By Matters India Reporter Yangon, Sept 25, 2020: A group of inter faith leaders meeting on South East Asia Freedom of Religion or Belief (SEAFoRB) endorsed the role of religious leaders in peace-building and conflict resolution. Addressing the September 25 on-line gathering of 6th SEAFoRB, Myanmar Cardinal Charles Maung BoContinue Reading
New Delhi: The largest Christian human rights association of Bangladesh, ‘the Bangladesh Christian Association (BCA)’ has asked the government of Pakistan to repeal the controversial blasphemy law. The BCA submitted a memorandum to the Pakistan embassy in Dhaka on Wednesday demanding to end persecution and harassment of Christians and otherContinue Reading
Berlin, September 24, 2020: The Catholic Church in Germany is setting up a new system to compensate survivors of sexual abuse by clergy that will provide for payments of up to about 50,000 euros (USD 58,400) to each victim. Victims will be able to apply for payments under the newContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Manila, Sept 24, 2020: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, has recovered from coronavirus disease. After several days of strict self-isolation, he has tested negative for COVID-19, said a September 23 message. “On this Feast Day of Padre Pio,Continue Reading
By Rose Achiego Nairobi, Sept 23, 2020: The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has appointed a Catholic nun to set up a national Catholic television station. Sister Agnes Lucy Lando, the director of Research and Postgraduate Studies at Kenya’s Daystar University, is the coordinator and lead consultant to assistContinue Reading
Vatican , Sept. 22, 2020: The Vatican has launched a think-tank at an event called Liberating Mary from the Mafia. The move has been made to prevent mobsters from hijacking Catholic tradition to claim God is on their side. According to an AP report, Pope Francis is backing efforts toContinue Reading
London: Over the weekend a report emerged that threatened to create a political scandal for U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported that Johnson had flown to Perugia, Umbria, on September 17. The newspaper further added that it had made inquiries about the Johnson trip, and that theContinue Reading
Kaduna, September 21, 2020: A surge in violence has left Christians paralyzed by fear and unable to go about their normal lives, says priest in the African nation. Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Father Sam Ebute of Kangoro said Christians were constantly worried aboutContinue Reading
By Courtney Mares Rome, Sep 20, 2020: After nearly 10 years of war, the Syrian people have now been hit with a “poverty bomb” amid the coronavirus pandemic, a Vatican diplomat said. Cardinal Mario Zenari, apostolic nuncio to Syria since 2008, said that many Syrians had died in the country’sContinue Reading
September 19. 2020: A lethal mix of conflict, climate change and the coronavirus pandemic is pushing millions of people around closer to starvation, the World Food Programme (WFP) chief has warned, urging wealthier nations and billionaires to help ensure their survival. David Beasley told the UN Security Council on SeptContinue Reading
