By Feroz Fernandes Canada: Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted church services. Disruptions led to strict compliance with government safety measures. Churches adopted protocols of social distancing, disinfecting, and wearing a mask. But priests find themselves bombarded with opinions of those refusing to wear a mask, conspiracy proponents, and devotees demanding toContinue Reading
Minna: Armed bandits in Nigeria have kidnapped and killed a priest returning from Mass in the latest act of violence against clergy in the West African nation. The body of Father John Gbakaan Yaji, of Minna diocese, in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region, was discovered January 17. Father Yaji’s brother, whoContinue Reading
London: Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has received his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and encouraged others to do the same. Calling the vaccine “an answer to prayer,” Welby said that receiving the jab is part of Christ’s call to “love our neighbor as ourselves”. “I want to encourageContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: The Kerala-based Syro-Malabar Church has urged the federal government to grant “the just demands” of farmers who have been protesting on the borders of the national capital for weeks. A statement from the Church’s media commission on January 17 noted that the farmers are protestingContinue Reading
By I P Sarto Dumka: The animators of the Small Christian Communities in Dumka diocese have decided to celebrate St. Joseph’s year solemnly in this year. This was decided by the animators from nine parishes who attended an orientation on “Trinitarian Church” held January 15-17 in Dumka. Some participants decidedContinue Reading
Yangon: On the first day of the octave (18 to 25 January) for Christian Unity, Myanmar Cardinal Charles Maung Bo has sent out a message of peace for war-torn people of his nation, 18 January 2021. Placing prayer for peace in war torn areas in the pandemic times ravaged byContinue Reading
Jamshedpur : Loyola School, Jamshedpur kicked off its platinum jubilee celebrations on its premises in Beldih on Jan 15 by conducting a small event, involving teachers, Jesuits, and members of the school’s alumni association. Although the school has a lot of plans for its platinum jubilee year, the celebrations willContinue Reading
Bagdad: Churches across Iraq have begun reciting a prayer in preparation for the Pope Francis upcoming visit to the Islamic nation. The Pope is scheduled to visit Iraq March 5-8. The Iraqi Catholic on January 17 recited the prayer written by Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako. Millions died in theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Mother Giovanna Saveria Alberoni, former superior general of the Ursulines of Mary Immaculate congregation who converted a 22-bed nursing home to a full-fledged multi-specialty institution and medical research center in Mumbai, died on January 18. She was 94. Mother Alberoni, the first Ursuline nun toContinue Reading
Bhopal: Catholic churches of Madhya Pradesh will eventually have women doing rituals, exclusively exercised by priests so far. While the nun may take the lead and it will not prevent lay people to be part of it. It will be open for all, says Archbishop Leo Cornelio of Bhopal, presidentContinue Reading
