SAN GABRIEL, Calif, July 12, 2020: A fire early July 11 destroyed the rooftop and most of the interior of a Catholic church in California that was undergoing renovation to mark its upcoming 250th anniversary celebration. Fire alarms at the San Gabriel Mission rang around 4 a.m. When firefighters arrived,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, July 12, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias on July 12 expressed concern over seafarers stranded in various parts of the world because of the coronavirus pandemic and assured them the Church’s prayers for their safe return home. “I want to join you my dear seafarers whoContinue Reading
By Fr. Paul Parecattil Kochi, July 12, 2020: Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of Kerala is opening a youtube chanel to bring devotional music nearer to liturgical music; through its latest YouTube channel, ‘Sacred Music’. It’s a new venture of the Sacred Music department of the archdiocese which recently published its firstContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Jul 11, 2020: The Kerala High Court has directed the police to provide protection to the life and property of Sister Lucy Kalappura, a nun expelled by the Franciscan Clarist Congregation for allegedly violating religious vows. In her petition to the top court in Kerala,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhatpur, July 12, 2020: Pastor Munsi Deo Tando was abducted and murdered in near Bhatpar, a village in the Gadchiroli district of the western Indian state of Maharashtra. A group of Naxalites or Maoists came to the pastor’s house as he was concluding a 90-minute prayerContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Padangi, July 11, 2020: Indira Pradhan is ready to give up her husband, three young children and relatives after getting to know Jesus Christ. The 42-year-old woman of Kandhamal, Odisha, says she had serious health issues for three years from 2013 and spent huge money on treatmentContinue Reading
Johannesburg, July 11, 2020: Police in South Africa say five people are dead and more than 40 have been arrested after an early-morning hostage situation at a church near Johannesburg. A statement says police and military who responded to reports of a shooting at the International Pentecostal Holiness Church inContinue Reading
New Delhi, July 11, 2020: Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan tested positive for coronavirus, he revealed in a tweet on July 11 night. In his tweet, Bachchan, 77, said that he’s been admitted to a hospital. Bachchan also said his family members and staff have undergone tests for Covid-19 and theirContinue Reading
By Massimiliano Tubani and John Newton Königstein (Germany), July 11, 2020: A kidnapped Christian girl in Pakistan has phoned her parents to say she is pregnant after being raped by her abductor, who has imprisoned her in one room of his house. Tabassum Yousaf, the lawyer fighting for the freedomContinue Reading
New Delhi, July 11, 2020: A family in Kerala has demanded 1 billion rupees as compensation from the Italian government days after a UN court said India is entitled to compensation in the case of Italian Mariners firing on a fishing village. The family of Prijin A claims that heContinue Reading
