An independent commission looking into the sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic Church said on Tuesday it had documented cases pointing to at least 4,815 victims. Set up by the Portuguese ...

Established in 1575 on the shores of Erangal, Malad, the sea-facing St Bonaventure Church has stood steadfast against the ...

When Affonso became king in 1506, he set out to learn everything there was to learn about the Portuguese ruling class, court etiquette, the laws of the country and the Catholic Church.

The Bombay Catholic Sabha also complained to the top district official on Dec ... It was in regular use till 1737 when war broke out between the native Marathas and the Portuguese. The church was ...

A Portuguese cardinal who was elevated to ... and its “Sinicization” policy that overtly wishes to make the Catholic Church socialist. Canon 1374 states that “a person who joins an ...

south-west of the Portuguese mainland. People had gathered outside a church in a village in the hills overlooking the town to celebrate the Roman Catholic Feast of the Assumption, which takes ...

So, the close-knit community of Portuguese Catholic immigrants did the only ... Grateful farmers came to church thanking God for a blessing that was reminiscent of the time their ancestors in ...