Matters India reporter Yangon, October 1, 2019 — In a statement released on 1st October, eve of 150th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi the apostle of peace and non-violence, Cardinal Charles Bo archbishop of Yangon has appealed to the country’s religious leaders to speak out against the atrocitiesContinue Reading
Tokyo, Sep 29, 2019: In the age of mass communication, the Catholic Church is finding previously unimagined opportunities for evangelization – namely, over the internet. However, for the small minority of believers in Japan, the internet is far less connective. Much like their diocese and parishes, which are hardly seenContinue Reading
Vatican City, September 29, 2019: Just days before the Amazon synod of bishops is to convene in Rome, a symposium of students of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI published a statement of concern regarding the possibility of married priests, a controversial topic of discussion at the upcoming synod. “The vocation asContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New York, September 28, 2019: Hereditary and structural oppression must be eliminated from every society, said Suraj Yengde, an award-winning scholar and activist from India. “The hegemonic system the people who remained at the bottom have remained at the bottom and any effort to fight againstContinue Reading
Petaling Jaya, September 25, 2019: Malaysian journalist Fabian Dawson has been named the recipient of the Bruce Hutchinson Lifetime Achievement Award, a top North American journalism accolade. Dawson, who began his career at New Straits Times and Malay Mail in Malaysia and also worked in India, will receive the awardContinue Reading
Vatican city, Sept. 24, 2019: Catholic journalists need to be able to distinguish good from evil and recognize how their words can shape the world, not just describe what has happened, Pope Francis said. Reporters also can help “unmask words that are false and destructive,” but they must make sureContinue Reading
Vatican, Sept. 24, 2019: At the end of their recent meeting, the Catholic Bishops of Nigeria have said that attacks aimed at Pope Francis are ill-advised and describe them as “the proverbial ill wind that blows no one any good, bearing in mind that there are other more legitimate avenuesContinue Reading
Vatican City, Sep 23, 2019: Pope Francis told an association of Italian Catholic news agencies Monday to stay close to the Magisterium and to use their work to distinguish what is good from what is evil. “To renew your harmony with the magisterium of the Church, I urge you toContinue Reading
Manila, September 23, 2019: In a low-key but historic event, the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-day Saints (Mormons), through its Family Search arm, recently turned over digitized Philippine Catholic Church records spanning four centuries to the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). The documents from 1614 to 2014Continue Reading
Colombo, September 23, 2019: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has ordered a fresh inquiry into the Easter suicide bombings that killed at least 258 people after the Catholic Church voiced concerns that current probes are not independent. The government has blamed a local jihadi group, the National Thowheeth Jama’ath (NTJ)Continue Reading
