By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru: Pope Francis on May 31 appointed Father Arulselvam Rayappan, a canon law expert and a seminary professor, as the bishop of Salem in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The announcement was made at 12 noon in Rome. The 60-year-old bishop elect is aContinue Reading

Washington DC: With fewer than 50 percent of Americans holding formal memberships in churches in 80 years, more Protestant churches are closing than opening nationwide, and further decline appears “inevitable,” new data show. Estimates made by the Nashville-based Lifeway Research, show that in 2019, well before many churches were forcedContinue Reading

By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru: A weekly program on Hindu-Christian dialogue started by the Bengaluru-based Ecumenical Christian Centre (ECC) has been drawing scores people from across India. The 25-episode lecture series is titled “Hindu Christian Dialogue for Fellowship: Sages and Saints for Self-Realization and Social Transformation.” It is meant toContinue Reading

Budapest: The International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary, will open this September with a 1,000-strong choir and a “vast” number of First Communions. The organizers of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress made the announcement as they released new details of the packed program for the Sept. 5-12 event. At aContinue Reading

Bangalore: Father Baptist Pais was appointed the executive secretary to the Commission for Ecumenism under the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India. The 61-year-old member of the Mumbai province of the Divine World Society was made by the conference’s executive committee in a virtual meeting May 14-15. Father Pais was theContinue Reading