The sacredness of human life is so absolute that performing or helping procure an abortion or attempting suicide is an obstacle to ordination as a Catholic priest, even if the man was not Catholic at the time the events occurred, a new Vatican ruling has said. Pope Francis approved theContinue Reading
New Delhi: Call it the evangelisation of a reverse order or revenge of the East on the West or a case of ‘emerging India’. Earlier, Western missionaries were coming to India to preach gospels, now Indian Christians are going to the West, taking over churches and preaching to the WesternersContinue Reading
Rome: Father Gabriel Amorth, the exorcist of the Diocese of Rome who drew worldwide attention, died on Friday at the age of 91. Leaders of the Society of St. Paul remembered him with “great affection and gratitude,” SIR News reports. “Now he rests from his many battles with the devil,” SpanishContinue Reading
Pan African Congress on Divine Mercy closed on September 14 in the Rwandese town of KabugaContinue Reading
Boston: The Capuchin keepers of the relics of the late mystic Padre Pio are sending the saint’s heart to Boston for his feast day. “I’m very excited to announce that the Capuchin Friars who run the Shrine of St. Padre Pio have offered to come to Boston with the heartContinue Reading
Rourkela: This was a joyous day, a solemn day, truly a day of the Lord on the feast of Nativity of mother Mary on September 8, 2016, where 19 Sisters of Handmaids of Mary (HM) took the final profession at Risen Christ Church, Kalunga in the presence of two Bishops-Most RevContinue Reading
Jaipur: After a protracted legal battle lasting 14 years, the Church of North India (CNI) has obtained ownership rights and right to worship at the historic 137-year-old All Saints’ Church located at a prime location here. A district court has recognised the church as a CNI property, with its priestContinue Reading
Manngaluru: Three days after receiving personal invitation, priests of Infant Jesus Church and nuns of Santa Cruz Convent in Kulashekar attended Ganesh festival at Sanghaniketan, the local office of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), in Mangalore. A few representatives of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on September 3 had invited InfantContinue Reading
The church was carved out of a huge single rock formationContinue Reading
A convent in Norfolk in UK has welcomed five prospective Sisters, almost doubling its numbers. The additions to the Daughters of Divine Charity brings the total number at the Swaffham convent from seven to 12. Two novices, Sister Mary Goncalves and Sister Anna Yeo, were admitted to the order onContinue Reading
