Vatican City, Feb. 20, 2019: Victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy demanded on Feb 20 to meet Pope Francis to press their call for the Church to apply a zero tolerance policy including the dismissal of bishops who covered up such offences. The 12 victims met with five VaticanContinue Reading
London, Feb 20, 2019: Two prominent cardinals have called for an end to the “plague of the homosexual agenda”, urging bishops to end their complicity and silence over cases of sexual abuse. In an open letter on Feb 20, Cardinals Raymond Burke from the US and Walter Brandmüller from GermanyContinue Reading
Vatican, Feb 19, 2019: Arturo Sosa, S.J., the superior general of the Society of Jesus, Feb. 19 made public the four main reference points, known as “universal apostolic preferences,” that are to guide the life and work of the Jesuits over the next 10 years. He said Pope Francis hasContinue Reading
Paris, Feb. 18, 2019: Apostolic Nuncio to France Archbishop Luigi Ventura is being investigated over claims he had sexually assaulted an official assigned to look after him during an event in Paris. The Vatican envoy is accused of touching the bottom of a member of Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s international relationsContinue Reading
Vatican City, Feb 18, 2019: Organisers of Pope Francis’ summit on preventing clergy sex abuse will meet this week with a dozen survivor-activists who have come to Rome to protest the Catholic Church’s response to date and demand an end to decades of cover-up by church leaders. These survivors willContinue Reading
Lahore, Feb. 18, 2019: “We recalled the message of fraternity launched by Pope Francis and stressed the need for peace in the world. We have committed ourselves together, Christians and Muslims, to continue the mission of peace, harmony and solidarity in order to make Pakistan a better place to liveContinue Reading
Vatican City, Feb. 16, 2019: In the first ever such penalty, Pope Francis has defrocked former US cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick over soliciting sex in the confessional. McCarrick was found guilty of sexual crimes against minors and adults 50 years ago. Pope Francis decided the ruling, which followed an appealContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Burkina Faso, Feb. 16, 2019: Salesian missionary Fr Antonio Cesar Fernandez was shot dead on 15 February, probably by Jihadists, near the border between Togo and Burkina Faso. Fr Cesar hailing from Spain had spent some 50 years in Africa as a missionary. The Salesian Province MaryContinue Reading
By Rina Chandran Yangon, Feb. 15, 2019: Catholic leaders are lending their support to those protesting a Chinese-backed dam project in Myanmar, adding pressure on the government to cancel the hydro-power dam in the country’s north. Ongoing protests have brought together Catholic priests and nuns with hundreds of protesters inContinue Reading
Budapest, Feb 13 2019: In an effort to encourage Hungarians to have more babies, the prime minister of Hungary has announced that women with four children or more will be exempt from paying income tax for life. In a speech over the weekend, Prime Minister Viktor Orban also promised toContinue Reading
