By Matters India Reporter Orlong Hada, Feb 21, 2020: The Indian Franciscan Major Superiors, 97 of them from all over India gathered together in the Orlong Hada hill area in Meghalaya in North Eastern India to spend four days (from Feb 17 to 20) of deep personal and collective reflectionContinue Reading
By Christina Hermoso and Leslie Ann Aquino Manila, Feb 22, 2020: To reduce the risk of transmission of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has recommended the sprinkling of blessed ash on the crown of the head instead of marking with ash theContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Gopalpur-on-Sea, Feb 21, 2020: A group of 35 nuns and priests who represent the congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary working in Asia met together in Gopalpur, Odisha, Eastern India, to plan out their priorities for the mission. The Feb 5-10 meeting vowed toContinue Reading
By Lalita Roshni Lakra Delhi, Feb 14, 2020: The national CRI (Conference of Religious, India) organized a day-long seminar for young religious (nuns) on Feb 9 at CRI House, Okhla, Delhi. There were about 45 young women religious from different Congregations of Delhi. Salesian Father Joe Mannath, secretary of nationalContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, Feb 13, 2020: Apostolic Nuncio to India Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro on February 13 urged Catholic bishops in the country to lead their people in proclaiming the good news through joyful services. Nearly 200 bishops representing 174 dioceses in India are currently attending their biennial plenaryContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Feb 4, 2020: Father Varkey Kattarath, founder of the Vincentian Congregation, will be declared a Servant of God, the first stage in the four-phase canonization process, on February 5. The function will be held at 11 am in the congregation’s headquarters in Edappally, a suburbContinue Reading
Kampala, Feb 03 , 2020: A Catholic Archbishop in Uganda has decreed that Holy Communion can in future be received only by mouth, and not in the hand. The conservative Archbishop of Kampala, the Most Rev Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, said this was because of “many reported instances of dishonouring theContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Jan 31, 2020: More than 700 priests from 91 of 132 India’s Latin rite dioceses spent four days at the Marian pilgrimage center of Vailankanni in Tamil Nadu to rediscover their enthusiasm to serve the Church and society. The second congress of the Conference of DiocesanContinue Reading
Kochi, Jan 30, 2020: The Kerala High Court has recently dismissed a Public Interest Litigation against the religious practice of administering Holy Communion in churches. The Qualified Private Medical Practitioners Association, an organization of modern medical doctors and dentists, had filed the petition saying that distributing bread and wine inContinue Reading
Rameswaram, Jan 25, 2020: A multitude of devotees thronged Rameswaram in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to pay tributes to their forefathers. People from various parts of the country were seen on January 24 performing ‘tharpanam,’ a ritual to pay respects to their ancestors, along the sea coastContinue Reading