By Inés San Martín Rome: Over the past week, the houses of 450 Catholic families were destroyed in Pakistan, and those of 1,000 Christians will be bulldozed by government officials in upcoming days. The country’s Supreme Court ruled that the homes are on state-owned lands, and their presence makes theContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has authorized the promulgation of decrees concerning the heroic virtues of seven candidates for sainthood, including three missionary sisters who died during an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Below please find the statement on the decrees concerning the causes ofContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Food rights activists in India have welcomed the Supreme Court questioning the federal government for cancelling around 30 million ration cards belonging mostly to Dalits, Tribals and other poor communities. “I hope the government will respond to the Supreme Court order urgently and take aContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar. Mumbai: Why do we call Good Friday “good,” when it is such a dark and bleak event commemorating a day of suffering and death for Jesus? It is a significant day for the Christian community since it commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Judas betrayed Jesus, andContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad: Let us Celebrate St. Joseph! On his Feast Day (March 19) and on every single day of this year dedicated to him. In his Apostolic Letter ‘Patris Corde’ (With a Father’s Heart), Pope Francis recalls the 150th anniversary of the declaration of Saint JosephContinue Reading
By Shreehari Paliath New Delhi: The exclusion of Dalit Christians and Muslims from the Scheduled Caste category, and the lack of reliable government data on them, deprives these communities of the constitutional benefits extended to Dalits from other religious backgrounds, say experts. Currently, only Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist Dalits areContinue Reading
By Aaron Hemens Creston: Kanickaisamy Lawrence was barely nine-years-old when he developed an interest in becoming a priest. It was the early 1990s, and he was just a grade four student at St. Paul’s Higher Secondary School in Salem, a city located in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.Continue Reading
By Krishnadas Rajagopal New Delhi: The Supreme Court March 17 said it was a “very serious” matter if the federal government has really cancelled around 30 million ration cards, including those of tribals and the poor, solely because they could not be biometrically linked with Aadhaar. A Bench led byContinue Reading
Vatican City: “Once again and with great sadness I feel the urgency to evoke the dramatic situation in Myanmar, where so many people, especially the young, are losing their lives to offer hope to their country,” Pope Francis said at the end of his weekly general audience. “I too kneelContinue Reading
By J.D. Long-García New York: The Society of Jesus is partnering with the descendants of people once enslaved by the religious order to reconcile and heal the deep racial wounds of America. The GU272 Descendants Association, which takes its name from the 272 enslaved people sold by Georgetown University, andContinue Reading
