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
London, April 6, 2020: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care in hospital after his coronavirus symptoms “worsened”, Downing Street has said. A spokesman said he was moved on the advice of his medical team and was receiving “excellent care”. Mr Johnson has asked Foreign SecretaryContinue Reading
Rome, April 4, 2020: Google searches for “prayer” have surged worldwide in step with the surge of emerging cases of Covid-19, according to a European researcher. The rising interest in seeking information about “prayer” on Google “skyrocketed during the month of March 2020 when Covid-19 went global,” wrote Jeanet SindingContinue Reading
Denver, Colo., Apr 4, 2020: Thomas Sowell and his wife own Southeast Palm and Foliage in Astor, Florida, in the middle of the state, about 40 miles west of Daytona Beach. “It’s in the middle of nowhere, actually,” Sowell told CNA in January. Sowell isn’t Catholic, but his business suppliesContinue Reading
April 4, 2020: Communist authorities in China are using efforts to control the coronavirus pandemic to step up enforcement action against Christians who worship in house churches, government insiders have told the human rights and religious freedom publication Bitter Winter. China has been battling coronavirus since late 2019, and theContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Yangon, April 2, 2020: Cardinal Charles Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Asia, has minced no words in blaming the Chinese regime for the global contagion – Covid 19. “International voices are rising against the negligent attitude shown by China, especially its despotic Chinese Communist PartyContinue Reading
