By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, May 22, 2020: The Claretian congregation has replaced its Bangalore provincial with a Vatican official as the delegate of the superior general. According to the website of the Claretian Missionaries (Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary or Cordis Marie Filii),Continue Reading
By Robinson Rodrigues New Delhi, May 18, 2020: The leaders of various religions in the national capital on May 18 came together for a virtual interfaith meeting to pray for each other. The Commission for Interreligious Dialogue of the Archdiocese of Delhi organized the program on Zoom Meeting App. DuringContinue Reading
Vatican City, April 26, 2020: Pope Francis has asked Catholics to make a special effort in May to pray the rosary to stop the coronavirus pandemic. “Contemplating the face of Christ with the heart of Mary, our mother, will make us even more united as a spiritual family and willContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, April 22, 2020: The Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), a Kerala-based congregation, has updated its “CMI Global,” a smartphone App that offers support to its members on the go by helping them remain in the CMI digital loop. “Originally, it was launched in 2015. ThisContinue Reading
Vatican City, April 20, 2020: Pope Francis says the forced isolation devised to stop the pandemic was presenting the danger of people living the faith only for themselves — detached from the Sacraments, the Church and the people of God. Online Masses and spiritual communion do not represent the Church,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, April 7, 2020: A group of priests, who call themselves the Twelve Band and based in cities around the world, on April 5 night, came out with a musical video in solidarity with the nation’s fight against Covid-19. The video titled ‘Oru Mezhuthiri Paattu’ (AContinue Reading
Manila, April 7, 2020: It should have been the usual Holy Week he has celebrated since getting ordained for the Catholic priesthood 12 years ago. But for Father Mark Ivo Velasquez of the Archdiocese of Palo, a survivor of Supertyphoon Yolanda, this is a Holy Week like no other. HeContinue Reading
By Joby Mathew Mumbai, April 7, 2020: The Society of St Paul, a Catholic religious congregation for men dedicated to evangelization through media, has released the first Catholic Bible App providing free access to the entire Bible. The App, New Community Bible (NCB), is available both on Google playstore andContinue Reading
Mumbai, April 4, 2020: The Archdiocese of Bombay has asked its priests to follow the directives of the municipal commissioner and cremate Covid-19 victims rather than bury them. “In a video message to priests, Cardinal Oswald Gracias suggested in view of the extraordinary circumstances they would respect the call ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Aizawl, April 2, 2020: Father Sebastian Mali of the Congregation of the Mission (CM) or the Vincentians has been appointed as the first regional superior of the newly erected the North East region of the religious order. The Seven Sisters of the Northeastern states of IndiaContinue Reading