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Bishop stalls transfer of nuns out of Kuruvilangadu convent

Taking a serious note of the attempts to move the nuns, who were part of the public protest against Bishop Franco Mulakkal, out of the Kuravilangadu convent, Bishop Agnelo of the Jalandhar diocese has directed the Missionaries of Jesus congregation to withhold their transfer orders till the case is over. In an e-mail addressed to […]

International study suggests religious people are happier

The results of a wide-ranging study that surveyed the attitudes of people in as many as 35 countries suggest that happiness is tied to being religiously active. Where Americans fit on that scale hops around a bit depending on the subject matter, according to the study, “Religion’s Relationship to Happiness, Civic Engagement and Health Around […]

Almost Half of Practicing Christian Millennials Say Evangelism Is Wrong

Sharing one’s faith—evange-lizing—is a core practice among many religions. For Christians, it’s viewed as a mandate from Jesus Himself before He departed earth: commanding his disciples to “spread the good news.” Yet, today, a number of factors are curbing many Christians’ enthusiasm for faith-sharing, including the decline of religion in America, a spreading apathy toward spiritual matters […]

Msgr Machado with Pope Francis in Abu Dhabi: The Church must go everywhere

Msgr Felix Machado is the archbishop of Vasai and president of the Office for Ecumenism and Interfaith Affairs of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences. For him, “It is not just where Catholics are that the Church must go.” The papal visit is not a waste of time. He was in Abu Dhabi from 3 […]

ASIA BIBI: PAKISTANI AUTHORITIES BARRING HER FROM LEAVING, FRIEND SAYS

Pakistani authorities have moved Asia Bibi, a Christian woman recently acquitted of blasphemy charges, to a new “secure area” and are barring her from leaving the country, a close friend and rights campaigner has claimed. Bibi, who spent eight years on death row, was transferred from a location near the capital to a house in […]

SEVEN CHURCHES AND COMMUNITIES SUPPRESSED IN QIQIHAR DIOCESE

At least seven churches and their communities have been suppressed in recent months in the diocese of Qiqihar, whose bishop, Msgr Giuseppe Wei Jingyi is recognized by the Holy See, but not by the government. Members of the United Front, police, representatives of the Religious Affairs Bureau entered the churches while mass was being celebrated, […]

CARDINAL FILONI: “HOLY SEE-CHINA PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE”

Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, followed the delicate and complex path of the Catholic Church in China since 1992, the year of its arrival in Hong Kong. In those same years the diplomatic detente began between the People’s Republic of China and the Holy See, with the first […]

BP. HINDER: THE POPE IN ARABIA WILL BE A BRIDGE FOR DIALOGUE WITH MUSLIMS

Pope Francis’s visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a country where most migrant workers are Catholic from different Asian countries, is an “encouragement and a recognition of their existence and value,” this according to Paul Hinder, Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia (United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen). Speaking to AsiaNews on the eve of […]