Rome, Dec. 12, 2018: Pope Francis has removed from his inner circle two cardinals facing allegations linked to sexual abuse, the Vatican said. Australia’s George Pell and Chile’s Francisco Javier Errazuriz will no longer sit on the Council of Cardinals, set up by the pope as an international advice body.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec. 12, 2018: Pope Francis on December 12 accepted the resignation of Bishop Addagatla Innayya Chinna of Srikakulam, a diocese in Andhra Pradesh state. A press note from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India thanked Bishop Innaya for his dedicated services to the ChurchContinue Reading
Strasbourg, Dec 11 : French police are hunting for a gunman who shot two people dead and injured at least 12 others in a terror attack on Strasbourg’s celebrated Christmas market on Dec 11 evening. Residents in Neudorf, a southeast residential district of the city where the gunman is believedContinue Reading
Piravom, Dec. 11, 2018: The Kerala High Court on December 11 refused to hear a petition regarding the management of a church currently in the middle of a heated dispute between the two factions of Christians. A division bench of the court comprising of Justice PR Ramachandra Menon and JusticeContinue Reading
Vasco, Dec. 11, 2018: Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao of Goa and Daman on December 10 said that education must communicate human, social and spiritual values, enabling students to become transformed persons. He called upon students to work with collaborative efforts in order to fulfill the dreams in their life. TheContinue Reading
By Madan Sualsingh Daringbabadi, Dec.11, 2018: A tribal cultural group comprising women of Kandhamal district in Odisha, eastern India, has challenged society to change its attitude on gender stereotyping. Jana Shakti (people’s power), the cultural team of Jana Vikas (people’s development), an NGO, raised the challenged on December 11 atContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Cox Bozar, Bangladesh, Dec. 11, 2018: Caritas Bangladesh and the Jesuit Relief Service (JRS) have been providing psycho-social support to Rohingya children. One of the compelling sights in all the 30 makeshift camps in Cox’s Bazar is that of little children and youth filling the camps. TheirContinue Reading
Beijing, Dec 10, 2018: Dozens of members of a prominent unofficial Protestant church and their pastor have gone missing in southwest China after authorities raided their homes, churchgoers said Monday, amid increasing restrictions on religious worship. The police sweep occurred Dec. 9 night, according to a statement from the EarlyContinue Reading
Aizawl, Dec. 11, 2018: While the nation is grappling under population boom and the current generation opting for nuclear families and not more than 2 children, it is a known fact that many indigenous communities in India, in general and Northeast India in particular are facing the risk of dwindlingContinue Reading
By Pamela Constable Kartarpur, Pakistan, Dec. 10, 2018: — Rising above a placid stretch of rice paddies and wheat fields in southern Punjab province is a graceful white-domed temple. To followers of the Sikh religion, 21 million of whom live in next-door India, it is a sacred site where GuruContinue Reading
