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Pope Francis permitted spending $1m to free nun kidnapped in Mali, cardinal says

At the Vatican’s finance trial on May 5, Cardinal Angelo Becciu said that Pope Francis had allowed spending up to 1 million euros ($1.05 million) toward the liberation of a missionary abducted in Mali. Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti was kidnapped in Feb. 2017 and held until her Oct. 9, 2021 release. Cardinal Becciu, who […]

Report: EU commission proposes sanctions against Patriarch Kirill

The European Commission has reportedly proposed sanctions against the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia is among 58 figures earmarked for sanctions related to the Russia-Ukraine war, Agence France-Presse reported on May 4. The news agency said it had seen a document describing the patriarch as “a long-time […]

Are diocesan mergers on the way?

The Holy See announced on April 27  that Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop George Stack of Cardiff, Wales, appointing Bishop Mark O’Toole of the Diocese of Plymouth, England, to succeed him. At the same time, O’Toole has also been named the Bp of Menevia, the neighbouring Welsh diocese, which has had no bishop […]

Being in Oberammergau Passion Play is stressful, but pulls people together

Next time, Jesus would like to be a villain. That is a role one of the two actors portraying Christ in the Oberammergau Passion Play in Germany would be interested in playing. Frederik Mayet will play Jesus for a second time when the world-famous Passion Play begins its 2022 season May 14. The play will […]

Indian Christians arrested for attending Maundy Thursday service

Police in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state charged 55 Christians who took part in a Maundy Thursday service with violating a law that criminalizes religious conversion following complaints by right-wing Hindu groups. Among them, 26 people were arrested and later released on bail, but police say they are searching for others included in the first information […]

Church opens Indian state’s first palliative care centre

The Catholic Church has set up the first-ever palliative care centre in Nagaland, a Christian-majority state in northeast India. The St. Joseph Pain and Palliative Care Centre at Chumukedima, near the state’s commercial hub of Dimapur, was inaugurated by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, a Baptist Christian, on April 24. The centre is an initiative of […]

Indian faith leaders pledge unity during Ramadan

Leaders of different faiths at the first-ever iftar organized by the Archdiocese of Delhi pledged to remain united amid sectarian violence and growing unrest in India. The iftar or evening meal with which Muslims end their daily Ramadan fast at sunset was a symbolic gesture to show solidarity with members of the national capital’s Islamic […]

Bishop who strengthened tribal Church in south Rajasthan dies

Emeritus Bishop Joseph Pathalil, the first prelate of Udaipur diocese in Rajasthan, died April 14 after a long illness. He was 85. The death occurred at 12 noon at Paras KJ Hospital in Udaipur. A message from Bishop Devprasad Ganawa of Udaipur said his predecessor had developed some breathing difficulties in the morning and was […]