Washington D.C.,: President Joe Biden’s regular parish in Washington, D.C. issued a statement on June 29 that its priests and ministers will not deny Communion to those approaching to receive. “Holy Trinity Catholic Church will not deny the Eucharist to persons presenting themselves to receive it,” read a statement ofContinue Reading
Warsaw: A bell blessed by Pope Francis is touring Poland to highlight the 42 million lives lost to abortion worldwide each year. On June 29, the “Voice of the Unborn” bell arrived at All Saints church in Kolbuszowa, southeastern Poland after two days of spiritual preparation in the parish. BishopContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has delivered pallium to 34 archbishops, including four from India. The pallium symbolizes an archbishop’s unity with the Pope and his authority and responsibility to care for the flock the pope entrusted to him. The Pope blessed the palliums after they were brought up from theContinue Reading
Rome: Pope Francis has agreed to meet in December with Indigenous survivors of Canada”s notorious residential schools amid calls for a papal apology for the Catholic Church”s role in the abuse and deaths of thousands of native children. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said Francis had invited the delegationsContinue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai: Catholic leaders in India are demanding answers after the death of a Dalit Catholic woman in custody after she was accused of stealing money from a church. The Telangana High Court last week ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of the woman, allegedly due to policeContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Balasore: A three-decade old cultural center in Odisha’s Balasore diocese is on a revival mode on its founder’s return after 15 years. “I am planning to revive the activities of Utkal Vani and look after the academic studies also,” says Father Chacko Vaniyampurayidathil of Balasore diocese. TheContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai: The Madras High Court has set July 8 as the deadline for India’s Catholic bishops and federal and state governments to respond to a petition alleging caste based discrimination within the Church in the country. The court on June 25 issued notices to the CatholicContinue Reading
By Jeffrey Gettleman, Emily Schmall, Suhasini Raj and Hari Kumar NEW DELHI: At 9:45 p.m., alarms blared across the intensive care unit of Jaipur Golden Hospital. Over two dozen patients on ventilators couldn’t breathe. Some flailed their arms and legs. Others cried for help, choking sounds coming from their throatsContinue Reading
New Delhi: A government cannot “abdicate” its duties to feed migrant workers, especially during a pandemic, merely because they did not have ration cards, the Supreme Court said in a judgment on June 29. “There is a large number of such migrants who do not possess any card. Their aboveContinue Reading
Washington: Nine of the 11 finalists for this year’s US Spelling Bee contest are Indian-Americans, reflecting the dominance young kids from the small ethnic community have had on this prestigious and high-pressure endurance test for more than a decade now. The 11 spellers, of which nine are Indian-Americans, will competeContinue Reading
