By George Pattery Kolkata, Dec 19, 2023: Even as the Major archbishop of Syro-Malabar Church is dethroned on various counts, the sui juris synod is relying on the Rome Visitor to find a way out of the self-made crisis during his second visit! Is the sui juris status getting compromised?Continue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Dec 18, 2023: In a groundbreaking declaration, the Vatican announced December 18 that same-sex couples and others, living in irregular relationships, could seek and receive a blessing. Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernadez, the recently appointed Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine for the Faith announcedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 14, 2023: Bethany Father Mathai Kadavil has been appointed as the new bishop of the Khadki diocese of the Syro-Malankara Church. The appointment was announced in the St Mary’s Cathedral, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram December 12. Earlier, Pope Francis approved the name of the 60-year-old priestContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi. Dec 14, 2023: At least two Christians are attacked in India on a daily basis, the United Christian Forum, an ecumenical group, reported December 14. “It is a matter of fact that our country has been witnessing a sharp increase in targeted violence againstContinue Reading
Brussels, Dec 14, 2023: Salesian Father Pol Feyen was murdered in the Masina district of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Don Bosco Foundation reported on its website. The 82-year-old Flemish clergyman was stabbed to death in his bedroom around midnight on December 12 by oneContinue Reading
By Irene Zosiami Shillong, Dec 13, 2023: As many as 52 young women from various parts of India recently took first vows in the first religious congregation for women founded in northeastern India. They vowed to be poor, chaste and obedient in the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of MaryContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 13, 2023: Papal delegate Jesuit Archbishop Cyril Vasil arrived in Kochi on December 13, a week after Pope Francis personally intervened in the vexing liturgical dispute in the Syro-Malabar Church’s Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese. Archbishop Vasil was received at 8 am in the Kochi International AirportContinue Reading
Vatican City, Dec 13, 2023: Pope Francis has revealed that he will be buried in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. The Pope, who has shunned much of the Vatican’s pomp and privilege, has decided to vastly simplify the elaborate funeral rites for a pontiff and be theContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Dec 13, 2023: On Sunday, December 10, I heard the first reading from Isaiah (40:1-5, 9-11) on freedom from the Babylonian exile. The reference to Babylon reminded me of the foot-tapping Boney M. song “By the Rivers of Babylon.” The music is pulsating, though I’m pretty sureContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Dec 13, 2023: Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, announced on October 25 in his official letter that “after careful consideration and prayerful discernment, the Congregation for the Cause of Saints has granted the Nihil Obstat, which signifies that thereContinue Reading
