Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has overseen the reunification of feuding wings of the one of the world’s oldest Christian churches, his top aide said today. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church split in 1991 over the naming of a new patriarch after the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic FrontContinue Reading
On Tuesday, a group of Chilean laypeople interrupted a Mass that took place in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago, Chile, the Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati demanded his renunciation. The protest comes a few months later to the clear announcement that all the bishops of the country have put their mandate inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chiang Mai: “The ecumenical movement needs renewed interfaith orientations when conflicting theological assumptions and presuppositions are posing challenges to authentic gospel values and Christian witness,” said internationally renowned ecumenical theologian Dr. S. Wesley Ariarajah at the Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI) of the Christian Conference of AsiaContinue Reading
New York: With over 70 per cent of Americans ignorant about Sikhism, schools in the US state of New York will now include lessons on the minority community in their curriculum to educate students about Sikh religion and its tradition, according to a media report. A non-profit Sikh organisation, theContinue Reading
Toronto: A young woman has died and 13 other victims, including a 9-year-old girl, were injured by gunfire on the busy Greektown strip. The police chief said there was an “exchange of gunfire” and that the alleged shooter — who is now also dead — had used a handgun. ItContinue Reading
The Catholic church in Cameroon is mourning the death of the parish priest of Bomaka, a district of Buea, the capital of the English-speaking region of South-West Cameroon, who was killed on July 22 by unidentified individuals. “We have received photographs of the body of the deceased priest, Alexander SobContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Tokyo -– Caritas Japan, the social development of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan, has been urging people to volunteer more people to work for relief and rehabilitation programme in the aftermath of massive floods and heat wave scenario in Western Japan, the torrential downpour twoContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on July 20 accepted the resignation of Honduran Auxiliary Bishop Juan José Pineda, following an investigation revealing his embezzlement of diocesan money as well as alleged sexual assault of seminarians. The Vatican offered no public reason for the abrupt resignation, as Pineda was only 57, wellContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Manila: More than 4000 priests and religious dared the tropical storm of Manila on July 18 to participate in the convention of the Fifth Philippines Conference on New Evangelization (PCNE5) at the University of St. Thomas (UST), Manila. PCNE is an ongoing renewal program for the priests,Continue Reading
St Malachy’s Seminary, the only Catholic seminary in Northern Ireland, is to close in September, Church authorities have announced. The Diocese of Down and Connor said it took the decision after Queen’s University Belfast – where seminarians study for their degrees – closed its Department of Scholastic Philosophy and progressivelyContinue Reading
