By Christopher Khoo Singapore, April 22, 2025: The sweltering afternoon heat did not deter hundreds of devoted Singapore Catholics who stood outside a packed Cathedral of the Good Shepherd to pray for Pope Francis who had visited the island nation just last September. They were part of about a thousandContinue Reading
Vatican City, April 21, 2025: Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died at the age of 88, the Vatican said in a video statement on April 21. He was 88, and had suffered various ailments in his 12-year papacy. “This morning at 7:35 amContinue Reading
By Deborah Castellano Lubov Vatican City, April 11, 2025: The Holy See Press Office announced on Thursday two key appointments in the day’s ordinary bulletin at noon. In particular, the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, appointed Dr. Elvira Cajano, visiting Professor at the Faculty of History and CulturalContinue Reading
London, March 8, 2025: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has issued an apology after a social media post made light of a message from Pope Francis regarding Ash Wednesday. The 88-year-old Pope, who has been receiving treatment for double pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli hospital since February, posted aContinue Reading
Rome, Feb 22, 2023: Pope Francis, who is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia, is not in danger of death but is not yet cured, one of his doctors, Sergio Alfieri, has said. “Is he out of danger? No. But if the question is ‘is he in danger ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Yangon, Feb 17, 2025: Church leaders in Myanmar have condemned the murder of a 43-year-old Catholic priest. Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win of the Archdiocese of Mandalay was stabbed to death on February 14 by a group of armed men in Kangyi Taw village, ShweboContinue Reading
By Vatican News Vatican City, Feb 15, 2025: Pope Francis on February 15 appointed Sister Raffaella Petrini as the new president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate of Vatican City State. A statement released by the Holy See Press Office also said theContinue Reading
By Christopher Khoo Singapore, Jan 30, 2025: Some 200 Peranakan Catholics gathered at the Church of the Holy Family in Singapore to celebrate the annual Peranakan Chinese New Year Eve Mass. Peranakans are descendants of the early Chinese settlers in Southeast Asia who intermarried the local people. These unions resultedContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Bankura, Oct 22, 2024: Jesuit Father Marcelo Pérez, who like his Indian counterpart Stan Swamy, advocated indigenous and labour rights, was assassinated in Mexico, according to information received on October 22. Father Pérez, a member of the Tzotzil tribe, was gunned down two days earlier by twoContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Stockholm, Oct 11, 2024: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to South Korean author Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” Mats Malm, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy’s Nobel Committee, announced theContinue Reading
