May 30, 2024: A Filipino priest, who advocated for peace and fought drug killings in the Philippines, has passed away. Fr. Amado “Fr. Picx” Picardal, a Redemptorist priest, died on May 29, according to a statement from his congregation. He died on the 47th anniversary of his religious profession, atContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter London, May 23, 2024: The Cambridge City councillors elected Councillor Baiju Thittala as the new Mayor of Cambridge on May 23 for the Municipal Year 2024/2025. He succeeds Mayor Jenny Gawthrope Wood. Born in Kerala and belonging to a farming community, Thittala says, “I left to DelhiContinue Reading
By LiCAS.news Tagaytay City, April 16, 2024: More than 30 church workers from various bishops’ conferences in Asia on April 15 ended a three-day workshop on building climate-resilient communities. The workshop, organized by the Office of Human Development – Climate Change Desk (OHD-CCD) of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ ConferencesContinue Reading
Moria, March 30, 2024: At least 45 were killed when a bus carrying people from Botswana heading to an Easter conference in South Africa’s Limpopo province plunged into a ravine and caught fire. The only survivor of the March 28 crash is an eight-year-old girl, currently hospitalized with undisclosed injuries,Continue Reading
Pretoria, March 13, 2024: Three Egyptian Coptic monks have been “brutally killed” inside a monastery in South Africa, the Church has said. “Three monks were subjected to a criminal assault inside our Coptic monastery,” a spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church said in statement posted on Facebook on March 11,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vatican City, Jan 21, 2024: Pope Francis on January 21 called for the release of hostages, including six nuns, who were kidnapped on a bus in Haiti two days ago. The Pontiff also said he was praying for social harmony in the Caribbean country. Armed gunmenContinue Reading
By Deborah Castellano Lubov Rome, Jan 3, 2023: Pope Francis has expressed his closeness to those suffering and who have lost loved ones in a deadly earthquake in central Japan that has claimed at least 48 lives. According to a telegram sent on the Pope’s behalf by Vatican Secretary ofContinue Reading
Vatican City, Dec 13, 2023: Pope Francis has revealed that he will be buried in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. The Pope, who has shunned much of the Vatican’s pomp and privilege, has decided to vastly simplify the elaborate funeral rites for a pontiff and be theContinue Reading
London, Dec 1, 2023: A list of professions most at risk from the abilities of Artificial Intelligence, has put the role of church clergy in its top 20. Out of 365 occupation categories, the study, by the Department of Education ranked clergy as the 13th most exposed profession to AIContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Nov 21, 2023: Vowing to pursue a program of “justice and peace,” the newly elected president of the Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference says that agenda will include speaking out against the country’s controversial blasphemy laws. Critics allege that those laws, which criminalize blasphemy against state-recognized religions,Continue Reading
