By Matters India Reporter Vatican City, May 15, 2022: Devasahayam, the first lay martyr from India, was among ten people Pope Francis canonized on May 15 at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. Among the new saint are an anti-Nazi Dutch priest murdered in the Dachau concentration camp and aContinue Reading
Sokoto, May 15, 2022: A Christian student was stoned and then burned in Nigeria for allegedly sending a blasphemous WhatsApp message about Muslim prophet Mohammed during Ramadan. Deborah Yakubu studied at the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, northern Nigeria. The college was closed for holidays when the allegedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Abu Dhabi, May 15, 2022: Thomas Scaria, a renowned expert in addiction management, training and consultancy, has become the first Indian to receive “International Award for Excellence in Training Provision.” Scaria, who heads the Mangaluru-based Ecolink Institute of Well-being, received the award May 14 at aContinue Reading
By Rani Punnaserril Benaulim, May 15, 2022: Unemployment and economic inequality force young people to migrate massively and the Church should address their needs at various levels, says a recent Church seminar. The Commission for Migrants of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in India (CCBI) that organized the May 11-12Continue Reading
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
