Managua, May 23, 2022: A Nicaraguan bishop critical of President Daniel Ortega’s government has begun an indefinite hunger strike after taking refuge in a Catholic church in the capital Managua, alleging he had been targeted by the police. Bishop Rolando Alvarez of Matagalpa and Esteli in the north of theContinue Reading
Mexico: Father Jose Guadalupe Rivas 58, and another unidentified person have been found dead on a ranch in Tecate, on the US Mexico border. Father Jose ran the Casa del Migrante de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Tecate (Baja California). He was a member of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal MovementContinue Reading
By Giancarlo La Vella Jerusalem, May 17, 2022: All Christian denominations in the Holy Land have condemned a violent intrusion by the Israeli police in the funeral procession carrying the body of slain reporter, Shireen Abu Aqleh. Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilus III, the bishopsContinue Reading
Sokoto, May 15, 2022: A Christian student was stoned and then burned in Nigeria for allegedly sending a blasphemous WhatsApp message about Muslim prophet Mohammed during Ramadan. Deborah Yakubu studied at the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, northern Nigeria. The college was closed for holidays when the allegedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Myanmar, May 15, 2022: Cardinal Charles Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Asia, has urged the international community to monitor the situation in Hong Kong and speak out for freedom and justice. The president of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences made the call MayContinue Reading
Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City,May 12, 2022: Pope Francis decried the low birth rate in Western countries on May 12, describing it as an urgent social emergency and a “new poverty.” “It is not immediately perceptible, like other problems that occupy the news, but it is very urgent: fewer and fewerContinue Reading
By Vatican News staff writer The Holy See Press Office on May 13 announced that Pope Francis will be travelling to Canada from 24 – 30 July, having accepted invitations from civil and ecclesiastical authorities, as well as the indigenous communities. The upcoming July visit of the Holy Father willContinue Reading
By Salvatore Cernuzio Vatican, May 11, 2022: Ninety-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen, who was the bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong from 2002 to 2009, was arrested on May 11 by Hong Kong authorities. The cardinal has reportedly been released on bail, according to reports circulated via social media byContinue Reading
By John Newton Vorzel, May 11, 2022: A seminary bombed and ransacked by Russian troops plans to re-open its doors this September with help from Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). The charity has announced that it will help rebuild Sacred Heart Seminary in Vorzel, 30 km east ofContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Colombo, May 5, 2022: Benjamin Reyes, former chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board in the Philippines, on May 4 took over as the new secretary-general of the Colombo Plan International, a pioneering inter-governmental organization in the Asia-Pacific region. A person with more than three decades of experienceContinue Reading
