Fr Robin Gomes Vatican City, Mar. 20, 2019: With the worst water crisis hitting the Philippine capital in a decade, the Archbishop of Manila is urging for prayers for rain. “We are currently facing a water crisis. Experts reported that we are experiencing a mild El Nino,” wrote Cardinal LuisContinue Reading
By Sarrah Do women need men to conquer the world? It is famously said that there is a woman behind every successful man but only women by themselves behind these successful women. Mother Teresa was an ambassador for the power of unconditional love. As the founder of Missionaries of CharityContinue Reading
Astana, March 20, 2019: The bishops’ conference of Kazakhstan has issued a statement of support for Archbishop Francis Chullikatt, apostolic nuncio to that country. The Indian prelate has recently been accused of financial and personal misconduct during his time of service as the Vatican’s chief diplomat at the United Nations.Continue Reading
Nairobi, Mar 19, 2019: — Government and aid agency officials sounded the alarm on March 19 after flights over a vast area of wreckage wrought by Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe, Malawi and especially Mozambique spurred fears of a massive human toll. That toll is already in the hundreds across theContinue Reading
Paris, Mar. 19, 2019: Philippe Barbarin, the French Roman Catholic cardinal convicted of failing to report sexual abuse charges, said on Mar. 19 that Pope Francis had turned down his offer to resign but had suggested he stand aside “for a while”. Barbarin, who is appealing his guilty verdict, saidContinue Reading
Varikoli, March 19, 2019: The family of 46-year-old Thondanpaarayil Saramma, who passed away on March 17, is in a quandary as they continue to wait for her burial ceremony. This family from Varikoli in Ernakulam district has become yet another victim to be caught in the crossfire of the protractedContinue Reading
Chennai, March 19, 2019: The Election Commission on March 19 informed the Madras High Court that it has rejected a plea by the Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council seeking re-scheduling Lok Sabha elections and assembly bypolls in the state. Election Commission (EC) counsel Niranjan Rajagopalan made the submission when a petitionContinue Reading
Chennai, March 19: 2019: The head of the Catholic Church in Tamil Nadu has approached the Madras High Court for change in the general election date in the southern Indian state. “There are two difficulties — the timing and the venue,” Archbishop Antony Pappusamy of Madurai explained the Church’s problemContinue Reading
By Christa Pongratz-Lippitt Tutzing, March 19, 2019: The leader of one of Germany’s most important women religious communities has questioned the Catholic Church’s exclusion of women from the ordained priesthood. “It is surely only natural for women to be priests and I cannot understand the reasons given as to whyContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Kolkata, March 19, 2019: A priest who worked for street children in various Indian cities for over 33 years died on March 19. Salesian Fr Anthony Thaiparambil died at Don Bosco Provincial House New Delhi. He was 84. His funeral is scheduled to be held in NewContinue Reading
