Bengaluru: The Latin-Rite dioceses of India will mark “Communio India” Sunday on November 29 (first Sunday of Advent) with the theme “Love one another as I have loved you” (John 13: 34). “This year we observe Communio India Sunday amidst the suffering and the challenges created by the Covid-19 pandemic.Continue Reading
Bengaluru: Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrão, president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI), will release the new directory for catechesis on October 1. CCBI is a national body of Latin Rite bishops of India. The directory, prepared by the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization of the HolyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, July 16, 2020: The 33rd plenary of the Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI), which was scheduled to take place early next year in Odisha, has been postponed because of Covid-19 pandemic. The bi-annual CCBI assembly of Latin Rite bishops was supposed to takeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Dec 23, 2019: The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), the national body of the Latin rite bishops in the country, will open extension of its secretariat in Goa. Shanti Sadan (house of peace) is coming up at Benaulim, nearly 40 km south ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, October 15, 2019: Bishop Emeritus Antony Devotta of Tiruchirappalli passed away due to a massive heart attack on October 15, according to a press release from the Bengaluru-based Conference of Catholic Bishops of India. The end came at 2:20 am at St Augustine Minor Seminary,Continue Reading
By F. M. Britto Raipur, August 25, 2019: The Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India’s (CCBI) newly constituted Commission for Migrants has charted ten-point pastoral plan for the care of migrants in India. In their first meeting held at Raipur, Chhattisgarh, the members have described their plan to work “toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bangalore, July 29, 2019: The Youth Commission of the Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI) is celebrating the 3rd National Youth Day on August 11, which marks a day dedicated by the Bishops of India to all the young people nationwide. CCBI is the episcopalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, April 24, 2019: All the Latin rite dioceses in India will organize special prayers to show solidarity with the Church and people of Sri Lanka. “To pledge our closeness and solidarity with the victims of the multiple bomb blasts that took place in Sri LankaContinue Reading
By Stephen Alathara Chennai, Jan. 9, 2019: Apostolic nuncio to India Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro has urged the Church in India to pay greater attention to the needs of humanity. “There is a need for the Church to attend to the needs of humanity, which is the joy of the ChurchContinue Reading
Mahabalipuram, Dec 3: India’s Latin-rite bishops are gathering in the holding their plenary assembly next week in the seaside town of Mahabalipuram in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state. The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) of the Latin-rite bishops, is holding its 31st plenary assembly at the Joe Animation Centre from January 8 to 14 onContinue Reading