By Thomas Scaria Belthangady, Feb 12, 2024: Option for the poor and the marginalized is the only mission of the Syro-Malabar Church in India, asserted Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil while inaugurating the silver jubilee celebration of Belthangady diocese in Karnataka. Belthangady is the first Syro-Malabar diocese in the southern IndianContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Feb 8, 2024: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, the first episcopal body in the world to study Artificial Intelligence (AI) seriously, has asked the country’s 174 dioceses to educate their more than 20 million members to responsibly use digital tools. “AI holds out theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Feb 1, 2024: The second day of the General Body Meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) on February 1 saw the participants the review the outcome of the Rome Synod on Synodality, Manipur crisis and situation of Christians across the country. CardinalContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Jan 31,2024: Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of Pontifical Academy for Life, has emphasized the role of families and communities in providing palliative care. The 78-year-old Vatican official said this January 30 while addressing the staff and students of Delhi’s Vidyajyoti College of Theology on EthicsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Jan 31, 2024: The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI, Latin Rite) has launched a mobile app to serve as a comprehensive platform, offering access to spiritual resources, relevant news and a range of Catholic services in the country. The Catholic Connect App wasContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Jan 24, 2024: Mangaluru’s St. Joseph’s seminary on January 24 became an institute for ecclesiastical higher education. The proclamation of the decree was conducted by Carmelite Father Mathew Attungal, the dean of the faculty of philosophy, Dharmaram College, Bengaluru, in the presence of Bishop Peter PaulContinue Reading
By Lalita Roshni Lakra Kolkata, Jan 21, 2024: The Conference of Religious Women India has trained 46 nuns to create awareness about the grievance redressal cell among its members in northern India. The Jan 19-21 Training of Trainers program was attended by participants from Andamans, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Jharkhand, MadhyaContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Rayagada, Jan 13, 2024: A survivor of the 2008 anti-Christian violence in Odisha’s Kandhamal district is the first Catholic priest ordained for the Sons of the Immaculate Conception, an Italian congregation. Vincentian Bishop Aplinar Senapati Rayagada ordained Uchhaba Pradhan as a priest during a solemn Mass St.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Jan 13, 2024: Syro-Malabar Church Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil on January 13 appointed Bishop Joseph Kollamparampil as the administrator of Shamshabad diocese, a seat he vacated on being elected the head of the Oriental Rite. Bishop Kollamparampil has been serving the Telangana-based diocese as itsContinue Reading
By George Pattery Kolkata, Jan 11, 2023: I wish to congratulate you, not so much for the appointment as Major Archbishop, but for the hope that you would bring to rest at least for a while the intrigues and fights that have been wounding the Syro-Malabar Church and that thereContinue Reading