Rome : Pope Francis surprised a neighborhood in suburban Rome on Friday, May 20 afternoon by going door-to-door to bless houses. The pope began doing monthly works of mercy during the 2015-2016 Jubilee Year of Mercy, and decided to continue the “Mercy Friday” practice even after the jubilee ended. ItContinue Reading
Vatican: Pope Francis has acknowledged the scientific research on genetic diseases, but stressed that destroying human embryos is unjustifiable. The controversial topic was brought up at an event aimed at raising awareness about an incurable genetic disorder. “We know that no end, even a noble one like the expectation ofContinue Reading
By: Purushottam Nayak Salimagucha, Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: Missionaries of Charity Sisters founded by Saint Teresa of Kolkata opened a new community at Salimaguchha Parish, of Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar on May 13 during the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima. It is a gift to the poor, needy, marginalized and underprivileged.Salimaguchha has eightContinue Reading
By B. Kolappan Chennai: The Vatican has declined to make changes to the name of Devasahayam Pillai, the 18th century converted Christian and martyr, who is likely to be elevated as a saint in the near future. In their letter to Angelo Cardinal Amato of the Congregation for the Causes ofContinue Reading
Dublin,Ireland: The beatification of Jesuit priest Fr John Sullivan at the St Francis Xavier church on Dublin’s Gardiner Street Saturday morning is at once a tribute to the cordinal relations among churches in the city but also to the distance Rome itself has travelled ecumenically these recent years. Nurtured andContinue Reading
Panjim: The Archdiocese of Goa and Daman will be consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on Saturday, even as Pope Francis travels to Fatima in Portugal to lead the centenary celebrations of the apparitions of Mary in that town. As Catholics the world over, celebrate the centenary of theContinue Reading
Aleppo,Syria: The Christian community in Syria’s second largest city is preparing to celebrate Our Lady of Fatima and consecrate the city to her. For Antoine Audo, Chaldean Archbishop of Aleppo, this will be a time of “hope” for Christians, who will bear witness to a faith that remains “strong in timesContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Bhubaneswar—The first Divine Word missionary from Kandhamal district of Odisha, the epicenter 2008 anti-Christian persecution, has opted to work Argentina, Pope Francis’ home country in Latin America. Deacon Sanjib Bishoyi, a member of the Society of the Divine Word or SVD, hails from Adibanga village of SacredContinue Reading
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Kochi: The CSI Immanuel Church here, which completed 110 years of its existence, has been declared a cathedral of the Cochin diocese of the Church. CSI Cochin diocese bishop B N Fenn made the declaration regarding the elevation of the church at the third diocesan council of the diocese. TheContinue Reading