Malawi : A bust of renowned Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi has been unveiled in the Malawian capital, Lilongwe, two years after critics prevented a Gandhi statue from being erected in the southern city of Blantyre. The Indian high commission’s original plans in 2018 met stiff resistance from some localsContinue Reading
Abu Dhabi: Construction work has begun on a church in Abu Dhabi that will give thousands of people their own space to worship. Workers are levelling the area and readying the foundation for the Church of South India in the Al Shahama area that will open for services by JuneContinue Reading
Vatican City: The Diocese of Camden, New Jersey, announced on Oct. 1 that it is filing for bankruptcy, the second Catholic diocese to do so on that same day. “I take some comfort that we are not alone in making this decision, as we have seen that well-known public entitiesContinue Reading
Rome: An Australian woman theologian, a leading expert on the Vatican II, and a French philosopher have shared this year’s the Ratzinger Prize for Theology, often described as the field’s equivalent to the Nobel Peace Prize. Professor Tracey Rowland of the University of Notre Dame Australia is the first AustralianContinue Reading
Rome: Pope Francis has called for the United Nations to continue to focus on human rights and the environment. “In these days, our world continues to be impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has led to the loss of so many lives,” Pope Francis told UN general assembly in aContinue Reading
Vatican City: The Head of the Salesians announced that the order has raised nearly 8 million euros to help thousands of families worldwide who have been financially affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Specifically, 7.9 million euros have been collected, a very significant amount that has reached 62 Salesian provinces aroundContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on September 29 chose “Come and see” as the theme of the 55th World Day of Social Communications, to be held in May 2021. The theme that echoes Apostle Philip’s words to Nathaniel reminds that communication consists in “encountering people as and where they are.” TheContinue Reading
Washington: Doctor Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes for Health (NIH) and the man largely responsible for developing a Covid-19 vaccine in the United States, has spoken candidly about his journey of faith. A scientist and doctor by training, Collins started out in his career deeply skeptical aboutContinue Reading
Vatican City: As the Catholic Church marks 100 years of its ministry to seafarers, the Vatican is calling on governments, international, national organizations and port authorities to cooperate and create “special channels” to facilitate safe and secure crew changes, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to roil the world. Stranded atContinue Reading
Delta: A Catholic priest in Nigeria has been abducted by gunmen two years after undergoing the same ordeal. On September 26 evening, Father Jude Onyebadi was kidnapped from his pineapple farm in the Aniocha North area of Delta State, located in southern Nigeria. The priest had been visiting the farm,Continue Reading
