Colombo, April 29, 2019: Over a week after the devastating Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, the country has completely banned all face veils including the burqa. The decision was approved by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and the announcement was made late on Sunday via a press release. AccordingContinue Reading
Jakarta, April 28, 2019: What will happen if a large country conducts several elections at the same time to cut costs? It could be fatal at least for some election officials, as happened in Indonesia. Indonesia, a country that stretches more than 5,000 km from its western to eastern tips,Continue Reading
Colombo, April 25, 2019:All of Sri Lanka’s Catholic churches have been ordered to stay closed and suspend services until security improves after deadly Easter bombings, a senior priest told AFP April 25. “On the advice of the security forces we are keeping all churches closed,” the priest said. “There willContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Yangon, April 26, 2019: Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Myanmar, has mourned the death of 54 people in mine tragedy on Easter Monday 22. “Sorrow and sadness engulf the hearts of Myanmar people in the Easter week. 54 of our countryContinue Reading
Colombo, Apr 24, 2019: The Archbishop of Colombo says that government officials in Sri Lanka should be fired for failing to act on tips that terrorists attacks were imminent in the hours preceding Easter Sunday bombings in the country. “It’s absolutely unacceptable behavior on the part of these high officialsContinue Reading
By Jeffrey Gettleman and Dharisha Bastians Negombo, April 25, 2019: Auranzeb Zabi was cooking rice at a friend’s house on April 24 when he heard angry shouting outside, looked out the window and saw a mob of Sri Lankan men carrying iron bars. A day after the Islamic State claimedContinue Reading
Pugoda, Sri Lanka, April 25, 2019: An explosion occurred in a town east of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, on April 25 but there were no casualties, a police spokesman said. Spokesperson Ruwan Gunasekera said police were investigating the blast on empty land behind the magistrate’s court in Pugoda, 40Continue Reading
By Sujata Jena Rome, April 25, 2019: As many as 52 priest and nuns from 19 countries are currently undergoing a training program in Rome to become development personnel. “Many congregations today experience a bottle neck situation, of drying of traditional sources and emergence of new mission territories demanding financialContinue Reading
April 24, 2019: Sara Hinesley, 10, doesn’t understand why it’s so remarkable that she won a national handwriting competition. She paints and draws and sculpts clay. She can write in English and some Mandarin. When she learned to write in cursive this year, Sara said, she thought it was “kindContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Yangon, April 24, 2019: Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference (FABC) president Charles Cardinal Maung Bo has sent a message of prayerful solidarity to Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines that was devastated by earthquakes on April 22 and 23. The first tremor, a magnitude 6.1 quake,Continue Reading
