By Matters Indian Reporter Kolkata, Dec 29, 2019: Spiritual leaders from six religions, including Cardinal George Alencherry, attended the 12th World Confluence of Humanity, Power and Spirituality in Kolkata. Karan Singh, noted scholar, philosopher and politician, delivered the keynote address on the opening day on December 28. “We live inContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Dec. 22, 2019: Mumbai’s famous Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount on December 21 witnessed a unique celebration: four priests of Bombay archdiocese celebrated 258 years of their combined priesthood. While Monsignor Nereus Rodrigues and Father Philip Lobo celebrated 70th anniversary of their ordination, Rodrigues’Continue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Trichy, December 17, 2019: The women group of Puthupunal (Fresh Waters) and St. Alphonsa, the Youth girls of Our Lady of the Healer Church, Karumandapam, Trichy organized a Christmas get together with the villagers of Vadasserry women in Karur district, Tamil Nadu. Vadaserry village is aContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Dec.15, 2019: Calcutta, the oldest Salesian province in India, on December 15 announced the appointment of a Santal priest as its 17th provincial. The communique said, “The Rector Major, Fr. Angel Fernandez Artime, has appointed Fr. Joseph Pauria, the present Vice Provincial, as the 17th ProvincialContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Lucknow, Dec 7, 2019: The Association of Franciscan Families of India (AFFI) organized a national training for priests and nuns for effective evangelization through social media at St. Fidelis College, Lucknow. As many as 72 members of AFFI along with secretaries of other religious congregation attendedContinue Reading
Kochi, Dec 6 2019: Cardinal George Alencherry was on Dec 6 elected the president of Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC), an association of the Catholic bishops of all three rites in the state. The head of Syro Malabar Catholic Church succeeds Archbishop Maria Calist Soosa Pakiam of Trivandrum Latin archdiocese.Continue Reading
Ohio, Dec 5 2019: A former Pentecostal minister and married father of five has been approved for ordination by the Vatican. Deacon Drake McCalister will become the first married priest to be ordained in Steubenville Diocese, in Ohio in USA. He will be ordained on December 19. McCalister served asContinue Reading
Kochi, Dec 4 2019: The head of the Malankara Orthodox Church and Catholicos of the East, Baselius Mar Thoma Paulose-II, has turned down the offer of mediation made by various church denominations to defuse the tension between the Orthodox and Jacobite factions of the Malankara church. “There’s no need forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hsinchu, Nov 28, 2019: The Ecumenical Women’s Assembly concluded November 27 with calls for Asian women to become advocates and catalysts of reconciliation, renewal and restoration in the world, communities, and Churches. Organized by the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), the week-long assembly asserted that theContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia, Nov 26, 2019: Children of Kandhamal survivors received First Holy Communion on November 24, the feast of Christ the King. About 5,000 Catholics from different parts of Kandhamal gathered at Raikia to celebrate the feast. The main celebrant was Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar. The specialContinue Reading