Make homilies short and simple, Pope urges priests
2015-11-10
‘Homilies should be the transmission of God’s grace,’ Holy Father says as he ordains new auxiliary bishop of RomeContinue Reading
Pope Francis offers Dominicans indulgence for Jubilee
2015-11-10
Vatican: Pope Francis has granted the possibility of receiving a plenary indulgence for all the faithful taking part in the Jubilee marking the 800th anniversary of the Order of Preachers, better known as the Dominican Order. This includes those participating in celebrations both internationally and in each Dominican province. TheContinue Reading
Sri Lanka releases 126 Indian fishermen
2015-11-10
Colombo: All the 126 Indian fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly poaching into the country’s waters were released yesterday by courts in the country. The release came as Sri Lanka and India completed the formalities for the release of fishermen detained in each other’s country for allegedly fishingContinue Reading
Chinese university bans student from holding hands
2015-11-09
Beijing: In a bizarre crackdown, a Chinese University has reportedly banned student couples from holding hands, putting their arms around each others’ shoulders or feeding each other in the canteen. The new code of conduct, released by Jilin Construction University in the city of Changsha, has been mocked by students andContinue Reading
Children suffer due to lack of opportunities: Anand Kumar
2015-11-08
Paris: Education has the power to transform lives of underprivileged children who suffer due to lack of opportunities, Super30 founder and mathematician Anand Kumar said in Paris today. Narrating success stories of many underprivileged students, Mr Kumar was speaking at the ESSEC School, a top-ranked French business school after theContinue Reading
Divine Word Priest receives Social Communication Leadership award
2015-11-08
Manila – Divine Word father Franz-Josef Eilers will receive this year’s Titus Brandsma Leadership in Social Communication Award in a ceremony scheduled on November 27 at the Carmelites’ Titus Brandsma Media Center (TBMC) in Quezon City, Philippines. The Philippine-Province of the Carmelite Order (OCarm) will confer the award for thisContinue Reading
Church attendance plunges after Nepal becomes a secular state
2015-11-08
Kathmandu: In the weeks since Nepal officially dashed the desire of many citizens to return to being a Hindu nation, attendance at its Christian churches has plummeted. Not for a lack of faith, but a lack of fuel. After nearly a decade of debate, the former Hindu kingdom adopted aContinue Reading
Rich countries should protect environment: papal adviser
2015-11-04
We need a revolution in ecology, says Cardinal RodriguezContinue Reading
New claims of financial mismanagement, lavish spending hit Vatican
2015-11-04
Rome: Ever since his election as spiritual head of the Roman Catholic church in 2013, Pope Francis has always said he wants a church for the poor. But two controversial new books describe a Vatican awash with cash that is woefully mismanaged, where senior officials pour church funds into theirContinue Reading
Vatican arrests priest in return of ‘Vatileaks’ scandal
2015-11-02
Vatican City: The Vatican has arrested a Spanish prelate and social media expert for allegedly stealing and leaking classified documents in the second such scandal to hit the secretive institution in three years. Monsignor Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda, 54, who served on a special commission set up by Pope FrancisContinue Reading