London, June 30, 2022: A special Mass and Vigil will take place in London on July 5 to mark the first death anniversary of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy. Mass will be celebrated at 1:05 pm in Farm Street Church, Mayfair, by Jesuit Father Dominic Robinson. It will be followed byContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhopal, June 30, 2022: Pushpa Das is now determined to work for ending gender discrimination because she believes a just society is possible only when women and girls are treated equally. “The vulnerable women and children are not generally given their due share in families andContinue Reading
London, June 29, 2022: UK refugee campaigners have called for an end to the politicization of immigration systems worldwide, saying it leads to more issues. Krish Kandiah, founder of Sanctuary Foundation, called a dangerous practice which is evident with the UK government’s Rwanda plan. “That’s not a great way ofContinue Reading
By Cindy Wooden Vatican City, June 29, 2022: Before celebrating the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis is asking Catholics around the world to dedicate time in 2023 to studying the documents of the Second Vatican Council. Presenting the official logo for the Holy Year June 28, Archbishop Rino Fisichella alsoContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 29, 2022: Leader of an ecumenical forum that monitors attacks on Christians in India has welcomed the Supreme Court’s willingness to hear a petition on such incidents. “I hope the court takes note of the rising incidents of violence against Christians and directsContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kozhikode, June 29, 2022: Thousands of farmers from the diocese of Thamarassery on June 29 organized a protest outside the office of the Kozhikode Collector demanding the repeal of the Eco-Sensitive Zone Proposal. The proposal insists on a mandatory ecosensitive zone (ESZ) of minimum 1 km aroundContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Tellicherry, June 28, 2022: A Syro-Malabar archdiocese in Kerala has defrocked a priest who reportedly married a Hindu woman after allegedly converting to Hinduism. A June 28 “declaration” from the Tellicherry archdiocese says Father Mathew Mullappally had informed Archbishop Joseph Pamplany his “definite and non-retractable” personalContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, June 28, 2022: Since the news broke on the June 14 election of a German Franciscan priest, a self-declared gay, as a provincial, some Indian Catholics began to discuss gay priests and the morality around the subject of homosexuality. This article strives to help theContinue Reading
Port-au-Prince, June 28, 2022: An Italian missionary who dedicated herself to working with street children in Haiti for more than 20 years, was murdered. Sister Luisa Dell’Orto, a Little Sister of the Gospel of Saint Charles de Foucauld, was shot during a robbery attempt on June 25. Speaking during theContinue Reading
By Rose Cherian Vachaparampil Ithithanam, June 28, 2022: This year we had Christmas in May. It all started with the distribution of Covid-19 kits last year. We met the family of a daily laborer who was living in a one-room shed with his wife and daughter; they had knocked onContinue Reading
