By Matters India Reporter Manado: The third thematic session of the Asian Ecumenical Youth Assembly (AEYA) on April 19 brought various perspectives on challenges to spirituality in a digitalized world and touched a chord among hundreds of young Asians who were in attendance. Two young Christian leaders — Ismael FiscoContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Manado: Three panelists speaking on a session on “Changing Family Values and Cultures in Asia: Intergenerational Voices,” echoed similar concerns that traditional family values nurtured over the centuries in Asia have changed, and a nuclear family system has been disappearing in many cultures in the region.Continue Reading
By Santosh Digal Manila: Two-Manila-based civil society groups officially launched a programme to nominate individuals from the Philippines for their selfless love for all to give award the 31st “Saint Teresa of Calcutta Award” on April 12. For 30 years, JCI Manila and AY Foundation has been honoring compassionate individualsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Manado, Indonesia: Songs and dances of celebration filled the Maesa Open Stadium as participants of the Asian Ecumenical Youth Assembly, together with thousands of faithful from more than one thousand congregations and denominations of Christian churches in Indonesia, came together for the Asia Easter Celebration inContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on Sunday, April 8, condemned the use of chemical weapons in Syria after a suspected attack in an opposition holdout in Eastern Ghouta killed dozens of people. “Terrible news comes to us from Syria with dozens of victims, many of them women and children … soContinue Reading
Police have arrested a 17-year-old youth after a church in Great Yarmouth in the east coast of England was attacked and desecrated. CCTV footage showed a man setting small fires in St Mary’s Catholic Church in Regent Road, Great Yarmouth, then attempting to burn an icon he took from theContinue Reading
Beijing: The Chinese government has banned online retailers from selling the Bible, moving in the wake of new rules to control the country’s burgeoning religious scene. The measures to limit Bible sales were announced over the weekend and began taking effect this week. By Thursday, internet searches for the BibleContinue Reading
Rome: Friends and fans called him a “gentle giant,” a faithful “prayer warrior” and a Clark Kent whose superman power was helping people grow in holiness and faith. “I believe I truly knew a saint,” one friend wrote. The written comments were among the hundreds of condolence messages, prayers andContinue Reading
San Salvador: Fr. Walter Osmir Vásquez Jiménez was shot and killed the afternoon of March 29, Holy Thursday, on a dirt road outside of the town of Lolotique, El Salvador, as he was on his way to celebrate Mass. The Archdiocese of San Salvador released a statement expressing “its sorrow overContinue Reading
Beijing: Restricting the Vatican’s control over the appointment of bishops in China does not infringe on believers’ religious freedom, a Chinese official said Tuesday, amid historic negotiations between Beijing and the Holy See aimed at healing divisions. Chen Zongrong, an official overseeing religious affairs, said Beijing would not allow “foreignContinue Reading