– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com (CNA) Pope Francis said Wednesday that the first Christian evangelization of the pagans opened up “a very lively controversy” as the early Church discerned how to absorb new members from outside the people of Israel. …
– Tej Francis ASIA The unprecedented scale of anti-Christian persecution in Asia An elderly Christian woman in a village in India’s Tamil Nadu state was beaten by extremists. The incident is part of a surge in attacks against Christians in…
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The third likely option is that they have followed the Gaza Valley to the village of Layla, situated at an altitude of 3,800 meters and inhabited by the nomad layaps, yak herders on the neighboring…
– ROBAIRD O’CEARBHAILL As Pope Francis said at Davos in 2018, the highest international economic forum, about social inequality and justice, “Only through a firm resolve shared by all economic actors may we hope to
– Tej Francis Email:tejfrancis@gmail.com (Crux) Cardinal John Henry Newman, declared a saint by the Catholic Church on Sunday, is widely recognized as one of the greatest theologians of the 19th century. Yet for Pope Francis, he’s an example of everyday…
– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com U.S.A In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace (Pew Forum) In U.S., smaller share of adults identify as Christians, while religious ‘nones’ have grown. The religious landscape of the United States continues to…
– Robaird O’Cearbhaill Hong Kong Correspondent Despite the well known areas of science brought to early modern age China by Jesuit missionaries, one crucial area, water distribution technology on which agricultural economies depend, was, until recently, almost ignored. One of…
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro In 1627, Estevão Cacela leaves for Shigatse, where he arrives in November of that year. “We decided to make this change because we think that all the favors of Lama Rupa were tricks to prevent…
– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com Vatican City Cardinal Sarah: Ideological push in Amazon synod an ‘insult to God’ (CNA) The push by some Westerners to use the Vatican’s Amazon synod to advance their personal agendas is an insult to God…
Wojciech Cydzik – ROBAIRD O’CEARBHAILL Being Polish for the vast part of the population means being Catholic. They are not just practicing their faith but ninety per cent of them declare themselves officially as Catholic. The fact that they are…
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