New York, Apr 15, 2020: Tanzania”s president claimed the coronavirus “cannot sit in the body of Christ.” Israel”s health minister dismissed a potential curfew by saying that “the Messiah will come and save us.” A global Muslim missionary movement held mass gatherings — and took blame for spreading the disease.Continue Reading
Rome, April 15, 2020: A group of Italian doctors received a bishop’s permission to distribute Holy Communion to those infected by the coronavirus. Looking for a way to provide both spiritual and physical care on Easter, six doctors caring for coronavirus patients at a hospital in Prato, located in Tuscany,Continue Reading
Vatican City, Apr 15, 2020: The Vatican is creating a commission to provide local aid and tackle issues related to the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a statement released Wednesday. The group, created at the request of Pope Francis, will work in collaboration with the Roman Curia andContinue Reading
Vatican City, Apr 15, 2020: The Vatican has named a new director for its internal financial watchdog. In a statement April 15, the Holy See press office said that the Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin had appointed Giuseppe Schlitzer as director of the Financial Intelligence Authority (AIF). HeContinue Reading
Washington, April 15, 2020: United States President Donald Trump has announced a suspension of US funding to the World Health Organization because he said it had covered up the seriousness of the COVID-19 outbreak in China before it spread around the world. Trump told a press conference on April 14Continue Reading
Washington, Apr 14, 2020: Terming as “reprehensible” the reports of food being denied to Hindu and Christian communities in Pakistan amid the coronavirus crisis, a US government organisation has urged Islamabad to ensure that food aid from distributing organisations is shared equally with all religious minorities in the country. “AsContinue Reading
Colombo, April 13, 2020: Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church has said it had forgiven the suicide bombers behind the attacks that killed at least 279 people last Easter. “We forgave them,” Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, head of the Catholic Church in the island nation, said April 12 during an Easter Mass –Continue Reading
San Antonians, April 12, 2020: Easter celebrations may be smaller this year as San Antonians are keeping to the current state-wide ‘stay home’ order, but that doesn’t mean they can’t enjoy a good cascaron fight, courtesy of the Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco. The Sisters will be kicking offContinue Reading
Vatican City, April 11, 2020: “I am close, I am close to you all,” Pope Francis said on April 10, Good Friday, making a surprise call-in to a live Italian television program. “Good evening, Lorena. How are you?” the Pope said to the visibly surprised host of a religious showContinue Reading
Vatican City, April 7, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias of India and the Vatican have welcomed the Australian High Court overturning Cardinal George Pell’s convictions for child sexual abuse. The Holy See, “which has always expressed confidence in the Australian judicial authority, welcomes the High Court’s unanimous decision concerning Cardinal GeorgeContinue Reading
