Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has urged Pope Francis to come to Canada to apologize for church-run boarding schools where hundreds of unmarked graves have been found. He also said that Canadians are “horrified and ashamed” by their government’s long-time policy of forcing Indigenous children to attend such schools.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna: A voluntary organization of the Patna Jesuits on June 26 distributed Covid-19 relief kits to some 650 poor families in the capital city of Bihar. Jesuit Father Juno Sebastian, director of Manthan (Churning), said that this time they focused mostly the hamlets of Musahar, theContinue Reading
Vatican City: Ahead of the Vatican’s day of prayer for Lebanon on July 1, a senior Vatican official has expressed concern that the potential collapse of the country could jeopardize the Christian presence in the Middle East. Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican’s equivalent of a foreign minister, said June 25Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter: Mananthavady: A Catholic priest in Kerala, southern India, has inspired his bishop and other clerics through his “funeral will.” Father James Kumbukal has left a lasting mark through his funeral will, said Bishop Jose Porunnedom of Mananthavady mourning the death of his 78-year-old priest. Father KumbukalContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai: The Telangana High Court has ordered a judicial inquiry in the case of a Catholic Dalit woman dying in police custody. The court order came on a complaint from the People’s Union for Civil Liberties. Meanwhile an inspector and two officers involved in the case haveContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: A middle aged man with a shock of disheveled straw-yellow hair approached the altar of the cathedral in London, in wedding attire. He had been born a Catholic and subsequently joined the Anglican Church. He had been twice married and divorced, and now had a child fromContinue Reading
The Church’s vital role in providing emergency help for those hit by Covid-19 is rebuilding community relations in India where Christians have been demonised by far-right politicians. Archbishop Leo Cornelio of Bhopal told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that, despite polarising rhetoric by politicians trying to divide citizensContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis told a group of Lutheran leaders on Friday that the desire for unity grows the more Christians understand how much Christ suffers over our divisions. In a June 25 meeting with representatives of the Lutheran World Federation, the pope said: “The passion for unity matures throughContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai: A retired judge and India’s National Commission for Women are calling for the reversal of a Vatican decision confirming the expulsion of a nun for her order. Sister Lucy Kalapura, a member of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation in Kerala, has been an outspoken advocate for aContinue Reading
by Deepa Padmanaban Nine members of Pankaj Rai’s family have died from cancer over the past 20 years. But the 25-year-old farmer from Bihar only found out their deaths were likely a result of arsenic poisoning when his father got sick. In 2017, Pankaj took his father, Ganesh Rai, toContinue Reading
