Manila, May 2, 2019: When the lethargic heat of summer set in, the residents of Binalonan, a small town in the Philippines, used to gather under trees and share stories about their neighbors, swapping tidbits about rumored scandals, affairs, bankruptcies and divorces. But no longer. In local law imposed onContinue Reading
Colombo, May 2, 2019: Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church scrapped plans to resume Sunday services following a “specific threat” against two religious locations after the deadly Easter attacks. The archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, said on Thursday that a “reliable foreign source” had alerted him to possible attacks this weekend.Continue Reading
Paris, May 1, 2019: A hit documentary about how some Catholic priests allegedly abused nuns in different parts of the world, including India, has been pulled from the Franco-German television channel Arte after a priest complained to a German court. The big-budget media investigation, Sex Slaves in the Catholic Church,Continue Reading
Colombo, May 1, 2019: Public Mass in the terror-hit Sri Lanka would resume in certain Catholic churches from May 5 and no bags will be allowed inside churches as part of the tight security measures, according to Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith. All public church services were cancelled after the Easter SundayContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena SS.CC. Rome, April 30, 2019: A training program in Rome has helped priests and nuns handling funds in their congregations and dioceses learn the components of project management and theories of fundraising. “Right step and right direction for congregations to learn fundraising in this changing time,” remarkedContinue Reading
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – Gunmen killed 4 worshippers and a pastor in the first jihadist attack on a church in Burkina Faso, security and local sources said Monday, April 29, in the latest violence to rock the formerly peaceful west African nation. The raid on Sunday, April 28, took placeContinue Reading
Colombo, April 29, 2019: Sri Lankan security officials have warned that Islamist militants are planning another round of attacks and could be dressed in uniform. Meanwhile Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, archbishop of Colombo and head of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka, complained about insufficient security around churches. Three churches andContinue Reading
Colombo, April 29, 2019: Sri Lankan security officials have warned that Islamist militants behind Easter Sunday’s suicide bombings are planning attacks and could be dressed in uniform, as the archbishop of Colombo complained about insufficient security around churches. The militants were targeting five locations for attacks on Sunday just passedContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Yangon, April 29, 2019: In a freak incident of history a cardinal of a small country that has witnessed decades of conflict and natural calamities reached out in compassion not only in his own country but also beyond the confines of his continental borders, four times inContinue Reading
Pittsburgh, April 29, 2019 — A 17th-century Geneva Bible, one of the hundreds of rare books authorities said was stolen from a Pittsburgh library as part of a 20-year-long theft scheme, is back home. he Bible, published in 1615, was traced to the American Pilgrim Museum in Leiden, about 45Continue Reading
