Hong Kong, Dec. 8, 2019: Vast crowds of democracy protesters thronged Hong Kong’s streets on Sunday in a forceful display of support for the movement on its six-month anniversary, as organisers warned the city’s pro-Beijing leaders they had a “last chance” to end the political crisis. Tens of thousands snakedContinue Reading
By Vatican News Rome, Dec 8, 2019: Pope Francis on December 8 appointed Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Archbishop of Manila, as the new prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The current prefect, Fernando Filoni, assumes the post of Grand Master of the Order of the Holy SepulcherContinue Reading
London, Dec. 8, 2019: A man in the UK has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a charity worker, who worked with Mother Teresa as a special assistant in Calcutta in the early 1990s and also helped set up schools for girls in India. Colin Payne, 61,Continue Reading
By Gerard O’Connell Rome, Dec 7, 2019: Pope Francis granted the last wish of an 11-year-old Argentinian boy, who before dying from cancer asked to be buried near the pope in the Vatican. In 2015, Francis had Tomasito laid to rest in the Teutonic cemetery in the Vatican, close toContinue Reading
Vatican City, Dec 5, 2019: Members of a Vatican special committee met with the Secretary General of the United Nations on December 4 to deliver a petition on human fraternity co-authored by Pope Francis and the Sunni Islamic Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmed Al-Tayeb. The committee was formed in August,Continue Reading
Abu Dhabi, Dec. 6, 2019: The opening of a new Church of South India (CSI) Parish Abu Dhabi was officially announced at St. Andrew’s church in the capital on Friday evening, marked by a Blessing Foundation Stone ceremony. The new church will be built at a new worship centre inContinue Reading
By Hannah Brockhaus Rome, Dec. 5, 2019: The publication date of the new constitution governing the Roman Curia has been delayed again as Pope Francis’ council of cardinals continues to evaluate suggestions to the draft that was given to bishops’ conferences in May. The now six-member advisory council met atContinue Reading
New Delhi, Dec 5, 2019: As many as 18 Indians were kidnapped from a Hong Kong-flagged vessel by pirates close to the coast of Nigeria, an international agency that tracks maritime movements in the area said. The Indian mission in Nigeria sprung into action and approached authorities in the AfricanContinue Reading
Hong Kong, China, Dec 4, 2019: Cardinal Joseph Zen, former bishop of Hong Kong, has renewed his criticism of the Vatican-China deal, warning that he thinks Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin is exercising undue influence in advising Pope Francis. “I have a clear impression that Parolin is manipulatingContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Bangkok, December 4, 2019: Bonded labor has complex roots in Indian history and society, says an official of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India’s Office for Labor. In India, some 40 million children, women and men are trapped in bonded labor, a form of modern-day slavery. Recently, internalContinue Reading
