Vatican City, June 16,2020: Pope Francis appointed Fabio Gasperini, an Italian financial adviser working at Ernst & Young, to the second-ranking position at the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA) on June 15. This is the first time in its history that the secretary of APSA willContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 16, 2020: At least 20 Indian soldiers have died after a “violent face-off” with Chinese troops along the countries’ de facto border in the Himalayas late June 15, the Indian army has said. The incident occurred during a “deescalation process” underway in the Galwan Valley in theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, June 16, 2020: A former Bombay High Court judge has given 72 hours to the heads of Bangalore archdiocese and Mysore diocese to revoke their order of priests’ transfer made during the lockdown time. In a June 15 legal notice to Archbishop Peter Machado ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 16, 2020: The Delhi High Court has designated four special courts for holding trials in the cases relating to the violence and clashes that broke out in the north east district of the national capital in February this year. The high court has created two magistrate courtsContinue Reading
Melbourne, June 16, 2020: Cardinal George Pell told a group of Australian students that his Christian faith helped him persevere through his time in prison, and offered advice on how to overcome grief and stressful situations. Pell, in one of his first public appearances since his April release from prison,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, June 16, 2020: The Kerala government on June 16 opposed a petition that Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar filed in the state High Court to get a rape case against him dismissed. The government told the southern Indian state’s apex court that the prosecution hasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 16, 2020: Cardinal Charles Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Asia, on June 16 expressed shock over the hospitalization of Archbishop Moses M. Costa of Chittagong in Bangladesh with Covid-19 related issues. “The news comes as a shock because the archbishop hasContinue Reading
Punjab, June 15, 2020:Christians in a small town in eastern Pakistan have been left “terrified” after an armed gang attacked their church, tearing down a cross and knocking over a wall. Neighbors of Trinity Pentecostal Church in Kala Shah Kaku in Punjab province were alerted by the sound of commotionContinue Reading
By Saji Thomas Kattappana,June 15, 2020: Sr. Lijo Joseph calls a Kenyan number on WhatsApp from a hospital in Chikmagalur, and a young woman responds, “Hello.” The member of Congregation of the Mother of Carmel then says: “I am Sr. Lijo Joseph, a doctor calling from Corona Care from India.”Continue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad, June 15, 2020: In 1972, David Campton, a prolific British dramatist, wrote an apparently innocuous, straight- forward and simple one-act play entitled ‘Us and Them.’ The play begins innocently enough with two groups of wanderers looking for an ‘ideal’ place to settle. They doContinue Reading
