The upcoming beatification of an Indian nun murdered over 20 years ago, will be an inspi-ration for India’s persecuted Christians, say local church leaders. Indian Catholics are preparing for the Nov. 4 beati-fication ceremony of Sister Rani Maria Vattalil who was...
The Catholic Church in India cannot become directly involved in politics, but it can help guide its members to make politically mature judgments, says Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, president of the country’s Catholic bishops’ conference. He said hate-mongering political...
A British-born priest who has served in Indonesia for more than 40 years has called on the Vatican to end its tradition of keeping disciplinary cases involving the clergy confidential and demanded changes to the way bishops are appointed. In an opinion piece published...
Thousands of Filipino Catholics are expected to join a religious procession to call for “national healing” that will be held in a major thoroughfare in Manila on Nov. 5. A statement from the Bishops Conference of the Philippines said the event will be a “prayerful...
Indonesian Protestants celebrating the start of the Reformation 500 years ago have embraced Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation on the Proclamation of the Gospel in Today’s World, calling it a document that can significantly help mend ties among Christians in a...
