A day after Pope Francis created an international uproar by saying Catholic nuns had been subjected to “sexual slavery” by the founder of a French order, the Vatican sought to clarify his remarks. “When the Holy Father, referring to the dissolution of a Congregation,...
Taking a serious note of the attempts to move the nuns, who were part of the public protest against Bishop Franco Mulakkal, out of the Kuravilangadu convent, Bishop Agnelo of the Jalandhar diocese has directed the Missionaries of Jesus congregation to withhold their...
The results of a wide-ranging study that surveyed the attitudes of people in as many as 35 countries suggest that happiness is tied to being religiously active. Where Americans fit on that scale hops around a bit depending on the subject matter, according to the...
Sharing one’s faith—evange-lizing—is a core practice among many religions. For Christians, it’s viewed as a mandate from Jesus Himself before He departed earth: commanding his disciples to “spread the good news.” Yet, today, a number of factors are curbing many...
Msgr Felix Machado is the archbishop of Vasai and president of the Office for Ecumenism and Interfaith Affairs of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences. For him, “It is not just where Catholics are that the Church must go.” The papal visit is not a waste of...
