By Matters India Reporter
Bengaluru, Feb 1, 2020: The 34th biennial plenary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) will take place February 12-19 at St. John’s National Academy for Medical Sciences in Bengaluru, capital of Karnataka state, southern India.
The theme for the plenary assembly is “dialogue.” The meet will help the
About 180 Catholic bishops and scores of priests are now in Bangalore, southern India, to help the Church respond to current challenges in the country.
The CBCI is the apex body of the Catholic Church in India. Its members comprise active and retired bishops of 170 dioceses belonging to the three ritual Churches in the country.
The conference holds the plenary assembly every two years to address various aspects of Church in India and the challenges it faces. The assembly also charts common action to revitalize the Church to help it serve its people and society better.
The bishops will issue a final statement highlighting the main thrust of the deliberations and the future course of actions. It will help Catholics in India to study and implement the bishops’ deliberations.
The previous plenary of bishops was held in February 2018.
Cardinal Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Bombay is the president of CBCI.