Hong Kong, June 21, 2020: Pro-democracy labour unions and a student group in Hong Kong failed to garner enough support to hold strikes against looming national security legislation imposed by Beijing, in a blow for the Chinese-ruled city’s protest movement. After a year of often-violent unrest, anti-government demonstrations have lostContinue Reading
Manila, June 21, 2020: He may be miles away but those who love Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle still found a way to celebrate his 63rd birthday on June 21 by donating food to the poor. Tagle, the prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, said some of hisContinue Reading
Rome, Jun 21, 2020: Cardinal George Pell, the former Vatican finance minister who was convicted and then acquitted of sexual abuse in his native Australia, is set to publish his prison diary musing on life in solitary confinement, the Catholic Church, politics and sports. Catholic publisher Ignatius Press told TheContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 20, 2020: Nepal’s Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa said on June 19 that a change has been made to citizenship rules for Indians. As per the new rule, any Indian girl marrying a Nepalese citizen will now get citizenship after a period of seven years. While makingContinue Reading
New York, June 20, 2020: The Diocese of Syracuse announced on June 19 that it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid the financial impact of numerous sexual abuse lawsuits. New York’s Child Victims Act, which passed early last year, opened a one-year window for adults in the state whoContinue Reading
Yangon, June 20, 2020: Myanmar activists inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement have launched their own anti-racism campaign in a country where many Muslims and people of Indian heritage are made to feel like outsiders. Buddhist-majority Myanmar officially boasts a patchwork of 135 ethnic groups, but many have feltContinue Reading
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jun 19, 2020: With a new 200-page document, the Vatican is encouraging Catholics to put their faith into action to promote integral ecology and care of creation, following the inspiration of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’. The introduction of On the Journey for Care ofContinue Reading
Rome, June 18, 2020: The Italian bishops’ conference has distributed another 10 million euros ($11.2 million) to the dioceses in northern Italy hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The money will be used for emergency aid to individuals and families struggling financially, to support organizations and institutions that are workingContinue Reading
Karachi, June 17, 2020: Church authorities have voiced their disapproval with Pakistan’s Sindh government over the publication of a job advertisement considered to be discriminatory towards minorities. The state-run Municipal Corporation (West) Karachi, on June 1, announced 28 job vacancies of different categories in local newspapers. However, it reserved sanitaryContinue Reading
Vatican City, June 16,2020: Pope Francis appointed Fabio Gasperini, an Italian financial adviser working at Ernst & Young, to the second-ranking position at the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA) on June 15. This is the first time in its history that the secretary of APSA willContinue Reading
