By Matters India Reporter Yangon, July 2, 2020: In a call for prayer sent out on July 1, the head of the Catholic Church in Asia has appealed to heads of various religions “to pray for Hong Kong, and indeed for China and all her people, with great insistence.” CardinalContinue Reading
Tokyo, July 2, 2020: Almost 3,500 teachers and students at more than a dozen public schools in Japan’s Yashio city have become sick with diarrhea and stomach pains in a mass food poisoning outbreak. Saitama prefecture said on July 2 that 3,453 people in 15 elementary and middle schools inContinue Reading
Islamabad, July 2, 2020: A few religious factions on July 1 denounced the government’s move of building temple in Islamabad and termed it against Pakistan’s ideology. The religious parties also announced that they would take up the issue in the Federal Shariat Court. In a joint press conference in Islamabad,Continue Reading
Cairo, July 2, 2020: Egypt”s highest court on July 2 upheld a death sentence for a former monk convicted of killing an abbot in a desert monastery north of Cairo in 2018. The Court of Cassation also reduced a death sentence against another former monk to life in prison. TheContinue Reading
By Courtney Mares Rome, July 1, 2020: Benedict XVI’s older brother Monsignor Georg Ratzinger died July 1, just a little more than one week after the pope emeritus’ visit. Monsignor Georg Ratzinger died in Bavaria at the age of 96. The pope emeritus was able to say a last goodbyeContinue Reading
Hong Kong, July 1, 2020: The National People’s Congress Standing Committee, China’s highest legislative body, has passed a new national security law for Hong Kong amid grave human rights concerns raised by activists and residents. Religious communities in the city, as well as the US Commission on International Religious Freedom,Continue Reading
By Agnes Aineah Nairobi, July 1, 2020: The rest of the world is mourning the passing on of Father Robert (Bob) Astorino who “married media professionalism” for the Church in Asia, founding the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCA News) and serving as its Executive Director for 30 years. ButContinue Reading
Vatican City, June 30, 2020: The Catholic Press Association (CPA) was founded over one hundred years ago in the United States with the aim of “serving and uniting” it’s members. It has nearly 225 publication members and 600 individual members in the association. But this year, for the first timeContinue Reading
Dhaka, June 30, 2020: At least 30 people have died and a dozen missing after a ferry capsized and sank in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka following a collision with another vessel, rescue officials said. The Morning Bird vessel was hit from behind by another ferry around 9:30 a m localContinue Reading
Vatican City, Jun 30, 2020: Pope Francis has appointed a commissioner to reform the administration of the office responsible for the upkeep of St. Peter’s Basilica, where documents and computers were seized by order of judicial authorities June 30. The decision to appoint a commissioner was made following a reportContinue Reading
