By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, June 21, 2023: Catholic religious congregations in India seem to have taken a “wakeup call” seriously from their leader. “We cannot be silent when the country is burning with divisive forces everywhere,” Sister Maria Nirmalini, president of the Conference of Religious India, said in a JuneContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, June 5, 2023: The Conference of Religious India has joined groups to express solidarity with women wrestlers who have been protesting against sexual abuses in the national capital for several weeks. “We the women and men of the Conference of Religious in India [CRI] saluteContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 2, 2023: The head of India’s Catholic religious has urged her more than 130,000 people to get out of their comfort zones and play their prophetic role as the country faces burning and critical issues. “I am writing this letter to share with youContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, March 3, 2022: Sister Maria Nirmalini, superior general of the Apostolic Carmel congregation, is the new president of Conference of Religious in India, the national body of religious major superiors. She also heads the women’s section of the conference. She was unanimously elected the conference presidentContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Jan 21, 2022: The head of India’s more than 125,000 Catholic religious has urged Cardinal Oswald Gracias to reach out to the survivor nun and her supporters in the recently concluded rape case. “While these are issues that require lengthy discussions and procedure, we wouldContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji: Sacramental blackmail, clergy sexual abuse, clericalism and property disputes are among challenges facing Catholic women religious in India, an international webinar was told. The July 10 meeting organized by Voices of Faith, a Rome-based international network, discussed the findings of a Conference of Religious India surveyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi: Amid the gloom of rising Covid-19 death, Christians, Hindus and Muslims on April 19 came together to organize a series of blood donation camps in Varanasi, a major city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Opening the first camp in St. Mary’s ConventContinue Reading
Guwahati: Creative Fidelity in Mission is a book of reflections for a personal retreat in Covid Times. It is authored by motivational speaker and popular retreat preacher Salesian Fr. V.M.Thomas Vattathara of Guwahati province. The 260 page book by former president of Conference of Religious India and former Chancellor ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 29, 2020: India’s more than 115,000 Catholic religious men and women have been urged to reach out to the poor affected by a 21-day national lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. “We need to move fast. This is an emergency,”Continue Reading
Paul Raj sees a decline in leadership quality in religious congregationsContinue Reading