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Devotees remember Venerable Agnelo on his death anniversary‍

Devotees flocked to shrines dedi-cated to Venerable Agnelo in various places in India on his 96th death anniversary. “Venerable Agnelo is an inspi-ration for Catholics in their journey of faith,” said Cardinal Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrão, president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, in his homily during the co-mmemorative Mass on November 20 […]

The toxic effects of food and fear mongering in Malaysia

A restaurant in Malaysia sacked an employee after a video of him wearing a crucifix at work went viral last Sunday, kicking off a public outcry. The latest mass expression of discontent linked with food could further widen the racial and religious divide in the Muslim-majority Southeast Asian nation. The video of the crucifix-wearing man […]

China’s top patriotic bishop stresses unity, sinicization

Archbishop Joseph Li Shan of Beijing stressed the importance of building unity between Chinese Catholics across the mainland and Hong Kong by promoting Catholic spirituality and evangelization efforts in line with the process of sinicization following his three-day visit to Hong Kong. Sinicization is a process by which religious practice is enculturated into the context […]

Pope Francis: Peace is possible, never resign yourselves to war!

“Peace is possible. It takes goodwill,” said Pope Francis on Sunday and he implored men and women of goodwill never to resign themselves to war. “Peace is possible. Let us not resign ourselves to war.” Reiterating his belief, already voiced on many occasions, and repeating the word “always” three times, the Holy Father cried: “War […]

Scottish artist calls Pope’s gift ‘cool and amazing’

A Scottish artist says he was “extremely proud” when he received a medal from Pope Francis for his work. The pope was given a print of “Throwaway Peo-ple” by Michael McVeigh by members of the Church of Scotland in the Vatican Nov. 4. McVeigh is regarded as a modern-day folk artist whose work depicts everyday […]

English surgeon makes waves, literally, to help Ethiopians in need

Scotland’s leading Catholic charity got an unusual fundraiser from an orthopedic surgeon in northern England, who literally made some waves to help Ethio-pians in need. Consultant Orthopedic Sur-geon Matthew Cartwright-Terry is a supporter of SCIAF, the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund, and recently raised money by swimming the Mersey River in North West England. “I […]