By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 30, 2020: Many faith leaders in the national capital have come together online in solidarity for to pray soldiers who died on the border and victims of the Coronavirus pandemic. John Dayal, a prominent lay leader, in his introduction to the June 29Continue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, June 28, 2020: Fostering personal and community prayers, safeguarding and upholding social justice and taking care of creation are among the ten steps Archbishop Filippe Neri Ferrao has recommended for his people to witness their faith. The western Indian archdiocese has chosen “You are my witnesses”Continue Reading
By Courtney Mares Rome, June 23, 2020: Sister Stan Mumuni dedicates her life to caring for abandoned children with birth defects in Ghana. When the coronavirus pandemic spread to West Africa, she said that she ran to the market to buy soap and supplies, but the prices had already tripled.Continue Reading
Mumbai, June 22, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, has appealed to his priests not to open churches and hold church services without the standard operating protocols in place. “Even if there is government permission, please do not open churches and start Masses unless you have a protocol (SOP)Continue Reading
Dehradun, June 22, 2020: Priests in Uttarakhand will soon start protests against the state government’s decision to set up a board to manage the affairs of temples in the northern Indian state. A priest from the Kedarnath shrine on June 22 completed 19 days of solo protest, sitting bare-chested inContinue Reading
By Claire Lesegretain Skardu, June 22, 2020: The Gilgit-Baltistan administrative region of northern Pakistan borders Afghanistan, Xinjiang in China and Jammu and Kashmir in India. In the heart of the Himalayas, where five of the highest peaks in the world culminate, this area crossed by the Indus River is homeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vijayawada, June 21, 2020: A Marian shrine in southern India has fostered communal harmony and provided hope for millions, including childless couples, for the past 95 years. But for nearly four months, the Gunadala Mary Matha church near Vijayawada city has remained out of bounds forContinue Reading
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jun 20, 2020: If you have the habit of reciting the Marian litany after the rosary, add three more invocations next time you pray. Pope Francis on June 20 approved the inclusion of these invocations in the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also calledContinue Reading
June 19, 2020: The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has issued a report recommending a “binding agreement” between the United States and Pakistan, with the goal of encouraging Pakistan to improve its treatment of religious minorities. Laws against blasphemy in Muslim-majority Pakistan have led to death sentences forContinue Reading
Denver, June 14, 2020: Peyton and Connor Plessala are brothers from Mobile, Alabama. They’re 18 months— one school grade— apart. Despite the occasional competitiveness and squabbles that many brothers experience growing up, they’ve always been best buds. “We’re closer than best friends,” Connor, 25, told Catholic News Agency. As youngContinue Reading
