Catholic Church Current Affairs, GK & News
Pope replaces Santago bishop
Pope Francis has replaced Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati after the sex abuse on the later. Apart from this he was also charged for cover up. The 77 year old Ezzati submitted his resignation. Francis himself got embroiled in the scandal during his visit to Chile in 2018. Francis recently summined all the bishops of Chile to ..
Topics: Cardinals created by Pope John Paul II • Catholic Church • Catholic sexual abuse cases in Latin America • Jesuits • Karadima case • Pope Francis • Popes • Ricardo Ezzati • Ricardo Ezzati Andrello
Ruth Pfau, popularly known as Pakistan’s Mother Teresa passes away
Dr Ruth Pfau (87), a German doctor and nun who dedicated her life to eradicating leprosy in Pakistan, has passed in Karachi, Pakistan on August 10, 2017. She was hailed as Pakistan’s “Mother Teresa” after her work towards helping people displaced by the 2010 Pakistan floods. Dr. Pfau trained Pakistani doctors and attracted foreign donations, ..
Topics: Catholic Church • Countries • Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre • Pakistan • Pakistan floods • Pfau • Roman Catholic missionaries • Ruth Pfau
Mother Teresa’s 101st birth anniversary: 26th August 2011
Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, was a Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India in 1950. For over 45 years she ministered in her own way to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Topics: Awards • Bharat Ratna • Catholic Church • Catholic Church in India • Catholicism • Missionaries of Charity • Mother Teresa • Nikollë Bojaxhiu • Ratna • St. Mother Teresa Catholic Academy • Superiors General