Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith urged the Colombo Catholic community to embrace their brothers and sisters wholly to build the New Sri Lanka. “Even though it has been 75 years since Sri Lanka gained independence, today, we are slaves of the world,” according to Cardinal Ranjith.
South Korean church officials have joined other religious and civic groups in calling for the parliament to abolish the death penalty, which is pending in the state legislature.
As tribal people protested alleged religious conversions in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, a Catholic church was vandalized, and a police official was injured.
Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferro said that the synthesis was the work of the Holy Spirit, not the individual, and they should be cautious not to add their own opinions to the text.
International Day for Eliminating Violence against women is celebrated every November 25.
"Ending violence against women is possible, only if we act together, now.”
Six people, four of them children, were killed in Western Nepal during an earthquake that destroyed mud and brick houses in remote Himalayan villages of Nepal
The International Day of Rural Women is celebrated on October 15.
Women play an active role in rural economies, involving themselves in crop production, livestock care, and many other activities to diversify their livelihoods.
World Heart Day is September 29.
People are encouraged to change their lifestyles to prevent heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, or any other condition associated with cardiovascular diseases.
