Nirmala Carvalho

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British and Irish people should ‘defend rather than undermine’ life, says Pope Leo

2 days ago | cruxnow.com | Charles Collins |John Allen Jr |Elise Ann Allen |Nirmala Carvalho

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Marking Britain and Ireland’s “Day for Life,” Pope Leo XIV called everyone in society to “defend rather than undermine a civilization founded on authentic love and genuine compassion.” The Day of Life is marked jointly by the Bishops’ Conferences of England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, and this year has the theme “Hope does not disappoint – finding meaning in suffering.” The British parliament is currently looking at making assisted suicide legalized as well...
Pope Leo urges Chicago youth to be messengers of hope, peace

3 days ago | cruxnow.com | Elise Ann Allen |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Nirmala Carvalho

ROME – In a message to Catholics in Chicago, directed especially at young people, Pope Leo XIV urged them to become “beacons of hope” in the world by drawing close to God and forming a community of faith and peace amid life’s challenges.
We cannot contemplate God and come away unmoved

3 days ago | cruxnow.com | John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen |Nirmala Carvalho

When we search for God, we shouldn’t be surprised when we find him. Or more accurately, when we realize that he’s found us. This realization is what the spiritual tradition calls contemplation. Contemplation is union with God. It’s when we find ourselves in his presence, know of his love, and share in fellowship with him. Dwelling in God’s presence is a mystery.
Beatification of ‘Martyr of Honesty’ brings pride to DR Congo

4 days ago | cruxnow.com | Ngala Killian Chimtom |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Nirmala Carvalho

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Bishop Willy Ngumbi Ngengele of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) says the planned beatification of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi is a thing of pride for the people of the country. Ngengele was speaking at a press conference June 9 ahead of the beatification of the Congolese young customs officer who was killed in 2007 after refusing to take a bribe.
India court upholds dismissal of Army officer who refused to violate his Christian faith

5 days ago | cruxnow.com | Nirmala Carvalho |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen

MUMBAI, India – In India, the Delhi High Court recently upheld the dismissal of Lieutenant Samuel Kamalesan, a Christian officer from the Indian Army, for his refusal to participate in religious rituals at his regiment’s temple and gurdwara. Lieutenant Samuel Kamalesan joined the army in 2017 and served in the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, which predominantly recruits soldiers from the Jat, Rajput and Sikh communities.
Contempt for tribal life laid bare as women raped to death in Madhya Pradesh

1 week ago | asianews.it | Nirmala Carvalho

Bhopal (AsiaNews) - A new particularly brutal case of rape against a tribal woman in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has brought to the forefront the shame of gender-based violence that most easily targets the most disadvantaged social groups. A 45-year-old mother of two was the victim of an alleged gang rape a few days ago in the village of Eitwa in the district of Khandwa.
Pope Leo XVI warns against ‘selling yourself to the first bidder’

2 weeks ago | cruxnow.com | Charles Collins |John Allen Jr |Elise Ann Allen |Nirmala Carvalho

Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to not delay in pursuing their faith during his Wednesday General Audience. He was speaking about the parable on the laborers in the vineyard Jesus gives in the Gospel of Matthew, when the landowner hires people at different hours of the day but gives them all the same wages.
Catholic priest among 700 dead from floods in Nigeria

2 weeks ago | cruxnow.com | Ngala Killian Chimtom |John Allen Jr |Elise Ann Allen |Nirmala Carvalho

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Flash floods that swept through some communities in Nigeria’s Benue State have killed over 200 people with 500 more still missing. Authorities say there is no hope any of the missing might still be found alive. Father James Omeh, the he parish priest of Saint Anthony’s Catholic Church in Gulu in Niger State in Nigeria, died on May 25 when his vehicle was swept away by floodwaters along the Lapai-Gulu Road near Duma village. A woman travelling with him was also killed. “Rev.
What discernment was to Francis, community is to Leo

2 weeks ago | cruxnow.com | Elise Ann Allen |John Allen Jr |Nirmala Carvalho |Ngala Killian Chimtom

ROME – Early on in Pope Francis’s papacy, it became clear that “discernment” would be one of his buzzwords, and the Ignatian concept went on to become a bedrock of his Magisterium and pastoral decision-making process. Discernment is a loaded term for the Jesuits, carrying with it a specific interpretation and certain rules for how to exercise it according to Ignatian spirituality, as laid out by St. Ignatius in his famed Spiritual Exercises.
India's first Eucharistic miracle recognised in Vilakkannur

2 weeks ago | asianews.it | Nirmala Carvalho

Vilakkannur (AsiaNews) - With a solemn celebration presided over in Vilakkannur, in the Indian state of Kerala, by Apostolic Nuncio Monsignor Leopoldo Girelli, on 31 May the Catholic Church officially recognised as a Eucharistic miracle a prodigious event that took place 12 years ago in the local church of Christ the King.