Buddhists, Christians in Myanmar await Pope’s visit
2017-10-16
The Pope will be in Myanmar from November 27 to December 2Continue Reading
Nun to stop her marathon run for refugees
2017-10-16
Amid thousands of elite athletes contesting the 39th Melbourne Marathon was a band of determined nuns who used the event to raise much-needed money for the city’s Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. A nun will be hanging up her sneakers after spending 10 years running to raise money to help refugeesContinue Reading
Work ceaselessly to spread God’s kingdom: Archbishop Machado
2017-10-15
The Christian witness is the need of the hour Continue Reading
Resolve Rohingya problem without delay: Christian leaders
2017-10-15
By Matters India Reporter Yangon: The problem of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar is a sensitive and complex issue Christians are a tiny minority in Myanmar, but they are doing their mite to help in the Buddhist majority Southeast Asian nation, says head of the Myanmar Council of Churches (MCC). “TheContinue Reading
300,000 people to attend Pope’s Mass in Yangon on Nov 29
2017-10-15
By Matters India Reporter Yangon: More than 300,000 people are expected to attend the Mass presided over by Pope Francis in Yangon on Nov 29 at a local Kyaikasan sports ground, said Cardinal Charles Maug Bo on Oct 15. This Mass is open to all as long as one officiallyContinue Reading
Coptic priest stabbed to death in Egypt
2017-10-15
Cairo: Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church says a priest has been killed in a knife attack in a poor Cairo district, the latest deadly assault on members of the country’s Christian minority. The church says the attack took place on Thursday. The priest was identified in the media as Fr SamaanContinue Reading
Cardinal Bo to address Asian ecumenical body’s diamond jubilee
2017-10-14
Some 6,000 people are expected at the jubilee celerbationsContinue Reading
Asian Mission Congress stresses religion’s role in society
2017-10-13
By Matters India Reporter Yangon–Religions have a great role to play in promoting peace, harmony and justice in society, stressed three religious heads from Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam. They were speaking on “Witness to the Truth and Light: Religious Perspectives” at the ongoing Asia Mission Conference (AMC) organized by ChristianContinue Reading
Pope wants Catholic opposition to death penalty increased
2017-10-12
Vatican Cit: Pope Francis called Wednesday for categoric opposition to capital punishment to be written into an update of the most important guide to Catholic teaching. His comments, which will be controversial with many fundamentalist Christians and some Catholics, came in a speech to clerics attending a conference in RomeContinue Reading