New York: With over 70 per cent of Americans ignorant about Sikhism, schools in the US state of New York will now include lessons on the minority community in their curriculum to educate students about Sikh religion and its tradition, according to a media report. A non-profit Sikh organisation, theContinue Reading
Toronto: A young woman has died and 13 other victims, including a 9-year-old girl, were injured by gunfire on the busy Greektown strip. The police chief said there was an “exchange of gunfire” and that the alleged shooter — who is now also dead — had used a handgun. ItContinue Reading
The Catholic church in Cameroon is mourning the death of the parish priest of Bomaka, a district of Buea, the capital of the English-speaking region of South-West Cameroon, who was killed on July 22 by unidentified individuals. “We have received photographs of the body of the deceased priest, Alexander SobContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Tokyo -– Caritas Japan, the social development of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan, has been urging people to volunteer more people to work for relief and rehabilitation programme in the aftermath of massive floods and heat wave scenario in Western Japan, the torrential downpour twoContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on July 20 accepted the resignation of Honduran Auxiliary Bishop Juan José Pineda, following an investigation revealing his embezzlement of diocesan money as well as alleged sexual assault of seminarians. The Vatican offered no public reason for the abrupt resignation, as Pineda was only 57, wellContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Manila: More than 4000 priests and religious dared the tropical storm of Manila on July 18 to participate in the convention of the Fifth Philippines Conference on New Evangelization (PCNE5) at the University of St. Thomas (UST), Manila. PCNE is an ongoing renewal program for the priests,Continue Reading
St Malachy’s Seminary, the only Catholic seminary in Northern Ireland, is to close in September, Church authorities have announced. The Diocese of Down and Connor said it took the decision after Queen’s University Belfast – where seminarians study for their degrees – closed its Department of Scholastic Philosophy and progressivelyContinue Reading
The Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith today clarifying his statement on the Government moves to implement the death penalty, said that what he meant was that the State should not bring back the death sentence, but that criminal minds that sought to destroy social peace and harm hundreds shouldContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Manila: The Fifth Philippine Conference on New Evangelization (PCNE5) which is taking place in Manila from July 18 to 22 is a time to get rooted in Jesus, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila. “For evangelization means nothing if we do not get rooted again andContinue Reading
On July 14, the pontiff took over the role of officiating the wedding from Brazilian priest Father Renato dos Santos, who was as surprised as the couple and the guests. “Never in my life, never would I have thought of finding the Pope in a sacristy,” dos Santos told VaticanContinue Reading