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
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 28, 2023: A Kerala parish council’s “barbaric” punishment to a youth during Christmas midnight Mass has triggered condemnation in the southern Indian state. “Today I heard the news that the young man was brought to his knees to apologize. The sting of the actionContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 14, 2023: Bethany Father Mathai Kadavil has been appointed as the new bishop of the Khadki diocese of the Syro-Malankara Church. The appointment was announced in the St Mary’s Cathedral, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram December 12. Earlier, Pope Francis approved the name of the 60-year-old priestContinue Reading
By Irene Zosiami Shillong, Dec 13, 2023: As many as 52 young women from various parts of India recently took first vows in the first religious congregation for women founded in northeastern India. They vowed to be poor, chaste and obedient in the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of MaryContinue Reading
By Salvatore Cernuzio Vatican City, Dec 12, 2023: Pope Francis on December 11 received in audience Jesuit Archbishop Cyril Vasil, the Pontifical Delegate to the Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly, on the eve of the latter’s departure for Kerala, southern India, the base of the Syro-Malabar Church. On December 7 December, PopeContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Siliguri, Decr 8, 2023: A group of Sisters marked 75th year of their arrival in India on December 8 at a solemn Eucharistic celebration and fellowship meal with fellow religious and well wishers. Principal of Don Bosco School Siliguri, Father V.C. Jose along with seven priests andContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena New Delhi, Dec 8, 2023: India’s Latin rite Church is preparing its people to face modern challenges. For this, it has launched a training program on strategic planning training for the 14 regions of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India. A training program was held DecemberContinue Reading
By George Cheriyan Jaipur, Nov 27, 2023: Christians should serve others without fear or expectations in a multireligious society, says Theodosius Mar Thoma Metropolitan, the supreme head of the Kerala-based Mar Thoma Church. “Whatever place you are, try to do something for the betterment of people around you,” the prelateContinue Reading
By Joseph Victor Edwin Bengaluru, Nov 24, 2023: Pope Francis speaks a language that is close to us, and resonates with our experiences, sys Father Felix Wilfred, a renowned Asian theologian. The former professor of the State University of Madras and current director of the Chennai-based Asian Centre for Cross-CulturalContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Bangalore, November 20, 2023: The South Asia BOSCOM General Body Assembly meeting held in Don Bosco Provincial House Bangalore honoured two Salesian media trailblazers, Fr C.M. Paul and Fr Michael Makri on November 19, 2023. Marking 30th year of Salesian Communication body, Boscom South Asia delegate FrContinue Reading