Vatican City, Sept 11, 2023: Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone had an unexpected encounter at The Vatican September 8, when he learned that Pope Francis is a devoted fan of his films. Accompanied by his family and brother, Stallone was introduced to the Pope in a meeting captured and shared onContinue Reading
By Deborah Castellano Lubov Rome, Sept 10, 2023: The supreme head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church of India, Baselios Marthoma Mathews III, Catholicos of the East and Metropolitan, will visit Pope Francis on September 11. The Vatican Press Office said on September 8 that after the private meeting withContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Aug 24, 2023: Jesuit Archbishop Cyril Vasil, pontifical delegate for Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese, has met Pope Francis on his return to the Vatican after his 18-day stay in the southern Indian state of Kerala. A press statement from the Media Commission of the Syro-Malabar Church saysContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 31, 2023: Pope Francis on July 31 appointed Jesuit Archbishop Cyril Vasil, former secretary of the Office for Eastern Churches and presiding officer of the Greek Catholic diocese of Kosice in Slovakia, as the pontifical delegate for the Syro-Malabar Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly in Kerala,Continue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, July 20, 2023: Around 1,000 Indians will be among 1 million young people expected at the World Youth Day in Lisbon, capital of Portugal., The Indian delegation for the August 1-6 event, validated by the Youth Office of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, willContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, July 17, 2023: Though a creature of the day, I am not particularly enthused by various “Days” like Father’s, Mother’s, Doctor’s, Constipation. I suspect that in the era of greeting cards (now extinct) they were invented by manufacturers like Archies, to promote their wares. However, I gotContinue Reading
The Vatican released Pope Francis’s four-day schedule for the first papal visit to Mongolia in September, where the pontiff will meet with government leaders, engage in interreligious dialogue and celebrate Mass for the country’s small Catholic population. Mongolia, a landlocked country situated between China and Russia, is home to aboutContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, July 8, 2023: Christians in the eastern Indian state of Odisha seem elated that Pope Francis has created a commission for new martyrs. They hope the new commission would address their demand that the Church recognize as martyrs their people killed during the 2008 anti-Christian violenceContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, July 8, 2023: Dozen is not a small number when it comes to the number of persons a country can represent at a global meeting where the total number is going to be about 400. The Vatican released on July 7 the list of thoseContinue Reading
Vatican City, July 6, 2023: Pope Francis has released a letter announcing the establishment of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints’ “Commission for the New Martyrs – Witnesses of the Faith,” in view of the Jubilee of 2025. The working group’s objective will be to draw up a catalogueContinue Reading