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
Hanoi: Vietnam is facing its fourth COVID-19 outbreak since the pandemic began, but appears again able to contain the spread of the virus and prevent a surge of infections and deaths. As a result, the Vietnamese government and Vietnamese Buddhist associations have come to India’s aid, which is struggling toContinue Reading
Rome: Pope Francis has challenged the Vatican’s own media employees to essentially justify their continued work, asking them how many people actually consume their news. The Pope raised these questions as he on May 24 visited the office that costs the Holy See more than all its embassies around theContinue Reading
Abuja: One priest has been killed and another kidnapped from a parish in northern Nigeria. Father Alphonsus Bello was killed and Father Joe Keke was abducted on May 20, by a group of armed men who stormed the parish of St Vincent Ferrer in Malunfashi, in the state of Katsina,Continue Reading
New Delhi: Profits from Covid-19 jabs have helped at least nine people become billionaires, a campaign group claimed, calling for an end to pharmaceutical corporations’ “monopoly control” on vaccine technology. “Between them, the nine new billionaires have a combined net wealth of US$19.3 billion, enough to fully vaccinate all peopleContinue Reading
