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
Ouagadougou, Dec 2, 2019: At least 14 people have been killed after gunmen opened fire inside a church in Burkina Faso. The victims were attending a service on December 1 at a church in Hantoukoura, in the eastern part of the country. The identity of the gunmen is not knownContinue Reading
Bethlehem (West Bank), December 1, 2019: A tiny wooden relic that some Christians believe to be part of Jesus’ manger arrived Saturday in its permanent home in the biblical city of Bethlehem 1,400 years after it was sent to Rome as a gift to the pope. Cheerful crowds greeted theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Yangon, Dec 2, 2019: Myanmar’s first cardinal has appealed to its rulers to reach out to its suffering people through dialogue. “I appeal today to the leaders of Myanmar to put away guns and violence and to reach out in dialogue with all communities in MyanmarContinue Reading
Vatican City, Dec 1, 2019: Pope Francis said Sunday that he was grieved to hear of the deadly violence against protesters in Iraq and expressed his closeness to the entire Iraqi people. “I am following the situation in Iraq with concern. I learned with grief that the protests in recentContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Manila, Nov 28, 2019: A Pentecostal church in the Philippines is building the world’s biggest arena which could accommodate up to 70,000 people. Being built with US$25 million, the KJC King Dome’s construction is 70 percent complete as of November 2019 and hoped to be finishedContinue Reading
Vatican City, Nov. 28, 2019: Pope Francis appointed a seasoned Italian finance inspector to lead the Vatican’s financial watchdog agency following the resignation of its president. The Vatican said in a statement Nov. 27 that the pope named Carmelo Barbagallo as the new head of the Financial Intelligence Authority, knownContinue Reading
By Monika Weber Steinen, November 27, 2019: Indian Catholic priest Edwin John wants children to come together in parliaments. So they should be able to solve problems better. The idea now arrived at a workshop in Steinen, Germany. In 1977, Father John had an idea. He wanted children to comeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Manila, November 27, 2019: A Pentecostal church called the KJC (Kingdom of Jesus Christ) in the Philippines is building the world’s biggest arena which could accommodate up to 70,000 people. Being built with USD 25 million, the KJC King Dome’s construction is 70 percent complete asContinue Reading
Manila, Nov. 27, 2019: Red light bathed the facade of Manila Cathedral in Intramuros, Manila on Wednesday evening as the basilica joined more than 2,000 other churches in the country in observing the global Red Wednesday campaign. First organized by Catholic pastoral aid organization Aid to the Church in NeedContinue Reading
