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
By Matters India Reporter Rome, April 18, 2019: Priests and nuns from Korea living in Rome gathered at the Gregorian University Chapel on April 16 to remember the 304 victims of a ship accident in Korea five years ago. The Korean ambassador to the Vatican and his wife were amongContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Yangon, April 17, 2019: Head of the Catholic Church in Asia has expressed solidarity with the people of France in the wake of a tragic fire that damaged the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The devastating fire that gutted the spire and almost two thirds ofContinue Reading
By Ben Cal Manila, April 17, 2019: For the 33rd time since 1986, a Filipino penitent will be nailed on the cross on Good Friday. In a phone interview with the Philippine News Agency, Ruben Enaje, 58, said that he was up and ready to be “crucified” for the 33rdContinue Reading
Inés San Martín Rome, April 15, 2019: It took 29 meetings, but the pope’s “C-9” council of cardinal advisers, which is now functionally more akin to a “C-6”, has a new constitution for the Vatican in the form of a draft presentable to all the bishops’ conferences around the world,Continue Reading
