Roman Catholics are rapidly increasing in larger cities across China, but efforts to train more priests have been held back by the lack of applicants for seminaries, according to the Shanghai-based China Daily newspaper. Zou Yunlong, a 32-year-old student at the National Seminary of the Catholic Church in Beijing, toldContinue Reading
Kochi: Call it cultural assimilation. Drawing inspiration apparently from the observance of ‘Ramayana Masam’ during the Malayalam month of Karkatakam, the Catholic Church in Kerala is planning to observe December as the ‘Bible Reading Month’ – coinciding with the Christmas fast. It is an initiative of the Bible Commission ofContinue Reading
Havana: Pope Francis on Monday praised the sacrifices of the Catholic Church in communist Cuba, with the island in the midst of a delicate process of resuming relations with the United States. Francis, the first Latin American pope, made the comments to tens of thousands of fans and faithful inContinue Reading
Pope Francis has approved the creation of a tribunal to hear cases of bishops accused of covering up child abuse by paedophile priests.Continue Reading
Officials of the local Caritas will lead the operationContinue Reading
St. Peter’s Basilica was among more than 1,400 iconic landmarks that took a stand for stronger climate actionContinue Reading
