Longueuil, April 26, 2020: French Canadian artist Claude Lafortune, who hosted children’s programs based on the Gospel on national television, died of COVID-19 April 19. He was 83. Born in 1936, and sometimes compared to Mister Rogers for the way he treated children with reverence, Lafortune was a true scissorsContinue Reading
Vatican City, April 25, 2020: The 52nd International Eucharistic Congress, originally scheduled to be held in Budapest between September 13 and 20, has been postponed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, a Vatican spokesman said on Thursday. The congress is scheduled to be held in 2021, Matteo Bruni said. TheContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Yangon, April 22, 2020 — President of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Myanmar has joined the call of the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres and Pope Francis, for a global ceasefire to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. In a statement releasedContinue Reading
Toronto, April 21, 2020: Police fanned out across more than a dozen crime scenes on April 20 after a rampage by a gunman disguised as a police officer left at least 18 dead and homes in smoldering ruins in rural communities across Nova Scotia — the deadliest mass shooting inContinue Reading
Rome, Apr 20, 2020: After receiving more than 300 letters during the coronavirus pandemic, the Italian bishops will entrust the nation to Mary’s protection on Friday, May 1, at a shrine in northern Italy. In a video message April 20, the president of the Italian bishops’ conference said he receivedContinue Reading
Rome, April 21, 2020: Pope Francis has agreed with a recommendation by the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life to postpone by one year the next gatherings of the World Meeting of Families and World Youth Day. “Because of the current health situation and its consequences on the movementContinue Reading
Melbourne, April 20, 2020: A two-year-old girl born in Australia to Tamil asylum-seeker parents was “not afforded procedural fairness” in her asylum bid, and the formerly Biloela-based family cannot be immediately deported, the federal court has decided. Justice Mark Moshinsky delivered the judgement in Melbourne April 20, with lawyers forContinue Reading
Vatican City, April 20, 2020: The process of exiting the coronavirus pandemic is a chance to eliminate inequalities and the “virus” of selfishness, Pope Francis says. The Pope said this on April 19 while offering a Mass without an audience at the Vatican City on the occasion of Mercy Sunday.Continue Reading
Jerusalem, Apr 19, 2020: A handful of Eastern Orthodox priests held mass for the Christian holiday of Easter on Sunday in an empty Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem due to restrictions in place to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Eastern Christian rites mark Easter, the dayContinue Reading
Colombo, Apr 15, 2020: Sri Lankan police on April 15 claimed to have made two high-profile arrests in the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. They have arrested a prominent lawyer and a Muslim political party leader’s brother who allegedly had links with one of the suicide bombers. Nine suicide bombers carriedContinue Reading
