One year during Advent, our parish priest invited us to write down on a slip of paper a word that named something that is keeping us from getting closer to God. He suggested it might be a fear, a resentment, or an attitude that shuts us off from the loveContinue Reading
Dhaka: Pope Francis urged Bangladeshi priests and nuns to resist the “terrorism of gossip” that can tear religious communities apart, delivering one of his trademark, zinger-filled spontaneous speeches to the country’s Catholic leadership on Saturday at the close of an otherwise tense and diplomatically fraught Asian tour. As he hasContinue Reading
A Bangladeshi Catholic priest who was abducted in the north-east on Nov 27, ahead of the visit of Pope Francis to the country, was found alive in Sylhet city on Friday. Father Walter William Rozario is said to have fled from his kidnappers and got in touch with his family,Continue Reading
“My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is hisContinue Reading
Mother Gertrude died in 1905Continue Reading
Dhaka, Bangladesh: Celebrating Mass in the Bangladeshi capital on Friday, Pope Francis ordained 16 men to the priesthood. “Beloved brothers and sisters: because these our sons … are now to be advanced to the Order of priests, consider carefully the nature of the rank in the Church to which they areContinue Reading
VASC: The proposed shifting of venue to celebrate the feast of St Joseph Vaz on January 16 from the usual one at the sanctuary to the old Sancoale church has caused a split among villagers. On Wednesday evening, around 200 villagers gathered and questioned rector Fr Manuel Dias about theContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur: More than 20,000 people of various religions, mostly Christians, attended the biggest Marian feast celebrated in Berhampur, a coastal city in Odisha state, eastern India. Pilgrims from all over Odisha and neighboring states on November 27 thronged to the city, some 170 km southwest of Bhubaneswar,Continue Reading
Secrets of a tomb thought to be Jesus Christ’s burial place have been revealed after startling new scientific testing. Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre has been victim to attacks, fires, and earthquakes over centuries and it was totally destroyed in 1009. Ancient Romans identified a limestone cave enshrined within the churchContinue Reading
Dublin, Ireland : Hundreds of groups of Catholics gathered across the island of Ireland on Sunday to pray the Rosary for the preservation of the Catholic faith and for the defense of life against the threat of abortion. “Firstly, we thank Christ our King, and the Most Immaculate Heart of Mary,Continue Reading