Talk to us
CathNews, the most frequently visited Catholic website in Australia, is your daily news service featuring Catholics and Catholicism from home and around the world, Mass on Demand and on line, prayer, meditation, reflections, opinion, and reviews. And, what's more - it's free!
Pakistani Catholic dies in prison awaiting blasphemy trial
A Catholic man in Pakistan who was suffering from advanced dementia has died in prison, after being held in custody for almost a year awaiting trial over a disputed accusation of blasphemy. Source: The Tablet.
Memorials in India mark five years since activist’s death
Memorial programs were held across India on Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of the death of Jesuit Fr Stan Swamy, the 84-year-old tribal rights activist who died in custody at a Mumbai hospital in 2021 while awaiting trial on terrorism charges. Source: EWTN News.
Pilgrims mark feast of St Thomas in Pakistan
Despite a heat wave, about 500 Catholics from Pakistan’s Punjab province travelled to the ancient city of Taxila to mark the feast of St Thomas the Apostle at a site long associated with the apostle’s mission in the Indian subcontinent. Source: National Catholic Register.
Catholics in India condemn desecration of roadside statue
Catholics in Mumbai, India, have condemned vandalism and desecration of a roadside statue of Jesus Christ, while calling for strict action against the perpetrators and protection of all places of worship in the city. Source: UCA News.
Investigation finds India failing to protect vulnerable minorities
A fact-finding team of prominent rights activists and journalists has warned that constitutional guarantees of freedom of conscience, religious liberty and equal citizenship were facing unprecedented challenges in India. Source: UCA News.
Catholic archbishop in India condemns triple murder
A Catholic archbishop in India has condemned the killing of three Christians in Manipur, a state in the country’s far northeast. Source: Crux.
Pakistan Christians protest after court ruling in ‘Maria case’
Christians in Pakistan are protesting a controversial court ruling that upheld the marriage of a 13-year-old Christian girl to a 30-year-old Muslim man, a case widely known as the “Maria’s case”. Source: OSV News.
UN urges Sri Lanka to deliver results in Easter bombing probe
The United Nations yesterday urged Sri Lanka to deliver concrete results after long-running investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 279 people, including 45 foreigners. Source: UCA News.
Bangladeshi Catholics oppose proposal for online classes
The archbishop of Dhaka is urging the Bangladeshi government to reconsider a proposal to introduce online classes for school students amid the countryʼs ongoing energy crisis, warning that the move would undermine education at the hundreds of institutions run by the Catholic Church. Source: EWTN News.