Nirmala Carvalho

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Cardinal Gracias says Pope Francis was ‘fearless and courageous’

2 days ago | cruxnow.com | Nirmala Carvalho |John Allen Jr |Elise Ann Allen |Eduardo Lima

MUMBAI, India – Cardinal Oswald Gracias says Pope Francis was “a person of deep faith, of prayer.”Gracias was the archbishop of Bombay until the pope accepted his retirement earlier this year. The cardinal spoke to Crux after learning about the death of Francis on Monday. “The Holy Spirit sends us the leader that we need at different times,” Gracias said.
Electrifying, maverick Pope Francis leaves behind ‘roller coaster’ legacy

3 days ago | cruxnow.com | John Allen Jr |Elise Ann Allen |Nirmala Carvalho |Ngala Killian Chimtom

ROME – When Pope Francis was elected to the Throne of Peter on March 13, 2013, he was largely unknown to the wider world. Even many of his fellow Argentines felt they had only a vague, indistinct impression of a man who, in their experience, had tended to shun the spotlight.
Chhattisgarh: six Christian families expelled from their village for not renouncing their faith

1 week ago | asianews.it | Nirmala Carvalho

Sukma (AsiaNews) – Six Christian families were recently evicted from Karingundam, a village in Sukma District, Chhattisgarh, a state with a large tribal population. The expellees had refused to renounce their faith. The incident, confirmed by local sources, is the latest in a long series of attacks and acts of discrimination against Christian communities in the central-eastern Indian state, where religious conversions are often viewed as a violation of local social customs.
Scandal-plagued Peru lay group announces suppression by Vatican

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Elise Ann Allen |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Nirmala Carvalho

ROME – On Monday, the Peru-based Sodalitium Christiane Vitae (SCV) announced that after nearly two years of investigation by the Vatican, it had been formally suppressed by Pope Francis, bringing a close to a decade-long saga marred by allegations of abuse and financial corruption.
‘New phase’ of Francis papacy is slowing taking shape

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Elise Ann Allen |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Nirmala Carvalho

ROME – When Pope Francis was discharged from the hospital three weeks ago, officials broadly said that a new era of his papacy was being ushered in, following a harrowing 38-day battle with double pneumonia. For the first two weeks after his discharge from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on March 23, what exactly Francis’s papacy would look like going forward was largely a mystery, as he settled back into his residence and appeared to be astutely adhering to a doctor-mandated two-month period of rest.
Police ban outdoor Way of the Cross in India’s capital

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Nirmala Carvalho |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen

MUMBAI, India – Citing security concerns, the Delhi police in India’s capital denied permission for the Palm Sunday “Way of the Cross” procession from St. Mary’s Church to Sacred Heart Cathedral. The parish accepts the decision respectfully. Due to the restriction on holding the procession outside, the event was confined within the premises of the cathedral.
Delhi: Catholics in the Indian capital denied their Stations of the Cross

1 week ago | asianews.it | Nirmala Carvalho

Delhi (AsiaNews) - The Delhi police have denied permission for a Via Crucis procession to be held on Palm Sunday from Saint Mary's Church to the Sacred Heart Cathedral. The local government of the Indian capital - which a few months ago returned to the hands of the Hindu nationalists of the BJP - cited ‘security reasons’ as the justification, forcing the rite to be held inside the church.
Jesuit general on Rupnik: we were blind, we’ve learned from mistakes

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Elise Ann Allen |John Allen Jr |Nirmala Carvalho |Eduardo Lima

ROME – In a conversation with the press earlier this week, Venezuelan Jesuit Father General Arturo Sosa confessed that his order had been “blind” to abuses committed by a famed artist who was expelled from the group nearly two years ago. The notorious case involving Slovene Father Marko Rupnik, accused of abusing over 30 adult women, “is not an easy case to speak about, because it caused a lot of pain, for the victims first of all,” Sosa told journalists during an April 10 press conference.
A John Allen update, and three notes of thanks

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | John Allen Jr |Elise Ann Allen |Nirmala Carvalho |Eduardo Lima

ROME – It’s been two months now since I announced that I would be taking a professional hiatus due to the aggressive cycles of chemotherapy and immunotherapy I’ve been undergoing to battle stomach cancer. This 60-day mark seems an apt moment for a quick update on how I’m doing. At the beginning, I’ll admit, things were rough. Without the tireless daily support of my wife, Elise Allen, I’m sure I probably would have imploded.
Pedro Salinas: ‘The suppression of the Sodalitium has meant the amputation of a sick member of the Catholic Church’

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | John Allen Jr |Elise Ann Allen |Nirmala Carvalho |Eduardo Lima

In his latest book, ‘The Truth Sets Us Free,’ (Debate, 2025), which was presented Thursday, April 10, in Peru and is already a best-seller in some Lima bookstores, the Peruvian journalist Pedro Salinas recounts, with the rhythm of a thriller, the story of a long struggle in different spheres to bring the truth about the abuses of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV) to light, culminating in an unprecedented and historic event: The suppression of this society of apostolic life of pontifical...