Mumbai, July 1, 2020: With several parishioners unclear about the ambiguous and ever-changing guidelines the BMC issues on Catholic funerals, the office of Archdiocese of Bombay Cardinal Oswald Gracias clarified that burial is allowed at all cemeteries, and once again asked the people to ensure fewer mourners attend the service.Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 28, 2020: Catholic bishops in India on June 28 joined civil rights groups, activists and political leaders to decry the deaths of a father and his son in police custody in Tamil Nadu, southern India. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India “condemns most stronglyContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Jun 3, 2020: India’s top prelate spoke up for religious freedom and against absolutism in government. Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay and president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, made his remarks in reference to Jesus’s command to “Render to Caesar things that areContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, April 28, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, has urged his priests to pay full salaries of March and April to those working in archdiocesan institutions. “After consulting our bishops and the Finance Office, I am directing that the March and April salaries beContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, April 11, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India, says every citizen has a moral obligation to adhere to the government’s guidelines during the national lockdown. “Whatever the government decides, we must observe what the government tells us. If we haveContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, April 10, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, blessed the coronavirus-affected city with a relic of the Cross after the Good Friday service on April 10. The cardinal led the Way of the Cross in the Holy Name Cathedral at Nathalal Parekh Marg in Mumbai,Continue Reading
Vatican City, April 7, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias of India and the Vatican have welcomed the Australian High Court overturning Cardinal George Pell’s convictions for child sexual abuse. The Holy See, “which has always expressed confidence in the Australian judicial authority, welcomes the High Court’s unanimous decision concerning Cardinal GeorgeContinue Reading
Mumbai, April 5, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, has advised his people to refrain from scheduling ceremonies like wedding, baptism and first communion immediately after India lifts the 21-lockdown on April 14. “Please do not schedule any baptisms, first communions and marriages immediately after April 14. It wouldContinue Reading
Mumbai, April 4, 2020: The Archdiocese of Bombay has asked its priests to follow the directives of the municipal commissioner and cremate Covid-19 victims rather than bury them. “In a video message to priests, Cardinal Oswald Gracias suggested in view of the extraordinary circumstances they would respect the call ofContinue Reading
Mumbai, March 18, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, has exempted Catholics in the archdiocese from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass until March 31 in the wake of social distancing measures to help contain the spread of COVID-19. Cardinal Gracias, in an official communication on March 17, alsoContinue Reading