Pope Francis began the Synod on young people Oct. 3 with a homily call-ing for the Holy Spirit to renew hope and dynamism in the Church. Hope can “broaden our horizons, expand our hearts and transform those frames of mind that today paralyze, separate and...
The German prelate who serves on Pope Francis’ advisory body of cardinals has called for the Catholic Church to adopt “fundamental, systemic change” in order to address the continuing clergy sexual abuse crisis. Cardinal Reinhard Marx, one of nine members on the...
A Catholic prelate on October 2 apologized for recent scandals involving Church leaders around the world and justified some Indian nuns coming to the street for justice. “We are in the land of Mahatma Gandhi, promoter of Satyagraha and the only condition is that our...
The Assam Christian Forum has condemned the vandalism of a statue of St John Bosco kept in front of the Bishop’s House in Tezpur, the cultural capital of the north-eastern Indian state. This is another incident of increasing intolerance in Assam and it has “put us all...
A group of young people gathered in Mumbai on October 7 to celebrate Synodgy 2018, an event to help the young people of India participate spiritually in the Synod of Bishops meeting on the youth taking place this month in Rome. “Synodgy is celebrating this Universal...
