By Lisa Zengarini Lourdes, Nov 9, 2022: The president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of France (CEF) expressed the shock of his fellow prelates as he revealed that 11 former or serving French bishops have been accused of sexual abuse, or failing to report cases, including a cardinal who admittedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Indore, Nov 9, 2022: Three women from different parts of northern India have won the top prizes of the first Gospel Singer Reality Show conducted by a popular Church TV channel. While Lynette John, a mother and an English music teacher from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, notchedContinue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi, Nov 8, 2022: Condemning the use of the ‘two-finger test’ on survivors of rape and sexual assault to confirm the crime, the Supreme Court has recently ruled that “any person performing such tests will be held guilty of misconduct.” A bench comprising Justices D YContinue Reading
By Joan Chunkapura Kottayam, Nov 7, 2022: When I started to work with people with addictions, I heard many comments about it being an unimportant and useless service field. Yet I felt it was more meaningful and had more of a sense of connectedness to human beings than working inContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Jatni, Nov 6, 2022: The first Catholic nun from Odisha’s Kandhamal region thanks God for accompanying her in her 50 years of religious life. About 50 people, 27 nuns and 7 priests attended the November 5 thanksgiving Mass of Sister Florentia Digal, a member of the DaughtersContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, Nov 7, 2022: November 3, 2022, was a special day indeed! On that day, Pope Francis began a four-day historic visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain, where he was given an exceptionally warm welcome! From the time he arrived in Bahrain, he set the tone ofContinue Reading
By Aloysius Kantharaj Bengaluru, Nov 7, 2022: The Indian Catholic bishops’ 35th general body meeting on November 7 took off to a colorful start with the Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopold Girelli celebrating the opening with more than 200 prelates as concelebrants. Present at the opening program at St John’s NationalContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, Nov 7, 2022: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) on November 7 started their 35th general body meeting with the inaugural Mass presided over by Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli at St John’s National Academy of Health Science in Bengaluru. The nuncio also delivered theContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, Nov 6, 2022: No relatives or friends turned up to receive Nanjamma when she was released after 14 years from a southern Indian prison. However, the Hindu woman found a Catholic nun waiting for her at the prison gate, ready to take her to a rehabilitationContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Nov 6, 2022: The bridge collapse at Morbi in Gujarat can be considered as a blackspot in the Indian history. A century-old suspension bridge, a tourist attraction in Gujarat’s Morbi town, over the Machchhu river collapsed, leaving more than 140 people dead. As many asContinue Reading
