Idukki: An elegant British-built church with its Gothic style architecture at Pallikunnu near Kuttikanam in Idukki district is all set to celebrate its 150th anniversary this year. The St. George CSI Church like the British church at Munnar has an European cemetery close to it with the names of thoseContinue Reading

By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Feb. 17, 2019: Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Society of Jesus, is scheduled to make his first visit the Bombay Jesuit Province on March 2. This is his second visit to India. Father Sosa had chosen India for his first official trip inContinue Reading

By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Feb. 14, 2019: A national consultation “We Too Are Church” has appealed for the convening of Vatican III. In an era of breaking news, and shifting goal posts, it is not enough to hark back to Vatican II that concluded 54 years ago. It isContinue Reading

By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Feb. 11, 2019: Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Sister Annie Jesus Mary was among six persons who received the tenth Jijabai Achievers Awards for making viable impacts among the poor in the grassroots. The Women Development Cell of Shivaji College, University of Delhi, distributed theContinue Reading

Detroit: A lot has changed during Deacon Lawrence Girard’s 100 years on this earth. With a lifetime that has spanned two countries, two career paths and a vocation as a pioneer in the permanent diaconate, the centennarian has countless stories of service. But the story that gives him the greatestContinue Reading

Vatican, Feb 3: The Catholic Church has been too slow coming to terms with the sexual abuse of women – particularly women religious – by priests, the editor of the Vatican newspaper’s women’s magazine has said. Although scandalous, the delay in recognising the problem is not surprising for an “ecclesiasticalContinue Reading

Italy: Sister Carla Venditti, a religious sister of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, has for several years now divided her time between the streets of Rome and the nearby region of Abruzzo, where she evangelizes on the street and manages to save numerous young women from prostitution. TheContinue Reading

PANAMA CITY, Panama – As was widely expected, Lisbon, Portugal has been selected to host the next World Youth Day, which is slated to take place in July 2022. “Nos vemos en Portugal,” declared Cardinal Kevin Farrell at Sunday’s closing World Youth Day Mass, the pope’s final event with pilgrims. FarrellContinue Reading