Washington D.C.,: The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See announced on June1, that it was displaying the rainbow LGBT “Pride” flag for the month of June, which is celebrated as LGBT “Pride” month. “The United States respects the dignity and equality of LGBTQI+ people. LGBTQI+ rights are human rights,” theContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Covid-19 variant first found in India will henceforth be referred to as the “Delta variant,” the World Health Organization (WHO) announced May 31. India had on May 12 objected to it, identified as B.1.617 till now, being labeled the “Indian variant.” The world health body had earlierContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on May 31 described basketball as “a sport that lifts you up to the heavens.” He made the remark during a May 31 audience with members of the Italian Basketball Federation, basketball’s governing body in Italy, which is celebrating its centenary. He said: “I would likeContinue Reading
China scrapped its decades-old one-child policy in 2016, replacing it with a two-child limit which has failed to lead to a sustained upsurge in births. The cost of raising children in cities has deterred many Chinese couples. The latest move was approved by President Xi Jinping at a meeting ofContinue Reading
A new podcast that likens St. Teresa of Calcutta to a cult leader is full of “untruths and false accusations,” the former legal counsel for St. Teresa told CNA on May 28. The podcast, titled “The Turning: The Sisters Who Left,” discusses Mother Teresa and the religious order she founded,Continue Reading
Oakland: A gun-wielding man allegedly robbed Bishop Michael Barber of Oakland of some money and his episcopal ring near the city’s cathedral on May 22, the very day the cathedral held a previously scheduled vigil against gun violence. “A man pulled a gun on me, pointed it at me, andContinue Reading
Geneva: A Swiss Catholic bishop has announced that he is appointing lay people in place of episcopal vicars in his diocese. Bishop Charles Morerod, who has led the Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva, and Fribourg since 2011, revealed the decision in a May 25 interview with the Swiss Catholic Church’s websiteContinue Reading
Pope Francis launched Tuesday the Vatican’s seven-year Laudato si’ action plan to implement environmental sustainability in different sectors of the Church from religious orders to Catholic schools and hospitals. “We need a new ecological approach that can transform our way of dwelling in the world, our styles of life, ourContinue Reading
Vatican City: The Vatican said on May 26 that it hopes the coronavirus pandemic will “further unite” Catholics and Buddhists in service of the suffering. In its annual message for the Buddhist feast of Vesakh, issued May 26, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue said that the virus challenged followersContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Yangon: Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Myanmar has decried the brutal attack and killing of civilians who took shelter in Church. Four people died and 8 people were seriously injured when Sacred Heart Church in Kayanthayar Parish near Loikaw, the capital city of Kayah state, cameContinue Reading
