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Church service stops after 96 days as asylum family pardoned

A church service that has been performed continuously for 96 days has come to an end after the Dutch government agreed to pardon a family the pastors were shielding from deportation as part of a wider amnesty. Sasun Tamrazyan, his wife Anousche and their children Hayarpi, 21, Warduhi, 19, and Seyran, 15, have been holed […]

Cardinals at war over ‘fraud of Antichrist’

The Pope’s former doctrinal chief has published a “Manifesto of Faith” in which he warns of the “fraud of Antichrist” being perpetrated by those who fail to teach the faith correctly. Cardinal Gerhard Müller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 2012 to 2017, writes that there is “growing confusion about the doctrine […]

Protect members from sexual harassment: Women major superiors urged

An advocacy group for Catholic religious has urged major superiors of women’s congregation to ensure that their members are protected against sexual harassment. The Forum of Religious for Justice and Peace, in a press release on February 3, also asked the superiors to report to “appropriate civil and ecclesial authorities” any crime against their members. […]

Church body to pray for defeat of Citizenship Amendment Bill in Parliament

An umbrella organisation major churches in Christian-majority Mizoram has urged its members to organised mass prayers so that the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was defeated in Parliament. In a statement, the Mizoram Kohhran Hruaitute Committee (MKHC) made the appeal to its 16 constituent churches to offer mass prayer during the night service on February 16 […]

Pope Francis still plans to come to India

Pope Francis says he is still keen to visit India, a country he keeps in his heart and for which he deeply cares. This was the answer the Pope gave to a question asked by an Indian youth delegate on January 26 during lunch with the Holy Father at the side-lines of the 34th World […]

GERMAN CATHOLICS DEMAND BREAK FROM CHURCH’S TEACHING ON SEX

A group of prominent German Catholics called on February 3 for the ordination of women and ending mandatory priestly celibacy among other changes to Catholic sexual morality. The group of nine, including prominent German priests and theologians, made their demands in an open letter to Cardinal Reinhard Marx, published in the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine […]

Church body for Catholic stance on political situation

The Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) Council for Laity, one of the influential Christian bodies in the country, has launched a nationwide drive to formulate a Catholic stance on the current political situation in the country ahead of the general elections. The Council for Laity will organize a series of events in the run […]

Amid uproar, Vatican clarifies Pope’s comments on ‘sexual slavery’ of nuns

A day after Pope Francis created an international uproar by saying Catholic nuns had been subjected to “sexual slavery” by the founder of a French order, the Vatican sought to clarify his remarks. “When the Holy Father, referring to the dissolution of a Congregation, spoke of ‘sexual slavery,’ he meant ‘manipulation,’ a form of abuse […]