By: Matters India Reporter Kochi: John Nellikkunnel, hailing from Kadaplamattam in Palai and James Athikkalam from Pulimkunnu, have been appointed the Bishops of the Syro-Malabar dioceses of Idukki and Sagar, Uttar Pradesh, respectively. The announcement was made here on January 12 by Cardinal George Alencherry at the church’s headquarters St.Continue Reading
Peru: The Vatican has taken over a Peru-based Catholic movement whose founder was accused of sexual and psychological abuse, just days before Pope Francis starts a trip to Chile and Peru where the sexual abuse scandal is expected to play out on the sidelines. A Vatican statement said the congregation forContinue Reading
Dereham, UK: The newest religious community in the UK has just received the keys to its very first convent – a converted barn complex near Dereham in Mid Norfolk. The Community of Our Lady of Walsingham began life in 2004 in the Slipper Chapel at Walsingham – the village famed for itsContinue Reading
By: Matters India Reporter Kochi: The Syro Malabar Church synod will hold a valedictory function of the silver jubilee celebration of the church attaining the archieprachy status at its headquarters at St Thomas Mount on Saturday, January 13. Louis Raphaël Sako Head of the Chaldean Catholic Church will inaugurate a public meetingContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis said Wednesday that moments of silence in the Mass should be intentional times of prayer, recollection and communion with God, rather than being viewed as times to just be quiet or not speak. “Silence is not reduced to the absence of words, but (is) the availabilityContinue Reading
Lima : For three months, prisoners of twelve Peruvian prisons made about 300 thousand rosaries. This initiative of the National Penitentiary Institute, in coordination with the Archdiocese of Lima, will help to cover the organizational expenses that the Church of Lima will have to support for Pope Francis’ visit, asContinue Reading
Kochi: The Synod of Kerala-based Syro-Malabar Church on January 9 constituted a five member committee of bishops to study the controversial land deal in Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese, in which the Church allegedly suffered huge financial loss. The committee, headed by Archbishop Mathew Moolakkattu, will study the issue and find a solution toContinue Reading
Catholic diocese of Down and Connor in Northern Ireland has suspended the “sign of peace” handshake in its masses due to the risk of infection from a strain of the flu first seen in Australia in the southern hemisphere’s 2017 winter. At least 170,000 cases were confirmed at the end of theContinue Reading
Kochi: The six-day-long synod of Syro-Malabar Church began at the Church headquarters at Kakkanad on Monday, January 8. Though the synod has no powers to take any decision regarding controversial issues, the event assumes significance as the body is expected to discuss the land deal row involving Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese on third orContinue Reading
Panaji: Fr Nascimento J Mascarenhas, 77, an avid researcher of Church history, died at the priests’ residence at Holy Spirit Church, Margao, on Sunday. A diabetic, he was bedridden for around a month before his death. Mascarenhas was a researcher, historian and author of over 10 books, and documented priestsContinue Reading