KOLKATA: Eminent author and social activist Mahasweta Devi+ , whose writings focused on the marginalised communities in the country and served as the voice of the oppressed, died here today after a multi-organ failure. She was 91. P. Tandon, CEO of Belle Vue nursing home, where she was admitted sinceContinue Reading
Darjeeling : Addressing a group of seminarians, senior prelate and alumnus of Salesian College Sonada, Darjeeling archbishop Dominic Jala interacted with students preparing for priesthood and briefed them on pastoral concerns facing priests today and spelt out urgent qualities needed for a modern pastor. While addressing 66 students of philosophy and facultyContinue Reading
Rome: Pope Francis has erected the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Great Britain and has appointed as its first bishop Father Joseph (Benny Mathew) Srampickal, vice rector of the College De Propaganda Fide in Rome. This was announced in Rome on July 28 at noon local time, corresponding to 15:30 hours, IndianContinue Reading
Rome: Pope Francis has nominated Monsignor Stephen Chirappanath as Apostolic Visitator for the Syro-Malabar faithful residing in Europe. This was made public in Rome on Thursday, July 28 at noon local time, corresponding to 15:30 hours, Indian Standard Time. Monsignor Chirappanath was born on December 25, 1961, at Puthenchira, EparchyContinue Reading
Commercialization of healthcare in private sector that is posing a great challenge to the Church hospitalsContinue Reading
The Orthodox Theological Seminary hosted a delegation of the Assyrian Church of the East on 25 July 2016. It also comprised of the Bishops of the Chaldean church in India. His Eminence Mar Awa Royel, Secretary of the Holy Episcopal Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East and theContinue Reading
NEW YORK : Following news of the murder of a French priest by ISIS militants Tuesday, an editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal is announcing his conversion to the Catholic faith. In a tweet posted Tuesday, Sohrab Ahmari stated “this is the right moment to announce that [he is]Continue Reading
Farrell Shah, the director of Calcutta Archdiocesan Social Communications Commission, has come up with a novel plan to get the news and message of Mother Teresa’s canonization worldwide through social media, with an innovative web TV channel which brings alive the soon-to-be-saint in the Pokémon Go age. Despite his commitmentsContinue Reading
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be travelling to Vatican City in Rome to witness the sainthood ceremony of Mother Teresa. The Roman Catholic nun is to be declared a saint on September 4 by Pope Francis. Sources in the Delhi chief minister’s office confirmed that Kejriwal received and acceptedContinue Reading
The world is at war, but it is not a war of religions, Pope Francis said Wednesday as he traveled to Poland on his first visit to Central and Eastern Europe in the shadow of the slaying of a priest in France. The killing of an 85-year-old priest in aContinue Reading