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China owes ‘apology and compensation’ for coronavirus

Apr 04, 2020

Poor countries are suffering from the coronavirus because of the Chinese Communist Party’s negligence and repression, a cardinal from Burma said Thursday.
5 lessons Pope Francis has taught with his actions more than his words

Mar 21, 2020

Friday, March 13, marked the seventh anniversary of the Francis papacy. Over the last seven years, Pope Francis has introduced and popularised memorable phrases meant to inspire the Church.
How did Malaysia lose its spring? A systemic explanation

Mar 05, 2020

This article offers you no insider’s story, conspiracy theory or moral judgement of personalities. Surely you can find them elsewhere.
The Amazon Synod, indigenous rights and a problematic papal bull

Mar 01, 2020

Pope Francis has the opportunity to take a bold stop and build on the success of the Synod of Bishops' assembly on the Amazon and his post-synodal exhortation, Querida Amazonia.
Catholics in Amazonia welcome the post-synodal apostolic exhortation

Feb 23, 2020

"It is not a decree, but an invitation to dream," said Archbishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo of Belo Horizonte in southeast Brazil.
Thousands protest CAA at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan

Feb 23, 2020

Thousands of people, including several Christians, gathered at Azad Maidan in Mumbai to oppose the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), the proposed Nat
Italian and Chinese researchers work together on coronavirus mutations

Feb 16, 2020

The young researcher Domenico Benvenuto, from the Biomedical Campus of Rome, managed to discover the mutant gene that allowed the coronavirus to pass from bats to humans. The Roman university has been collaborating with Chinese scholars since the SARS epidemic. To combat the virus, quarantine and isolation are useful, racist and synophobic attitudes are useless. The young researcher was born in the same city as Giovanni da Montecorvino, first bishop of Beijing (1247-1328).
Coronavirus: Cardinal Alencherry calls for vigilance

Feb 16, 2020

Cardinal George Alencherry in southern India has asked people to be vigilant and strictly follow government instructions to check the spread of the coronavirus after Kerala declared the epidemic “a state calamity” on Feb. 3.
Online fury at death of ‘everyday hero’ Dr Li Wenliang

Feb 16, 2020

Li Wenliang, the doctor who first raised the alarm about the coronavirus and who the police silenced, died in the hospital after contracting the infection from a patient.
Benedict’s estrangement from Ratzinger

Feb 09, 2020

The publication of From the Depths of Our Hearts, Cardinal Robert Sarah’s book on clerical celibacy “co-authored” with Pope Benedict XVI, illustrates once more the problem with the institution of the emeritus papacy as it’s currently functioning.