Mumbai, June 22, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, has appealed to his priests not to open churches and hold church services without the standard operating protocols in place. “Even if there is government permission, please do not open churches and start Masses unless you have a protocol (SOP)Continue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, Feb 26, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias’ interview with the National Catholic Reporter (NCR) at the Vatican makes interesting reading. The cardinal acknowledges a bias among the members of the Catholic Church’s all-male hierarchy against giving women more leadership rolesHe also admits that he and his peersContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 28, 2019: After weeks of silence, leaders of the Catholic Church have commented on the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act and countrywide protests against it. On December 27, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, said the ongoing controversy andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, June 24, 2019: Cardinal Oswald Gracias and two auxiliary bishops of Bombay archdiocese are facing charges of inaction over a child abuse case complaint against a priest. The cardinal and Bishops Dominic Savio Fernandes and John Rodrigues recently approached the Bombay High Court to getContinue Reading
Rome: Archbishop of Bombay Oswald Cardinal Gracias has said that Pope Francis is closely following the developments in the case of Jalandhar bishop Franco Mulakkal who has been arrested for allegedly raping a nun multiple times over two years. Cardinal Gracias, who is the president of the Catholic Bishops ConferenceContinue Reading
The Catholic Church is marking its World Communications Day on Sunday, May 13. The annual day was established by Pope Paul VI in 1967 to encourage Catholics to reflect on the opportunities and challenges that the modern means of social communication offer the Church to communicate the Gospel message. World CommunicationsContinue Reading
Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Mumbai and president of the Bishops’ Conference of India, has expressed closeness to the victims of satuday’s accident in Varanasi where during a gathering of Hindu pilgrims, because of a false alarm, at least 24 people have died crushed by the crowd .Continue Reading
Mumbai: The Indian Church is united with Catholics throughout the world who today are praying for peace in the world, at the invitation of Pope Francis. In India Card. Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Mumbai and president of the Episcopal Conference of the Bishops of Latin Rite (CCBI), celebrated Mass andContinue Reading
The website pleads for the release of seven languishing in jail for more than seven yearsContinue Reading