Vatican City: In the age of instant communications and fake news, journalists — like everyone else — need to recover the practice of going out and verifying information before they share it, Pope Francis said. “‘Come and see’ is the simplest method to get to know a situation. It isContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati: Allen Brooks, a top Catholic leader in northeastern India, has demanded a probe into the “bizarre” deaths of 18 elephants allegedly by lightning stroke. The elephants were killed on May 13 atop Bamuni Hills in Assam’s Nagaon district. The cause of death is yet toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mohana: A Catholic priest in Odisha has apologized for not permitting the burial of Covid victim in the parish cemetery. “I am sorry and ask apology to the bereaved family for such unfortunate event,” says a message from Father Valentine U Singh, parish priest of St.Continue Reading
By Prakash Louis Varanasi: The onslaught of the second wave of Covid-19 and its impact in an unprecedented manner has led to disease, devastation and death. On the one hand, the impact of the virus on the physical, emotional, psychological, economic, educational and social life of the people is soContinue Reading
Mangaluru: A laity group in Mangalore diocese has distributed food kits to 124 churches. The Catholic Sabha (council) held the program on May 12 at the Bishop’s House. It was blessed by Bishop Peter Paul Saldanha of Mangalore. The Sabha central president Stany Lobo welcomed the gathering and said thatContinue Reading
Sulawesi: Four Christian men have been beheaded in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The attack on May 11 is the second in the last six months, after four Christians were killed at a Salvation Army outpost in Sigi in Central Sulawesi in November 2020. This attack is believed to have been carriedContinue Reading
By Lalita Roshini Lakra Ranchi: The Daughters of St Anne congregation has launched distribution of free lunch to patients flocking to their hospital near Ranchi, capital of Jharkhand state. “There is a big rush of Covid patients, especially from villages,” says Sister Neelima Ekka, in-charge of the Covid-wing of StContinue Reading
A Lutheran pastor in California has become the first transgender bishop in a major American Christian denomination. On May 8, the Rev. Megan Rohrer, pastor at San Francisco’s Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, was elected bishop for the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Based in Sacramento,Continue Reading
New York : New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, joined by priests and lay faithful, prayed the rosary’s sorrowful mysteries May 8 for the people of India now suffering as COVID-19 ravages their country. About 200 Catholics, including many natives of India, joined the cardinal in prayer at Mary HelpContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Port Moresby: Pope Francis on May 13 appointed a missionary priest from India as the bishop of Aitape, a diocese in Papua New Guinea, a country in Oceania. Bishop-elect Siby Mathew Peedikayil is a member of the Heralds of Good News, an India-based congregation. The 50-year-old priestContinue Reading
