Vatican City: Pope Francis on May 1 will lead a rosary to begin a month-long prayer marathon for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pope’s rosary will be broadcast live from the Gregorian Chapel of St. Peter’s Basilica at 6 p.m. Rome time on May 1. Situated directly toContinue Reading
Kochi: Cardinal George Alencherry, major archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church and president of Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council, on April 25 appealed to the state and Central governments to treat the availability of medical oxygen as a basic human right. Governments should immediately take all necessary measures to make oxygen availableContinue Reading
Darjeeling: Song of Hope dedicated to people fighting pandemic times released mid-April has gone viral. The song by music composer-sound engineer Praveen Francis is being sent to the Grammy 2022. Francis is a native of Coimbatore in Tamilnadu who has mustered good will partners from places across the continents includingContinue Reading
Pope Francis has condemned the way the Mafia is exploiting the Covid-19 pandemic by taking advantage of those in dire economic circumstances. Marking Italy’s recent national day of remembrance for victims of the Mafia, the pope accused members of organised crime groups of “enriching themselves through corruption,” and he urgedContinue Reading
London: The Church of England has warned that it may cut the number of paid clergy by up to 20 percent amid fears that a fifth of worshipers may never return after the coronavirus pandemic. A leaked internal document has warned that the majority of dioceses across the country intendContinue Reading
Rome: Pope Francis has called for the United Nations to continue to focus on human rights and the environment. “In these days, our world continues to be impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has led to the loss of so many lives,” Pope Francis told UN general assembly in aContinue Reading
Vatican City, Sep 1, 2020: Pope Francis released a message Sep 1 for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation in which he called for repentance for humanity’s broken bonds with God’s creation and with others. “Today we hear the voice of creation admonishing us to returnContinue Reading
Seoul, Aug 8, 2020: A South Korean pastor who was thought to be responsible for the largest outbreak of Covid-19 in the country has been arrested. Lee Man-hee, 88, of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, is accused of withholding the information of church members from contract tracers, after 5,000 ofContinue Reading
By Carol Glatz Vatican City, Aug. 8, 2020: In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and social and environmental crises worldwide, Pope Francis announced he would begin a new series of general audience talks aimed at helping build “the future that we need.” “In the next few weeks, I inviteContinue Reading
Kolkata, June 13, 2020: Churches under the Calcutta diocese of the Church of North India (CNI) will allow a maximum of 25 people to enter at a time, but not without a mask, Reverend Paritosh Canning, bishop of the Calcutta diocese of the CNI, said in a letter addressed toContinue Reading