life is valuable, always,” Pope Francis tweeted after offering prayers for the French man who died July 11, nine days after doctors stopped providing him withContinue Reading
Reims, July 12, 2019: Vincent Lambert, the severely disabled Frenchman who was at the centre of a legal battle, died on July 11 in Reims, France. In a tweet on Thursday morning, the Pontifical Academy for Life said Lambert’s death was “a defeat for our entire humanity.” Cardinal Robert SarahContinue Reading
The UN Human Rights Council has voted to set up an investigation into alleged crimes committed during the Philippine government’s war on drugs. The resolution, which passed by a narrow margin, mandates a comprehensive written report into the human rights situation in the country. It will focus on reports ofContinue Reading
Paris, July 11, 2019: Archbishop Michael Aupetit of Paris has asked priests of his archdiocese to offer Mass for the intention of Vincent Lambert, the 42 year-old quadriplegic man nearing death in a French hospital after doctors withdrew food and water on Sunday. “Dear brothers,” the archbishop wrote July 9,Continue Reading
Matters India reporter Yangon, July 9, 2019: Heeding to the call of Pope Francis who urged world leaders and people to pay homage to mother earth by protecting nature and forests Cardinal Charles Bo, archbishop of Yangon, joined social workers and youth to plant trees. The Church sponsored campaign underContinue Reading
Inés San Martín Rome, July 7, 2019: Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Bombay, is one of Pope Francis’s closest advisers. He’s a member of the council of cardinals re-writing the Vatican’s constitution, and he was also tapped to be one of the four coordinators of a recent Church summit on theContinue Reading