Vatican, Jan 2: Pope Francis has apologised for losing his patience with a woman who grabbed his arm in St Peter’s Square on New Year’s Eve. “Many times we lose our patience; me too. I apologise for yesterday’s bad example,” Pope Francis in a departure from his prepared remarks forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Manila, Jan 2, 2020: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the outgoing Archbishop of Manila, is to hold the seventh Philippine Conference on New Evangelization (PCNE) before he assumes his new post in the Vatican in two months’ time. He will convene the January 28-29 conference on theContinue Reading
Thiruvanathapuram, Jan. 1, 2020: The Kerala government on Jan. 1 decided to bring in an ordinance that permits the conduct of burial rituals of Jacobite parishoners in their family cemetry at the churches that are now under the control of the Orthodox faction of the Malankara church. The government decidedContinue Reading
Hong Kong, Jan. 1, 2020: Lawmakers and civic leaders from 18 countries have urged Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to set up an independent probe into police’s use of force in the ongoing protests, warning they would otherwise call for an inquiry at the international level. AmongContinue Reading
Shanghai, December 30, 2019: A Chinese court sentenced the pastor of the Early Rain Covenant Church, Wang Yi, to nine years in prison on charges of inciting subversion of state power and illegally operating a business. Wang was among dozens of churchgoers and leaders of the Early Rain Covenant ChurchContinue Reading
Houston,Dec. 31, 2019: A gunman opened fire on worshippers at a church during Sunday service in Texas, killing two persons before being shot by an armed member of the congregation, the authorities said. The shooting took place at about 11:50 am (local time), during the morning service on Dec.30. TheContinue Reading
By Donald G. McNeil Jr. Gangotri, Dec. 31, 2019: High in the Himalayas, it’s easy to see why the Ganges River is considered sacred. According to Hindu legend, the Milky Way became this earthly body of water to wash away humanity’s sins. As it drains out of a glacier here,Continue Reading
By Jeffrey Gettleman Hyderabad, Dec. 31, 2019: All day, every day, at a certain point along a highway leading out of Hyderabad, people stop their cars and get out to peer over the guardrail. It was here, under a highway bridge, that four men torched the body of a youngContinue Reading
Kolkata, Dec. 31, 2019: Vandals allegedly linked to the RSS and BJP attacked a church in West Bengal on Dec. 28 A group of eight men hurled bombs with shouts of “Jai Shri Ram”, and when worshippers fled, entered the church and vandalised it. The incident occurred at Bhagwanpur inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Four persons were arrested in Andhra Pradesh’s Srisailam town for reading the Bible at a park close to the Mallikarjuna Temple. The state police have reportedly acted against them on the charge of violating Andhra Pradesh Propagation of Other Religion in the places ofContinue Reading
