By Inés San Martín Rome, March 10, 2020: Recently the Vatican announced Pope Francis has created a task force to help bishops’ conferences around the world address the clerical sex abuse crisis. The lineup is impressive, but much like a high-profile February 2019 summit on child protection, laypeople — womenContinue Reading
Dear Cardinal Oswald, Greetings from the group of Catholic women who are in solidarity with survivors of clergy sexual abuse of the Catholic Church in India! We are happy to know that the bishops who had gathered at the biennial gathering of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 7, 2020: A national level group of Catholic women has asked the head of the Catholic Church in India to take steps to remove a rape accused prelate from the bishops’ house as his presence there threatens the case’s fair trial. The ‘SistersContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 6, 2020: Two Catholic prelates and a Hindu religious leader were among those calling for precautions in the wake of growing scare over coronavirus or COVID-19. Cardinal Oswald Gracias, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, has asked his people to take fiveContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, Feb 13, 2020: The funeral of Wendell Rodricks, an ace fashion designer who tried LGBTQ community close to the Church, was held on February 13 at his ancestral village of Colvale in North Goa. Rodricks, an environmental and gay rights champion, was ailing for someContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, Feb 13, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, says consistent dialogue with all sections of people is important and necessary to maintain unity and harmony in society. “Dialogue is the tapestry of different cultures, languages and ethnic diversity andContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Jan 31, 2020: More than 700 priests from 91 of 132 India’s Latin rite dioceses spent four days at the Marian pilgrimage center of Vailankanni in Tamil Nadu to rediscover their enthusiasm to serve the Church and society. The second congress of the Conference of DiocesanContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Jan 28, 2020: Church leaders in India have welcomed Pope Francis asking Cardinal Oswald Gracias to continue as the Bombay archdiocese. ““It is good news. We welcome the cardinal’s extension as the Archbishop of Bombay,” Bishop Allwyn D’Silva told Matters India on January 28, responding toContinue Reading
Mumbai, Dec 30, 2019: Bollywood filmmaker Farah Khan and actor Raveena Tandon have apologized to Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India, for allegedly hurting Christian sentiments in a television show. At least three cases were filed against the duo and comedian Bharti Singh who took partContinue Reading
Mumbai, Dec 26, 2019: There is no harm in backtracking if the government thinks it has erred in amending citizenship laws, says Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India. “Religion should never be made a dividing factor,” asserted the cardinal when asked about the political turmoil inContinue Reading