Centre announces tourism package in election-bound Meghalaya
2018-01-08
Union tourism minister KJ Alphons denies that the announcement was aimed at wooing voters, especially the Christian community.Continue Reading
Land deal row: Synod’s intervention sought
2018-01-08
Kochi: Even as Cardinal Mar George Alencherry postponed the presbyteral council meet on Thursday following dramatic events, the priests’ group wants the Syro-Malabar church synod’s intervention to call a presbyteral council immediately. Presbyteral council secretary Fr Kuriakose Mundadan has sent a letter to 62 bishops who attend the synod andContinue Reading
Forgetting our baptism is to forget our identity, Pope Francis says
2018-01-08
Vatican City: On Sunday Pope Francis spoke of the importance of remembering the day of our baptism, which he said is more than just a date on the calendar, but is the moment we receive our Christian identity and are immersed in the grace and forgiveness of God. “The feastContinue Reading
Latin diocese to observe hunger strike tomorrow
2018-01-08
Thiruvanathapuram: Priests and nuns under Neyyattinkara Latin Catholic diocese would observe a fast in front of the state Secretariat on Tuesday, demanding permission to carry out pilgrimage to Bonacaud Kurisumala. Immediate intervention of chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan was also sought by them. In a pastoral letter read out at theContinue Reading
Churches in Garo hills hold prayers against atrocities on Christians
2018-01-08
Tura: Thousands of Catholic faithful on Sunday thronged churches across the five districts of Garo Hills to hold special prayers during a day of protest against rising cases of attacks on Christians and minorities by right wing groups in North India. In their sermon priests across the region urged theContinue Reading
Syro Malabar church inaugurates biggest diocese in India
2018-01-07
Hyderabad: The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church on Sunday marked a historic moment with the inauguration of the Shamshabad Diocese here with pan-India jurisdiction, excluding the existing 30 dioceses, which the Latin Church had taken over in 1886. The diocese has jurisdiction over all the Syro-Malabar Christians in 23 states and twoContinue Reading
Turkey to reopen iconic ‘Iron Church’ after revamp
2018-01-07
Istanbul:The leaders of Turkey and Bulgaria are due to reopen the Bulgarian St Stephen’s Church today in Istanbul after seven years of restoration, in a gesture of harmony in an often turbulent relationship between the two neighbours. The Bulgarian Orthodox church in Balat, a historic Istanbul neighbourhood on the shoresContinue Reading
Pope visits sick children on Epiphany Eve
2018-01-07
On the eve of Epiphany, when most Italian children wake up to find gifts and candy, Pope Francis visited a pediatric hospital outside Rome. The Pope arrived at the Palidoro Bambino Gesu Hospital at about 3pm on January 5 and visited the various wards where about 120 children are receivingContinue Reading
In the name of land Church becomes a bureaucratically complex corporation
2018-01-06
Lack of transparency and ignorance or misinterpretations of Canon law, reckless circumvention of structures and policies raise serious moral concerns.
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In search of her roots
2018-01-06
Shama visits the Missionaries of Charity in Old Dhaka where she was born as a war baby in 1972Continue Reading