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The Catholic world is about to be turned upside down

By 2050, the leading Catholic nations will be in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This will change everything. The Catholic Church worldwide is passing through an era of historical transformation, a decisive shift in numbers towards the Global South – to Asia, Africa and Latin America. Many are aware of this trend as an abstract […]

Priest resigns as consultant on doctrine after letter to pope

After publication of his letter to Pope Francis questioning the pontiff’s teachings, Father Thomas Weinandy has resigned from his position as consultant to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine. The Capuchin Fran-ciscan priest is former executive director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Doctrine and Canonical Affairs, serving in the post from […]

French priest receives human rights award for genocide research

An Oct. 26 ceremony on Capitol Hill honoured French priest Father Patrick Desbois for his work for nearly two decades in researching and telling the story of genocides past and present. But the event also challenged the audience to be vigilant and to take more responsibility for the world around them. “We have an obligation […]

Mumbai church among seven Indian sites awarded by UNESCO

With seven out of 16 awards, India bagged the highest number of awards among all the participant nations in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Asia Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation for 2017. While the award for merit was given to three Indian historical sites, the others four sites were given […]

Colombo cardinal wants govt to ban tutorial classes on Sundays

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo has called on the Sri Lankan government to ban tutorial classes on Sundays. “I wrote to the president to ban tuition classes from 6.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. on Sundays,” said Cardinal Ranjith addressing a Catholic Teachers Day program at St. Joseph’s College Colombo on Nov. 3. He said Christian […]

The pope bans sale of tobacco in Vatican

Pope Francis has personally decided that markets inside the Vatican will no longer sell cigarettes as of January 1, 2018. The Vatican spokesman, Greg Burke, explained that “the Holy See cannot contribute to an activity that clearly damages the health of people.” Indeed, according to the World Health Organization, every year smoking is the cause […]

Don’t decorate graves with plastic: Goa Church official

In view of Nov. 2 All Souls Day, Catholic Church officials in Goa have advised not to use plastic and other toxic items to decorate graves to beat pollution and to safeguard environment. The Church’s social welfare wing Caritas, in a letter to all parish priests and chaplains in the state, said these items should […]

Lay Catholic dedicates his life to Kashmir’s abandoned

Inside a two-story building within the crowded Bakshi Nagar area of Jammu and Kash-mir state, 35-year-old Emma-nuel Appan is preparing break-fast for aged and abandoned charity home residents in his care. Wearing a T-shirt and with a rosary around his neck, the young Catholic layman hands out cups of tea. It has been more than […]