By Jeffrey Gettleman and Dharisha Bastians Negombo, April 25, 2019: Auranzeb Zabi was cooking rice at a friend’s house on April 24 when he heard angry shouting outside, looked out the window and saw a mob of Sri Lankan men carrying iron bars. A day after the Islamic State claimedContinue Reading
Pugoda, Sri Lanka, April 25, 2019: An explosion occurred in a town east of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, on April 25 but there were no casualties, a police spokesman said. Spokesperson Ruwan Gunasekera said police were investigating the blast on empty land behind the magistrate’s court in Pugoda, 40Continue Reading
By Sujata Jena Rome, April 25, 2019: As many as 52 priest and nuns from 19 countries are currently undergoing a training program in Rome to become development personnel. “Many congregations today experience a bottle neck situation, of drying of traditional sources and emergence of new mission territories demanding financialContinue Reading
April 24, 2019: Sara Hinesley, 10, doesn’t understand why it’s so remarkable that she won a national handwriting competition. She paints and draws and sculpts clay. She can write in English and some Mandarin. When she learned to write in cursive this year, Sara said, she thought it was “kindContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, April 24, 2019: Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore on April 24 asked a Bharatiya Janata Party leader to withdraw his anti-Christian remarks and offer an unconditional apology to the community. The uncalled for remarks of K S Eshwarappa are condemnable and highly deplorable, the archbishopContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Yangon, April 24, 2019: Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference (FABC) president Charles Cardinal Maung Bo has sent a message of prayerful solidarity to Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines that was devastated by earthquakes on April 22 and 23. The first tremor, a magnitude 6.1 quake,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, April 24, 2019: All the Latin rite dioceses in India will organize special prayers to show solidarity with the Church and people of Sri Lanka. “To pledge our closeness and solidarity with the victims of the multiple bomb blasts that took place in Sri LankaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, April 24, 2019: A faulty electronic voting machine on April 23 prevented Syro Malabar Major Archbishop Cardinal George Alencherry from voting. The cardinal arrived at 6:45 am at his booth to cast his vote. Polling was scheduled to begin at 7 am. “He was theContinue Reading
New Delhi, April 24, 2019: The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the serial bomb blasts in Sri Lanka that killed over 300 people. The terror group also released on April 23 a picture of eight terrorists through its propaganda ‘Amaq’ news agency. “The executors of the attack thatContinue Reading
By Niha Masih Malogam, April 23, 2019: In the fading afternoon light, Gammar Bam glanced down nervously at a fast-flowing river in a corner of northeastern India. His team had already driven eight hours on one-lane mountainous roads and shaky bridges. Now they were trekking on a slippery path huggingContinue Reading
