By Matters India Reporter Chiang Mai, Jan 31, 2020: The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) organized a regional consultation to intensify interfaith HIV and AIDS advocacy collaborations in Asia. Held at the CCA headquarters from January 27–31, twenty-five participants representing different faith-based organizations and religions from Asia as well asContinue Reading
Geneva, Jan 30, 2020: Coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread outside China. “The main reason for this declaration is not what is happening in China but what is happening in other countries,” said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.Continue Reading
Prato, Jan 22, 2020: Priests from a Catholic group banned by the Vatican – including its charismatic founder – are under police investigation for child abuse after two brothers accused them of sex attacks. Don Giglio Gilioli, 73, and eight of his priests and brothers in the Disciples of theContinue Reading
Beijing, Jan. 28, 2020: China has quarantined millions of people and urged its citizens to delay overseas travel as it scrambles to stop a deadly coronavirus epidemic from spreading further. Authorities also ordered schools and universities to remain closed on Jan. 28 after extending a national holiday by a weekContinue Reading
Vatican City, Jan 27, 2020: The Vatican announced Sunday that Pope Francis has a new personal secretary, Fr. Gonzalo Aemilius, a priest from Uruguay known for his ministry with children on the streets. Pope Francis first met Aemilius in 2006 when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires. In one ofContinue Reading
Vatican City, Jan 25, 2020: Pope Francis prayed at the tomb of St. Paul with Orthodox and Anglican leaders Saturday to conclude the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. “God’s priority is the salvation of all,” Pope Francis in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls Jan. 25. “ThisContinue Reading
Rome, Jan. 25, 2020: Former nuns “abandoned” by the Catholic Church, including some who became prostitutes to survive, have been sheltered at a Vatican residence for more than a year, a Brazilian cardinal said. Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz confirmed the house’s existence at an undisclosed location in the VaticanContinue Reading
The Hague, Jan 23, 2020: In a sweeping legal victory for members of the Rohingya Muslim minority, the United Nations’ top court on January 23 ordered Myanmar take all measures in its power to prevent genocide against the Rohingya people. The court’s President, Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, said the InternationalContinue Reading
Abuja, Jan 22, 2020: A senior church leader in Nigeria, who was abducted in early January, has reportedly now been killed. Reverend Lawan Andimi, a state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), was taken during a raid in Michika, a town in Nigeria’s Adamawa state. A video wasContinue Reading
The Catholic Church in South Korea has steadily grown over the past two decades according to a study by the Catholic Pastoral Institute of Korea (CPIK) of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (CBCK). 11.1% of South Korea’s population The number of Catholics has increased by 48.6 per cent, fromContinue Reading
