Matters India Reporter Yangon, February 6, 2020 — In an open letter written to Myanmar rulers dated February 6, 2020, Salesian cardinal Charles Maung Bo archbishop of Yangon has made a passionate appeal to restore voting rights to the country’s religious men and women. “The Constitution of Myanmar, in ArticleContinue Reading
La Plata, Feb 5, 2020: Pope Francis has dismissed from the clerical state Argentine priest Roberto Juan Yannuzzi, founder and superior of the Miles Christi (Soldier of Christ) Institute, who has been found guilty of abuse. The order works in Italy, Mexico and the U.S, besides Argentina. Archbishop Víctor ManuelContinue Reading
By Junno Arocho Esteves Vatican City, Feb 5, 2020: The Vatican donated thousands of protective masks to several Chinese provinces affected by the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. In an email to Catholic News Service Feb. 3, the Vatican press office confirmed a report that appeared in the Chinese newspaperContinue Reading
Ending decades of free entry to Indian tourists visiting Bhutan, the government in Thimphu has decided to levy a daily ₹1,200 ($17) fee for “regional tourists” from India, the Maldives and Bangladesh, beginning July 2020. The fee, called a Sustainable Development Fee (SDF), is meant to help the government dealContinue Reading
Moscow, Feb 4, 2020: The Russian Orthodox Church has proposed a stop to the practice of having priests bless weapons of mass destruction, though sprinkling holy water on planes and ships is still deemed appropriate. The Church on February 3 published a draft document outlining its role in blessing OrthodoxContinue Reading
Manila, Feb. 4, 2020: Father Fernando Suarez, the controversial “healing priest” of the Philippines, died of a massive heart attack in a tennis court. Suarez, a fan of tennis star Rafael Nadal, collapsed while playing his third singles set at Manila’s Alabang Country Club on the opening day of theContinue Reading
Kaduna, Feb 03, 2020: A Nigerian seminarian kidnapped with three others in Nigeria has been murdered by his abductors. Michael Nnadi, aged 18, was separated from the others along with the wife of a medical doctor, Philip Atagi, and killed by the bandits who took them hostage and demanded ransoms.Continue Reading
VATICAN CITY , Feb 03, 2020: The Vatican donated thousands of protective masks to several Chinese provinces affected by the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. In an email to Catholic News Service Feb. 3, the Vatican press office confirmed a report that appeared in the Chinese newspaper The Global Times,Continue Reading
The headline at dailymail.co.uk was certainly striking: “Nuns forced to become PROSTITUTES after they were ‘abandoned’ by the Catholic Church have been sheltered at a secret Vatican residence for more than a year, cardinal reveals.” The headline was based on an interview with Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, the prefectContinue Reading
Canada, Jan. 31, 2020: Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who spent years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy, has published a book about her experiences and her new life. Ms Bibi released a memoir, Enfin Libre, or Finally Free, written with French journalist Anne-Isabelle Tollet. She wasContinue Reading
