By Matters India Reporter Myanmar, May 15, 2022: Cardinal Charles Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Asia, has urged the international community to monitor the situation in Hong Kong and speak out for freedom and justice. The president of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences made the call MayContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Junagadh, May 14, 2022: A Catholic priest has stepped in to care for an aged and ailing Catholic woman, who had spent four decades as a hermit among wild animals in western India. Sister Prasanna Devi, the only surviving Catholic ascetic of the Syro-Malabar Church, isContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 13, 2022: At least 27 people were killed and scores wounded May 13 when a massive fire broke out in a commercial building in West Delhi. Police said the fire engulfed a four-story building near the Mundka Metro station. The fire department hasContinue Reading
Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City,May 12, 2022: Pope Francis decried the low birth rate in Western countries on May 12, describing it as an urgent social emergency and a “new poverty.” “It is not immediately perceptible, like other problems that occupy the news, but it is very urgent: fewer and fewerContinue Reading
By Vatican News staff writer The Holy See Press Office on May 13 announced that Pope Francis will be travelling to Canada from 24 – 30 July, having accepted invitations from civil and ecclesiastical authorities, as well as the indigenous communities. The upcoming July visit of the Holy Father willContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 11, 2022: Christian activists in India on May 11 recalled “the sacrifice” of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy while welcoming the Supreme Court order to keep the country’s sedition law on abeyance. Father Stan, as he was popularly known, died July 5, 2021, in aContinue Reading
By Salvatore Cernuzio Vatican, May 11, 2022: Ninety-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen, who was the bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong from 2002 to 2009, was arrested on May 11 by Hong Kong authorities. The cardinal has reportedly been released on bail, according to reports circulated via social media byContinue Reading
By John Newton Vorzel, May 11, 2022: A seminary bombed and ransacked by Russian troops plans to re-open its doors this September with help from Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). The charity has announced that it will help rebuild Sacred Heart Seminary in Vorzel, 30 km east ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 10, 2022: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on May 10 detained ten people, including six government officials, for allegedly taking bribes to allow non-government organizations to receive overseas funds. The arrests took place a day after the agency cracked down in 40Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, May 10, 2022: India’s classical music world on May 10 plunged into grief when Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, veteran santoor maestro, died of cardiac arrest in Mumbai. The 84-year-old was also suffering from renal ailments. A family source said Sharma “had a severe heart attack atContinue Reading
