By Vatican News Rome, Dec 8, 2019: Pope Francis on December 8 appointed Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Archbishop of Manila, as the new prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The current prefect, Fernando Filoni, assumes the post of Grand Master of the Order of the Holy SepulcherContinue Reading
London, Dec. 8, 2019: A man in the UK has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a charity worker, who worked with Mother Teresa as a special assistant in Calcutta in the early 1990s and also helped set up schools for girls in India. Colin Payne, 61,Continue Reading
By Victor Edwin New Delhi, Dec. 8, 2019: As a Jesuit involved in Christian-Muslim Relations, I felt it important to visit Kashmir and be with my friends for a few days and to know how the Christian presence in the valley brings solace to people burdened enormously over the lastContinue Reading
New Delhi, Dec Dec 8, 2019: Students of Delhi government schools will now be taught about the life, contribution and ideas of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar — from his experiences of casteism during his early years to his ideas on parliamentary democracy. This was announced by Chief Minister Arvind KejriwalContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Dec 8, 2019: Taking a clue from the recently concluded Amazonian Synod held in the Vatican, Catholic Church Reform International, a body of reform minded Catholics, is seeking to have similar people’s synods in various countries. Plans are afoot in Brazil, Mexico, USA, Germany, Kenya, Australia andContinue Reading
By Victor Ferrao Rachol, Dec 8, 2019: On December 4, the body of Sister Mary Sandra Vianney was found on a railway track in Hubli, Karnataka. Media reports said it was a case of suicide. Sister Vianney was among at least a dozen priests and nuns who ended their livesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 8, 2019: At least 43 people have died and around 50 wounded on December 8 after a major fire broke out in the Anaj Mandi area of central Delhi. A call about the fire was received at 5:22 a.m. following which 30 fireContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Lucknow, Dec 7, 2019: The Association of Franciscan Families of India (AFFI) organized a national training for priests and nuns for effective evangelization through social media at St. Fidelis College, Lucknow. As many as 72 members of AFFI along with secretaries of other religious congregation attendedContinue Reading
By Kim Ae-ran Recently by chance, I met Father Kinley Tshering, former provincial superior of Darjeeling Jesuit Province in India, the first and only native Bhutan Catholic priest. Bhutan is a close Buddhist theocracy with a population of less than a million, located in the Eastern Himalayas in South Asia,Continue Reading
By Gerard O’Connell Rome, Dec 7, 2019: Pope Francis granted the last wish of an 11-year-old Argentinian boy, who before dying from cancer asked to be buried near the pope in the Vatican. In 2015, Francis had Tomasito laid to rest in the Teutonic cemetery in the Vatican, close toContinue Reading
