Catholic nun Lucy Kalapura (pictured), who made world headlines over a bishop alleged to have raped a nun, has had her final appeal for dismissal from her order rejected. After the Catholic Church’s highest judicial authority, the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, rejected her appeal, Kalapura was told to vacate her convent in Kerala, Read more
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France is about to reopen with several innovations to attract pilgrims. After many months of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities at the famous Marian shrine say it is imperative to attract as many visitors as possible. That is one of the aims of the Read more
Vietnamese Catholics in the Archdiocese of Boston can now celebrate the Eucharist in their native tongue with the establishment of the archdiocese’s first Vietnamese parish. About 600 faithful filled Saint Clement Church in Medford for what auxiliary Bishop Mark O’Connell of Boston said felt like “a big celebration” with a big choir, drums and dancing. Read more
The G7 leaders’ vaccine pledge – to fund one billion COVID vaccines falls “far short” of what is needed. It represents a “moral failure”, Britain’s former Prime Minister Gordon Brown says. His comments were made on Sunday when he was delivering the Methodist Justice Lecture online. “The G7 summit was one venue where, with the Read more
The devastating news landed in the inboxes of the fertility clinic patients early one morning in March 2018. A tank storing frozen human embryos and eggs at Pacific Fertility Center in San Francisco had failed, potentially destroying the precious cells that scores of people hoped would one day bring them biological children. Some might still Read more
Churchgoers in Cornwall have said they were left “gobsmacked” after Joe Biden, the US president, and his wife Jill Biden were spotted at Sunday service. The couple attended a small Catholic church in St Ives in the morning of the final day of the G7 summit. One parishioner, known only as Margaret, said it was Read more
The Catholic Church in Zimbabwe has for years lobbied the government to ease stringent broadcasting laws and reduce steep licensing fees that have denied private players and local voices entry into radio and television media. While Zimbabwe’s broadcasting authorities on numerous occasions made commitments to liberalize national media, those concessions have not been extended to Read more
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson — recently married to longtime girlfriend Carrie Symonds in a Catholic ceremony — ducked a reporter’s question about his religion. At the same time, he branded Labor Party rival Keith Starmer, an atheist, as “a fool” for not believing in God. Asked by ITV political editor Robert Peston whether Mr. Read more
Canadian faith communities and politicians are united in strongly condemning a hate attack on a Muslim family in which several people died. Four members of the family were killed by a driver on 6 June and a nine-year-old boy was seriously injured. Police say killing the family was a deliberate act. They believe the family Read more
Four civilians were killed in a night attack by the Myanmar military on a Catholic Church in the eastern part of the troubled country. Myanmar’s leading Catholic Church figure has vehemently condemned the military shelling saying the country’s “great humanitarian tragedy needs to stop.” “It is with immense pain that we express our concern over Read more