When Lauren Forthofer managed a bridal store, she often noticed mothers and grandmothers wishing their daughters and granddaughters would wear their own wedding dress instead of one from the store. “They’d just have the saddest look on their faces,” said Forthofer. “‘Are you sure you don’t want to wear myContinue Reading
Rome, May 22, 2019: A 60-year-old Salesian priest was stabbed to death and another wounded in the Don Bosco center in southwest Burkina Faso. A former cook, who worked in the facility for seven years, stabbed to death Father Fernando Fernandez, a Spaniard, on May 17. He also wounded FrContinue Reading
Yangon, May 21, 2019: Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar, President of Federation of Asian Bishop’s Conference (FABC), today expressed his compassion and prayers for the victims of Cyclone Fani that ripped through Odisha in India and Bangladesh, killing over seventy people. Cardinal Bo, who is also theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Manila, May 20, 2019: The House of Representatives is to pass a bill soon declaring the birthday of the Virgin Mary a holiday. Voting 19-0, the Senate passed a bill declaring September 8, which marks the Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, a specialContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Dhaka, May 17, 2019: North South University (NSU), Dhaka, in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is going to organize an international conference on “Rohingya Crisis in Bangladesh: Challenges and Sustainable Solutions” on July 27-28. The conference seeks to find a sustainableContinue Reading
by Elaine Jung, Louise Adamou and Swaminathan Natarajan. Colombo, May 19, 2019: On 18 May 2009, a brutal conflict which lasted almost three decades came to an end. It’s estimated that at least 100,000 people lost their lives. Many thousands are still missing. The war was fought along ethnic lines.Continue Reading
Colombo, May 16, 2019: Sri Lankan authorities say Buddhist groups were likely to blame for a wave of anti-Muslim riots that swept the island in the second week of May in apparent retaliation for Easter bombings. The April 21 attacks, claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the LevantContinue Reading
Rome, May 16, 2019: Pope Francis took eight children rescued from crisis-hit Libya for a ride in his popemobile on May 15, the youngsters grinning and snapping photos as they whizzed round Saint Peter’s Square. The children, wearing T-shirts reading “Welcome, Protect, Promote, Integrate”, hailed from Syria, Nigeria and theContinue Reading
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, May 16, 2019: Just one day after six Catholics were murdered by gunmen in Burkina Faso, four more Catholics were shot and killed in the northwest African country. On May 13 unknown gunmen interrupted a religious procession in a village near Kongoussi, a northwest city of theContinue Reading
Colombo, May 15 2019: Catholic officials and parents in Sri Lanka are hopeful that church-run schools will begin to reopen soon. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, leader of Catholics in the country, had called for the school closure after the devastating Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels. All of the islandContinue Reading
