Irudhaya Jothi Kolkata: Father Stan Swamy on May 21 rejected a proposal to admit him in a hospital but demanded interim bail to return to his residence in Ranchi, eastern India. The 84-year Jesuit tribal activist made the demand during a video conference with the Bombay High Court from theContinue Reading
By Mudita Menona Sodder Mumbai: Spirituality is a way of life. Sacred Heart of Jesus Spirituality is the way of the heart – the path of unconditional love. To follow in the footsteps of the Master, one has to study the interior dispositions of Jesus’ heart and learn to loveContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Sanju Agnel Varkey says he is alive now only because of Jesus whom he had called before jumping into the Arabian Sea from a sinking barge. The 24-year-old was among 186 people rescued by the Indian Navy after a 15-hour ordeal in the sea. TheyContinue Reading
By Lalita Roshni Lakra New Delhi: The Catholic Church in India has mourned the death of a Daughters of St Anne nun, who had witnessed to Christian love and service in eastern India and Andaman and Nicobar islands for decades. Sister Eveline Ekka died of Covid-19 at 3 pm onContinue Reading
Pope Francis and leading Vatican officials have held a meeting with many members of the world’s global financial elite on how to reshape the world after the Covid pandemic. Finance ministers of seven countries joined the gathering, on May 14 in the Vatican’s Casino Pio IV. Called “Dreaming of aContinue Reading
Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s incoming Roman Catholic bishop Stephen Chow called for plurality to be respected, in a time of polarization in the Catholic community as the city”s political situation deteriorates. Chow said while he had “no big plan” on how to unify a diocese that had become politically polarizedContinue Reading
London: On July 6, Máire Lea-Wilson intends to walk into the imposing Royal Courts of Justice in London to take part in a case that could make history. The 33-year-old accountant is one of two people who applied to the High Court to hear a landmark case challenging the U.K.’sContinue Reading
Budapest: The International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary, will open this September with a 1,000-strong choir and a “vast” number of First Communions. The organizers of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress made the announcement as they released new details of the packed program for the Sept. 5-12 event. At aContinue Reading
Detroit: The archbishop of Detroit says face masks are no longer mandatory inside Roman Catholic churches in southeastern Michigan for people who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus. Archbishop Allen Vigneron said May 19 that anyone who hasn’t been vaccinated must still wear masks at Mass and other church services.Continue Reading
By Lise Alves Sao Paulo: A new species of screech owl was recently discovered deep in the Amazon forest by a multinational team of researchers from Brazil, Finland and the United States. Dubbed the Xingu screech owl, the little creature was given a scientific name of Megascops stangiae in honorContinue Reading
