On Sunday, 9 May, the French Catholic association Œuvre d’Orient will hold its Fourth International Day of Solidarity with Eastern Christians. On this occasion, Catholics are invited to join in prayer with Eastern Churches in communion with the Bishop of Rome, including the Armenian Catholic, Chaldean, Coptic Catholic, Ethiopian andContinue Reading
Kabul: Multiple blasts at a school in the Afghan capital Kabul on May 8 killed at least 40 people and wounded dozens more, mostly female students, officials said. A senior interior ministry official told Reuters on condition of anonymity that most of the casualties were students coming out of theContinue Reading
Amnesty International organized a vigil in Porto on May 6 evening to “illuminate the darkness seen in India today” and that “silences dissent and the repression of human rights defenders”. Instead of people, the vigil featured a candle for each of the nearly 1,000 people who signed an online petitionContinue Reading
Rome Newsroom: The sainthood cause opened this week of Fr. Rhoel Gallardo, who died on May 3, 2000, after being held for 43 days by Islamists. The Claretian missionary was killed at the age of 34, just six years after his ordination as a priest and 11 years after makingContinue Reading
The translation of the Bible to be used in the new edition of the lectionary for Mass in England and Wales is being amended to use gender-inclusive language where contextually appropriate, The Tablet can reveal. For 18 months, the Department of Christian Life and Worship of the Bishops’ Conference ofContinue Reading
Washington D.C.: Catholic aid groups are mobilizing relief efforts in India, as the country is gripped by a worsening outbreak of the coronavirus. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Caritas India are on the ground in the subcontinent, and are administering aid. “In India and elsewhere, CRS and our Church partnersContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chiang Mai: Special church ministries, pastoral care, and psycho-social support are required to meet the impact of Covid-19 among children and their families, says a Church consultation. “The unique challenges and needs that children and their families are facing given the unprecedented Covid-19 crisis must beContinue Reading
By Robin Gomes Rome: Pope Francis will celebrate Mass for Myanmar Catholics living in Rome at 10 am on May 16, the Solemnity of the Ascension, according to the Prefecture of the Papal Household. The Pope’s gesture for Myanmar comes during the current Marian month of May, during which heContinue Reading
The blood of St. Januarius, patron of the southern Italian city of Naples, liquefied on May 2. Naples archdiocese announced that the miraculous event took place at 5:18 p.m. local time on May 2. A video posted to YouTube on May 3 showed a monsignor displaying the reliquary and turningContinue Reading
Vatican City: The Vatican’s divine worship office announced May 1 the addition of seven new invocations to the Litany of St. Joseph. The seven invocations, in Latin, are Custos Redemptoris, Serve Christi, Minister salutis, Fulcimen in difficultatibus, Patrone exsulum, Patrone afflictorum, and Patrone pauperum. The Congregation for Divine Worship andContinue Reading