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Delhi archdiocese’s Synodal sessions help focus “unnoticed persons”

Thousands of Catholics have attended the Delhi archdiocesan consultation meetings to prepare for the Rome Synod that began more than six months ago. While Jesuit Father Stanislaus Alla, a theology professor, finds the process “truly historic,” Abp Anil J Couto of Delhi, who initiated it, says the Church in the archdiocese will not be the […]

Itanagar diocese ordains first indigenous priest

Itanagar diocese in the north-eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh May 7 ordained its first priest of indigenous origin Bishop John Thomas of Itanagar ordained Father Roshan Bamin Peter, a member of the Apatani tribe, at Mary Immaculate Church, Hapoli, Ziro, his home parish in Lower Subansiri district. “It is a proud moment for all […]

Indian Catholic hermit nun needs support in old age

An aging Catholic nun, who adopted Hindu ascetic life during the movement for inculturation of the Indian Church some five decades ago, now lives under the care of a parish priest in western India. The 88-year-old Sister Prasanna Devi lived alone for around 40 years in a forest around the sacred hill of Girnar in Junagadh […]

Hong Kong police detain, release 90-year-old cardinal

Hong Kong’s national security police released Cardinal Joseph Zen Zekiun, retired archbishop of Hong Kong, May 11 after detaining him for allegedly colluding with foreign forces. The cardinal, 90, has been a very public supporter of pro-democracy and independence protests that have roiled the city for much of the past decade and came to a […]

Marcos Jr’s popularity shows lasting appeal of strongman leaders in the Philippines

Nearly 70 million Filipinos headed to polling centres on May 9)to elect the next president of the Philippines, hoping their pick will turn around a country battered by the COVID-19 pandemic over the last two years. The fight for the presidency was centred between Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, the son and namesake of the late […]

Nuns wean away Sri Lankan youth from substance abuse

Cletus (name changed) is just 24 but now undergoes treatment for heroin addiction at a rehabilitation centre in northern Sri Lanka. The region, once the centre of the armed conflict between the Sri Lankan army and Tamil Tigers, now faces a new crisis – Substance Use Disorder, says Sister Theophane Cross, head of the Holy […]

Pope tells Russian patriarch: ‘Don’t be Putin’s altar boy’

Warning that the Russian Orthodox patriarch should not “turn himself into Putin’s altar boy,” Pope Francis also said he would like to go to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin in an attempt to end the conflict in Ukraine. The Pope reiterated that he would not be going to Kyiv “for now,” but “I first must […]

10 priests of China’s ‘underground Church’ disappear under police custody

At least 10 priests of the unofficial or “underground” Catholic community in the city of Baoding in the province of Hebei disappeared in the hands of the police since January this year. At least four of those who went missing disappeared on the 29th and 30th of April, said a report on AsiaNews. The underground […]