By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 25, 2023: A Catholic priest in Kerala, who recently left active ministry to work for Church reformation, laments that the bishops in his home state now act like their counterparts in Germany during the Hitler era. In a letter titled, “If not now, when?”Continue Reading
By Bernard G. Sangma Tura, June 25, 2023: Catholics across the Garo Hills of Meghalaya in northeastern India came together June 24 to observe a day of prayer and fasting for the troubled state of Manipur. Responding to the urgent need for peace and tranquillity, the Catholic parishes in theContinue Reading
Rome, June 25, 2023: Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange — a Black Catholic nun who founded the United States’ first African American religious congregation in Baltimore in 1829 — has advanced another step toward sainthood. Under a decree signed by Pope Francis on June 23, Lange was recognized for her heroicContinue Reading
By Deborah Castellano Lubov Vatican City, June 25, 2023: Pope Francis has reminded journalists of their important role of responsibly and ethically informing and educating future generations. He said this June 24 while receiving a delegation of the “Biagio Agnes” international journalism prize in the Vatican. He delivered those presentContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 25, 2023: An Irish Catholic nun, who revolutionized school education in India with her innovative methods, died June 24 in Kolkata. Sister Cyril Mooney died at Loreto House in the eastern Indian city at the age of 86. Sister Mooney came to India onContinue Reading
By Andres Serrano Vatican City, June 24, 2023: Pope Francis on June 23 praised artists as true visionaries who can see, dream and invent as he welcomed 200 artists, filmmakers and writers into the Sistine Chapel to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vatican Museums’ contemporary art collection. The PopeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, June 24, 2023: The Assam Christian Forum on June 24 expressed its solidarity with the people of Manipur where an ethnic violence has raged for the past 53 days. “We earnestly pray for the killings and violence to come to an immediate halt. Our heartsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Tura, June 23, 2023: More than 50,000 students from some 120 Catholic educational institutions in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills on June 23 conducted prayer assemblies for peace in Manipur. Students of primary, secondary and higher secondary schools and colleges in five districts participated in the event heldContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, June 23, 2023: The ongoing violence in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur was condemned by the Mathruvedi (mothers’ forum) of the Syro-Malabar Church, based in Kerala, south. Representatives from 24 dioceses who attended the June 23 international senate meeting of the forum prayed forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 22, 2023: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India has directed its faithful to observe July 2 as day of prayer for the suffering people of the violence-hit Manipur in the Northeast. A June 22 message from conference president Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of TrichurContinue Reading
