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Vatican delegate’s mission questioned in Indian Church

The appointment of a Vatican re-presentative, who arrived to help find a solution to the lingering liturgical dispute in India’s eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church, has turned contro-versial after a section of Catholics maintained that his papal delegation itself is suspect. Jesuit Archbishop Cyril Vasil of Slovakia arrived at the Church’s base in southern Kerala state […]

Goa Church distances from layman’s “unite or perish” call

The Catholic Church in Goa has distanced itself from a layman’s call to fellow Goans to unite or be doomed. The call appeared in an article published in the August 1-15 edition of the “Renewal,” the bimonthly pastoral bulletin of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman. The writer, F E Noronha, in his one-page article, […]

Iran targets minorities one year after Mahsa Amini’s death, 69 Christians arrested

Iran arrested scores of Christians, mostly converts from Islam but also some Assyrian-Chaldeans baptised as children, over a seven-week period in June and July in 11 different cities of the country, this according to Article18, a human rights organisation that advocates on behalf of Iranian Christians and religious freedom. In an early report, the NGO […]

Indian Christians organize prayer meet for Manipur before UN

The Indian Christian community in the Tri-state area organized a vigil in front of the United Nations to pray for peace and justice in Manipur where ethnic clashes have raged since May 3. The participants of the August 5 program prayed for good sense to come to the perpetrators of the violence and for the […]

Catholic activist Bobo Yip among 10 arrested over Fund linked to Card Zen

In Hong Kong, the authorities have ordered another crackdown against pro-democracy activists and civil liberties advocates under the infamous national security law, Beijing imposed in 2020. As part of this, police yesterday arrested 10 people for allegedly violating the draconian law in connection with a humanitarian relief fund. Card Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, Hong Kong’s bishop […]

Indian Christians observe annual ‘Black Day’ protest

Indian Christians observed what has become an annual “Black Day” protest on Aug. 10 as a vital panel readies to submit a report on granting reservation status under India’s affirmative action policy to Christian and Muslim Dalits. Protest marches, rallies, and debates were held across the country as different Christian denominations sought scheduled caste status […]

40 Priest Suicides Plague Brazil in 7-Year Nightmare

A Brazilian priest who specializes in psychological and pastoral approaches to preventing suicide and self-harm is raising the alarm at the Vatican following the suicides of at least 40 priests in Brazil over the past seven years. Loneliness, stress and excessive demands are driving priests to kill themselves, concludes Fr. Lício de Araújo Vale, from the diocese […]

China’s plan to resume cross demolitions worries Christians

Christians in Zhejiang province in eastern China have expressed their disappointment over a government plan to resume demolition of crosses in line with the socialist principles of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The province, home to about two million Protestants and about 200,000 Catholic Christians, has endured demolition of hundreds of crosses since 2014. In […]