By Kampan Chinnam Guwahati, Aug 25, 2022: The sharp decline in the current standard of education has prompted the bishops of northeastern India to call for restructuring the initial formation years for priests and religious. The all-promotion system in schools and making subjects like maths not compulsory to pass gradeContinue Reading
By Bishop John Thomas Kattrukudiyil Guwahati, August 25, 2022: The Commission for Vocation, Seminaries, Clergy and Religious, North East India Regional Bishop’s Council held a two-day meeting in Guwahati to review training of future priests and religious in the region. Commission chairman Bishop John Thomas Kattrukudiyil presented the findings ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Aug 25, 2022: The Syro-Malabar Church on August 25 announced the appointment of three auxiliary bishops for the larger of the two Oriental Catholic rites in India. It also accepted the resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Jacob Muricken of Palai, who wants to lead an asceticContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Aug 24, 2022: Sister Ligi Payyappilly, a native Indian, is worried that the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues, even after passing the six-month mark. The member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Saint-Marc has been serving war-hit people since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine onContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Aug 23, 2022: The two-week-long 30th Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church began at Mount St Thomas in Kochi on August 16. As the Church continues to face several internal problems, it is time the bishops introspected whether they are following “The Way” of Christ. What wayContinue Reading
Rome, Aug 24, 2022: Pope Francis has ordered that the Holy See and connected entities move all financial assets to the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), commonly known as the Vatican bank. The Pope’s rescript, issued August 23, clarifies the interpretation of a paragraph in the new constitution ofContinue Reading
By Jonah McKeown Denver, Aug 24, 2022: Four Catholic nuns who were kidnapped in Nigeria have been released, their religious congregation announced August 23. Sisters Johannes Nwodo, Christabel Echemazu, Liberata Mbamalu, and Benita Agu were on their way to Mass Aug. 21 when they were kidnapped in Nigeria’s Imo state,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, Aug 24, 2022: Father John D’Mello, a former Patna Jesuit provincial and renowned spiritual director, died August 24. He was 89. The death occurred at 7:30 am at Xavier Bhavan at Digha Ghat, a western suburb of Patna, where Father D’Mello was leading a retiredContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Aug 23, 2022: One of the issues that has been haunting the minds of every Indian is ‘black money’. In layman’s language, it is money that has been acquired through illegitimate means or money which is unaccounted for, that is, for which tax is notContinue Reading
Bishop Rolando Álvarez is under house arrest in Nicaragua’s capital Managua after being detained by police August 19 in a pre-dawn raid. Bishop Álvarez had been confined to his residence for two weeks along with five priests, a seminarian, and a cameraman of a religious television channel. The priests andContinue Reading
