London, Aug 27, 2020: Catholic priests in England are struggling to make ends meet following a drop in income caused by the coronavirus crisis. Clergy who applied to a UK government scheme for financial support were turned down on what they believe is a technicality. Their financial problems began soonContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Nashik, August 27, 2020: As India marked the 12th anniversary of anti-Christian violence on this August, a new film on “The Kandhamal Massacre 2008” is in the offing. Dilip Wagh is the maker of English film: “Warpath—Beyond the Life” (2017) which is based on the journeyContinue Reading
New Delhi, Aug 27, 2020: Five members of the Great Andamanese tribe have tested positive for Covid-19. “We have shifted all the five to an isolation facility in Port Blair. Of these five persons, four are male and one female,” Avijit Roy, Nodal officer for COVID-19 and Deputy Director (Health),Continue Reading
By Sunil Rosario Kolkata, Aug 26, 2020: The Commission for Migrants of the Latin rite bishops in India has called for special prayers on September 27, the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. The world has an estimated 272 million international migrants around, which accounts for 3.5 percent of theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 26, 2020: The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) has mourned the death of Jesuit Father Gaston Roberge, one of the pioneers of media education in India. The 85-year-old Canadian missionary died in the morning of August 26 in Kolkata, an eastern Indian city.Continue Reading
New Delhi, Aug 26, 2020: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra recalled what Mother Teresa told her when she visited the family after former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination in May 1991. The Congress leader, in a tweet, shared pictures of her working with the Missionaries of Charity. “Shortly after my father wasContinue Reading
Detroit, Aug 26, 2020: A priest in the US city of Detroit has been left mortified after being told that his ordination has been rendered invalid due to a mix-up of the wording recited during his baptism. The error means that, according to Catholic doctrine, Father Matthew Hood has technicallyContinue Reading
By Jonah McKeown Denver Newsroom, Aug 25, 2020: Catholics are joining Native American leaders in calling for mercy for a Navajo man who is sentenced to die in a federal execution this week. The Navajo Nation objects to the execution. Lezmond Mitchell, 38, who committed a double murder in 2001Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Latehar, Aug 26, 2020: A Montfort educationist, who has spent four decades among the poorest of the poor in eastern India, has won the best teacher award given by an NGO. Brother K J Markose works at Birsa Munda High School Janho-Barwaiya, Manika, Latehar district, Jharkhand.Continue Reading
Moscow, August 26, 2020: The metaphysical and the military in Russia could get a lot closer after the unveiling of camouflage robes and green candles designed for Russian Orthodox priests accompanying troops into battle. The priestly garments, intended to blend in with fatigues, were displayed at the Russian Armed ForcesContinue Reading
