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Cardinal urges extra security for Sri Lanka’s religious places

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has written a letter to Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena appealing for extra security for Catholic institutions. It follows concerns that churches may face more attacks after the Easter Sunday suicide bombings of three churches and three hotels that killed 259 people and injured more than 500. A senior Catholic priest said […]

Cardinal complains of ‘criminal silence’ of Myanmar’s religious leaders

Myanmar’s cardinal has called on the military and militias to show “mercy” on the poverty-stricken populations caught in the crossfire of the country’s ongoing ethnic conflicts. Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon also called out the country’s religious leaders for their “criminal” silence about the violence in the country. “Not a single day passes without […]

Chinese govt tightens control over religious activities

Officials in Hebei province in northern China have sent religious organizations a notice that from now on they will have to comply with new stricter regulations. The chairman of one Catholic parish council told ucanews.com he considered the demand a serious violation of people’s rights. The “Template for a Charter on Legal People in Religious […]

Missionaries spread the faith in Bangladesh

Catholics across Bangladesh are engaging in month-long activities undertaken by the local Church to observe and celebrate Extraordinary Missionary Month. While observing World Mission Sunday in 2017, Pope Francis set October 2019 as the month to mark the 100th anniversary of Pope Benedict XV’s apostolic letter Maximum Illud in 1919, a document on the Church’s […]

Catholics need to recognize ‘ecological sins,’ synod members say

Synod members called for the Catholic Church to deepen its theology in a way that would help people recognize “ecological sins.” According to a Vatican News summary, an “ecological conversion” was necessary to ensure that Christians understand the “gravity of sin against the environment as a sin against God, against one’s neighbour and against future […]

Church body condemns Bhagwat’s Bible reference to mob lynching

The National Council of Churches in India has issued a statement condemning the reference to the Bible by Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat, in order to justify the term “mob lynching.” In a statement on October 10, 2019, the NCCI said Bhagwat had misquoted the Bible. The NCCI stated: “We are shocked that […]

Myanmar prelate decries religious leaders’ silence over killings

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon says he is dismayed over the silence of religious leaders as civilians were killed and displaced as a result of ongoing fighting in conflicttorn Myanmar. He said Oct. 1 that there were 500,000 Buddhist monks, 70,000 nuns, nearly 1,200 Christian pastors, more than 2,000 Catholic nuns and countless other […]

Nigerian Bishops decry attacks on Pope Francis

At the end of their recent meeting, the Catholic Bishops of Nigeria have said that attacks aimed at Pope Francis are ill-advised and describe them as “the proverbial ill wind that blows no one any good, bearing in mind that there are other more legitimate avenues of expressing opinions to the Holy Father. The Second […]