New Delhi, April 24, 2019: The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the serial bomb blasts in Sri Lanka that killed over 300 people. The terror group also released on April 23 a picture of eight terrorists through its propaganda ‘Amaq’ news agency. “The executors of the attack thatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ching Mai, April 23, 2019: The Christian Conference of Asia on April 21 offered solidarity and sympathy to the victims of earthquakes that hit the Philippines on two days. A second major quake on April 23 rattled the Philippines after an earlier 6.1-magnitude earthquake that leftContinue Reading
London, April 23, 2019: A British father whose entire family were killed in the suspected terror attack in Sri Lanka has paid tribute to his “talented and thoughtful” children and his “brilliant, loving” wife. Ben Nicholson said his wife Anita, 42, son Alex, 14, and daughter Annabel, 11, had beenContinue Reading
Jakarta,April 19, 2019: The deadly attacks in Sri Lanka on Sunday highlighted how easily religious coexistence can be ripped apart in a region where secularism is weakening amid the growing appeal of a politics based on ethnic and sectarian identity. In India, the country’s governing right-wing Hindu party is exploitingContinue Reading
Manila, April 22,2019: Eight men and a woman were nailed to crosses while hundreds of barefoot men beat themselves with flails on Good Friday, in a blood-soaked display of religious fervour in the Philippines. Frowned upon by the Church, the ritual crucifixions and self-flagellation in the north of the countryContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Yangon, April 22, 2019 — The President of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference Charles Cardinal Maung Bo sent a letter of solidarity and condolence to Albert Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo, Sri Lanka on 21 April 2019 in the wake of the serial bomb blasts thatContinue Reading
Vatican City, April 21, 2019: Pope Francis on April 21 expressed his sadness at the deadly bomb attacks in Sri Lanka and said he stood with the victims of “such cruel violence.” The pontiff told the thousands of people who gathered on St Peter’s Square to hear his Easter SundayContinue Reading
Colombo, April 21, 2019: At least 207 people were killed and more than 450 wounded on April 21 when eight explosions hit churches and hotels in and around the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo. Sri Lanka declared curfew after the eighth blast was reported in Colombo. A while earlier, theContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Rome, April 19, 2019: Pope Francis has appointed a Salesian nun as a State Councilor to Vatican City State. Sister Alessandra Smerilli, a member of the Daughter of Mary Help of Christians, is a professor of political economy at the Pontifical Faculty of Educational Sciences “Auxilium.”Continue Reading
Johannesburg, April 19, 2019: Thirteen people were killed and at least 16 were wounded when the roof of a church collapsed during Maundy Thursday Mass in South Africa. The accident happened on April 18 evening in the town of Dlangubo, north of Durban, an eastern city in South Africa. HeavyContinue Reading
