Boho, Co. Fermanagh: Oct 23: Sunday Mass was not delivered in an Irish village for the first time in 1,500 years due to the shortage of Catholic priests. The Church of the Sacred Heart, in Boho, Co. Fermanagh, stands on the site of an early Christian monastery dating back toContinue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Oct 20, 2018: For 50 years, the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus religious congregation has served the most marginalized in India pointing “to the presence of God” in their hearts. The religious congregation was founded in Spain in 1877 and first sent a group ofContinue Reading
Bengaluru, Oct 18, 2018: A rigid dress code banning jeans pant, trousers and Bermuda shorts has been put in place at the Mahabaleshwar Temple in Gokarna, a popular pilgrimage center, by its administration. “The restrictions were already there but we implemented them a month ago,” the executive officer of GokarnaContinue Reading
The temple at Sabarimala is open to people of all religionsContinue Reading
By Robin Gomes Vatican City, Oct. 17, 2018: Young Catholics of India are like the fragile and sinful men and women disciples of Jesus yearning for His living water. These young people are urging the Church leadership to be an authentic inspiration on living the faith and to provide themContinue Reading
Celebrating the Peace and Harmony in ScriptureContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, October 17, 2018: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has expressed “great joy” over the appointment of Guilherme Vaz, a leading layman from the country, as a consulter to the reconstituted Pontifical Council for the Laity, Family and Life. Vaz was for tenContinue Reading
Vatican City, Oct 15: A former pontiff, a Spanish-born nun who is said to have performed her first miracle in Argentina and a slain Salvadorean Bishop were among the seven new saints canonised on Oct 14 by Pope Francis at the Vatican. Giovanni Battista Montini (better known as Pope PaulContinue Reading
VATICAN CITY , Oct 15: Pope Francis on Saturday defrocked two more Chilean bishops accused of sexually abusing minors, and to show greater transparency about how he’s responding to the church’s global sex abuse crisis, he publicly explained why they were removed. The Vatican’s unusually detailed statement announcing the laicization ofContinue Reading
What the young people are saying is “really enriching” : Bishop Joseph PamplanyContinue Reading