Washington, Nov. 2, 2018: A New York auxiliary bishop has been removed from public ministry pending a Vatican review of a decades-old accusation of sexual abuse against him, a claim he denies, the Archdiocese of New York said in a letter released October 31. The letter dated Oct. 29 isContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chiang Mai, Nov. 1, 2018: The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) has lauded Pakistan’s Supreme Court for acquitting Asia Bibi, convicted and sentenced to death in 2010 on charges of committing blasphemy. The apex court overturned the death sentence on October 31 in a historic ruling.Continue Reading
November 1, 2018: More than 1,000 Google employees and contractors in Asia, Europe and the United States staged brief midday walk-outs on November 1 amid complaints of sexism, racism and unchecked executive power in their workplace. Hundreds of women and men filed out of Google’s office in New York CityContinue Reading
A Kerala priest working with Catholic Diocese of Lansing in Michigan of the United States of America has been sacked from the facility after the church received complaints of sexual harassment against him. Rev. Mathew Joseph, a priest of the Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament of Kerala has beenContinue Reading
By Pheroze L. Vincent in New Delhi Jakarta, October 30, 2018: Sangeeta Suneja, a 54-year-old poet, blogger and Air India executive, learnt that her son’s flight had crashed just as she was about to leave for work. Indonesia-based pilot Bhavye Suneja, 31, who was to visit home next week forContinue Reading
Jakarta, October 29, 2018: A Lion Air passenger plane that took off on October 29 from Jakarta crashed into the sea with 189 people on board, all of whom are feared dead in Indonesia’s worst air disaster in recent years. Over 12 hours after the crash, no clear explanation hadContinue Reading
Vatican City, Oct. 27, 2018: On October 27 afternoon, the final document of the XV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops consisting of 3 parts, 12 chapters, 167 paragraphs and 60 pages is approved in the Synod Hall. The text was received with applause, Cardinal da Rocha said.Continue Reading
Vatican City, Oct 26, 2018: Catholic leaders in Asia need to be proactive in implementing preventative sex abuse policies, a bishop from Malaysia told the 2018 Synod of Bishops. “In the Asian context, these are often not spoken, so I raised the issue,” Archbishop Simon Poh of Kuching told CNA.Continue Reading
Abu Dhabi, October 25, 2018: Emirati entrepreneur Nashwa Al Ruwaini was one of the winners of the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2018. She won the award for her philanthropic efforts to revolutionize the condition of women in the Middle East, as well as for the charitable activitiesContinue Reading
October 25, 2018: Pokemon Go, the wildly successful mobile game, has been downloaded around 800 million times and scooped over 2 billion dollars in revenue since 2016. Figures like that were always going to spawn some imitators. But the latest – the Catholic Church (followers: 1.2 billion) – might comeContinue Reading