Mahabalipuram, Dec 3: India’s Latin-rite bishops are gathering in the holding their plenary assembly next week in the seaside town of Mahabalipuram in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state. The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) of the Latin-rite bishops, is holding its 31st plenary assembly at the Joe Animation Centre from January 8 to 14 onContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Berhampur,Jan. 3, 2019: Father Prakash Tirkey has been elected as the new provincial of the Vincentian fathers and brothers of North Indian Province of the Congregation of the Mission (CM) on January 2. He was ordained on August 4, 1994. He served as principal at SacredContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Podanur, Jan. 3, 2019: Every parish forms foundation to a diocese and to the Universal church at large by its spiritual commitment. A little parish in South India is probably the first one to have a full year intensive renewal. The Mount Carmel parish, Carmel Nagar,Continue Reading
By Felix Anthony Tezpur, Dec. 29, 2018: The mortal remains of Bishop Emeritus Robert Kerketta, the first native Catholic prelate of northeastern India, were laid to rest on December 27 in Tezpur, Assam. All the bishops of the region’s 15 dioceses attended the funeral and burial of Bishop Kerketta atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Yangon, Dec. 24, 2018: A month after his election as president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) Myanmar Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon released a five-point Christmas message. The cardinal, who elected the head of the Catholic Church in Asia on November 20, willContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Dec. 22, 2018: Pope Francis has erected a new Syro-Malabar diocese in Canada – Mississauga – and appointed Monsignor Jose Kalluvelil as its first bishop. The announcement was made at 12 noon on December 22 in the Vatican and its corresponding time in India andContinue Reading
By Adolf Washington Bengaluru, Dec. 22, 2018: Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore has urged his priests to hear the voice of the poor and feel their pain “in our hearts.” The prelate made the appeal on December 19 at the annual Christmas fellowship for the priests of the diocese atContinue Reading
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Rome, Dec. 12, 2018: Pope Francis, showing once again his willingness to turn over liturgical tables, is expected to approve a change in the translation of the Lord’s Prayer, the famous biblical petition recited by Christians billions of times a day. The Italian Episcopal Conference [CEI] has submitted the proposedContinue Reading
Vatican, Dec 4 : “The issue of homosexuality is a very serious issue that must be adequately discerned from the beginning with the candidates,” says Pope Francis, in referencing applicants to Catholic seminaries. His comments appear in a book-length interview entitled The Strength of a Vocation, released in 10 languages in early December.Continue Reading