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
Melbourne, June 16, 2020: Cardinal George Pell told a group of Australian students that his Christian faith helped him persevere through his time in prison, and offered advice on how to overcome grief and stressful situations. Pell, in one of his first public appearances since his April release from prison,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 16, 2020: Cardinal Charles Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Asia, on June 16 expressed shock over the hospitalization of Archbishop Moses M. Costa of Chittagong in Bangladesh with Covid-19 related issues. “The news comes as a shock because the archbishop hasContinue Reading
Punjab, June 15, 2020:Christians in a small town in eastern Pakistan have been left “terrified” after an armed gang attacked their church, tearing down a cross and knocking over a wall. Neighbors of Trinity Pentecostal Church in Kala Shah Kaku in Punjab province were alerted by the sound of commotionContinue Reading
Vatican City, June 15, 2020: Pope Francis says the coronavirus pandemic has revealed poverty that Catholics cannot ignore. “The word of God allows for no complacency; it constantly impels us to acts of love,” Pope Francis wrote in his message for the 2020 World Day of the Poor. In hisContinue Reading
Rome, June 13, 2020: Venerable Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager and computer programmer who died in 2006, will be beatified October 10 in Assisi, Italy. “The joy we have long awaited finally has a date,” Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino of Assisi said in a statement June 13. The beatification will takeContinue Reading
