By Matters India Reporter Panaji: Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrão of Goa and Daman has urged his people to keep the Word of God close to their heart on daily basis. The archbishop, who is also the president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), was releasing the bookContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Nagpur: St Charles Major Seminary that began in the central Indian city of Nagpur with one student and a teacher in a bullock cart 169 years ago has a new rector. Dominican Father Aquin Noronha, a former missionary to South Africa, has been elected to leadContinue Reading
By Victor Edwin New Delhi: The Department of Distance Education in Theology under Delhi’s Vidyajyoti College of theology organized an international laity webinar on the third encyclical of Pope Francis Fratelli Tutti (All Brothers). Around 380 participants from Europe to East Asia attended the January 24 program. Archbishop Anil CoutoContinue Reading
Rome: As a self-proclaimed atheist in his early 20s, Private Dillon Beatson said that the only time he spoke of religion was with ridicule. But when his helicopter crashed during a training mission in the Middle East, he found himself crying out to God. “It is funny how fast andContinue Reading
Dimapur: Deacon Peter Pehiachanglu was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Kohima on January 15 at St Peter’s Chruch, Nsong under SFS Parish, Tening, Peren District by Bishop James Thoppil of Kohima. Deacon Peter dressed in the traditional Zeliang attire came in procession accompanied by the clan and familyContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Cuttack-Bhubaneswar: Four nuns took temporary vows and four others perpetual vows during Mass on January 16 in Cuttack’s cathedral. Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswa, who led the Mass January 16 hailed the nuns as “God’s channel to reach the poor.” The nuns belong to the Congregation ofContinue Reading
By I P Sarto Dumka: The animators of the Small Christian Communities in Dumka diocese have decided to celebrate St. Joseph’s year solemnly in this year. This was decided by the animators from nine parishes who attended an orientation on “Trinitarian Church” held January 15-17 in Dumka. Some participants decidedContinue Reading
Bhopal: Catholic churches of Madhya Pradesh will eventually have women doing rituals, exclusively exercised by priests so far. While the nun may take the lead and it will not prevent lay people to be part of it. It will be open for all, says Archbishop Leo Cornelio of Bhopal, presidentContinue Reading
By: Matters India Reporter Rome: Pope Francis has appointed Society of Jesus priest Henry Pattarumadathil as a member of Pontifical Biblical Commission . 57-year- old Father Pattarumadathil who hails from Kerala in Southern India was ordained as a priest for the Kerala Province of Society of Jesus in 1995 .Continue Reading
Vatican City: The Vatican on January 12 gave guidance about how priests can distribute ashes on Ash Wednesday amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments published a note directing priests to say the formula for distributing the ashes once to everyone present,Continue Reading