A Vatican magazine has denounced widespread exploitation of nuns for cheap or free labour in the Roman Catholic church, saying the male hierarchy should stop treating them like lowly servants. The article in the monthly Women, Church, World is remarkable for an official Vatican publication – describing the drudgery of nuns whoContinue Reading
Australian mother Jazz Yue Yi Li never thought God was real until she saw her newborn son nearly die in hospital. Ms Yi Li gave birth to her son Mark Yi Hoang on April 6 last year but after being discharged was rushed to the hospital “with a life-threatening situation”.Continue Reading
Sinhala Mass introduced this yearContinue Reading
Parrikar is suffering from Pancreas-related illnessContinue Reading
The Catholic Church in China registered 48,556 baptisms in 2017, reflecting the vitality and missionary strength of the Catholic communities there, according to a report by Fides, the news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The figures are likely incomplete, however, given the difficulty of procuring dataContinue Reading
Forty ‘miraculously’ preserved, consecrated hosts have been discovered in a church that was destroyed by a large earthquake in central Italy in 2016. The hosts, recovered from a tabernacle recently retrieved from the ruins of the parish church of Arquata del Tronto, have no bacteria or mold, as usually happensContinue Reading
Even a year after the retirement of bishop of Mangalore diocese, the Christian Catholic community in the region is waiting for a new one. The selection has been delayed for unknown reasons. The ultimate decision in appointing a bishop rests with the Pope, and he is free to select anyone.Continue Reading
Pope Francis has chosen February 23 to pray for peaceContinue Reading