Mumbai Catholic parish introduces pathbreaking shroud burial
Henceforth this will be the normContinue Reading
Henceforth this will be the normContinue Reading
By: Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai: India joined more than 50 other countries in praying for priests on June 8. It is the ninth year of the initiative, in which people gather at over 150 Marian shrines around the world to pray the rosary in thanksgiving for the ministry of priests, andContinue Reading
England: Laura Keynes, a great-great-great-granddaughter of the English naturalist, has joined Catholic Voices, the project set up to speak up for the Church in the media. She writes in this week’s Catholic Herald about how she returned to her childhood Catholic faith after a period of agnosticism. The daughter of an atheistContinue Reading
It will help the Kerala Church to share its surplus vocations with other regionsContinue Reading
Professor Buonomo, 57, is a both a civil and canon lawyer and a specialist in international lawContinue Reading
Kolam: Monsignor Paul Antony Mullassery was ordained as the Bishop of Kollam Latin Catholic diocese in an elaborate installation ceremony held here on June 3. The prelate, who had been functioning as the Vicar General of the diocese, took over from outgoing bishop and apostolic administrator Stanley Roman. He wasContinue Reading
Ranchi: For the first time since its inception 128 years ago, the Chhotanagpur diocese of the Church of North India (CNI) has decided to ordain women as priests, breaking the church’s age-old tradition of a men-only clergy. “Though other dioceses of the CNI Church in the country have long agoContinue Reading
The transport corporation challenged congregation’s right to claim compensationContinue Reading
A Congolese priest who was placed into quarantine after testing positive for Ebola has reportedly been released and declared Ebola-free. A picture of Fr Lucien Ambunga kneeling as a bishop prayed for him across a fence went viral earlier in the week. It was posted on Twitter by the photographer, WillContinue Reading
In the wake of the Nipah outbreak, the Thamarassery Syro-Malabar diocese in Kerala has asked its parish priests to serve the Communion only on the hand during the Mass. The custom of serving the Communion on the tongue by priests will be discouraged as part of the efforts to supportContinue Reading
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