By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, May 4, 2019: The head of the Catholic Church and general secretary of Muslim theologians in India on May 4 proposed to send a high level interfaith delegation to Sri Lanka to explore ways to help the island nation struggling to recover from terrorist attacks.Continue Reading
Matters India Reporter Mumbai, April 21, 2019: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India, on April 21 expressed anguish over the bomb blasts in Sri Lanka. He rang his counterpart in Sri Lanka, Cardinal Ranjith Malcolm, to commiserate and said the Church in India “deeply saddened andContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 16, 2019: As India gets ready for the world’s biggest exercise in democracy, the head of the Catholic Church in the country has called upon people to elect leaders who listen to people, understand their needs and respond effectively. “I urge every community toContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Feb. 23, 2019: The Archdiocese of Bombay says a BBC report on Cardinal Oswald Gracias about clerical sexual abuse did not give the full story on his response to an allegation against a priest of the archdiocese. In a Feb. 21 report, the BBC said theContinue Reading
Vatican, Feb 21 2019: One of the Catholic Church’s most senior cardinals has admitted that he could have better handled sexual abuse allegations that were brought to him. Oswald Gracias, the Archbishop of Mumbai is one of four men organising a major Vatican conference on child abuse this week. InvestigationContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Dec. 21, 2018: As he completes 69 years as a Catholic priest on December 21, Monsignor Nereus Rodrigues remains humble and grateful. “I am very grateful to our Lord Jesus Christ who called me to serve Him in the priesthood and His Grace has kept meContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec. 13, 2018: Christianity is as Indian a religion as those that originated in the country, says former President Pranab Kumar Mukherjee. “Indigenization, adaptation and respect of local customs and traditions have made Christianity as Indian a religion as the ones that originated in itsContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Dec. 2, 2018: The only non-Western member of the committee organizing the Feb. 21-24 Vatican summit on clerical sexual abuse can contribute “deep insights” at the meeting, according to a member of the pope’s commission for child protection. Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai joins ChicagoContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, November 22, 2018: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, outgoing president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), says his successor Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Myanmar is the right person to lead the Church in the region. Cardinal Bo “will take forward FABC with creativeContinue Reading
Mumbai, Nov. 2, 2018: Wendell Rodricks had an unusual request when he approached the Archdiocese of Bombay on October 31 for an audience with Cardinal Oswald Gracias. The Mumbai-born fashion designer wanted the cardinal, the archbishop of Bombay, to bless his plan to start a hotline to help the lesbian,Continue Reading