By Francis Sunil Rosario Raiganj, May 5, 2022: More than 5,000 people of the diocese of Raiganj have felicitated Bishop Fulgence A. Tigga on the 25th anniversary of his priestly ordination. More than 300 priests from Raiganj and neighboring dioceses in West Bengal concelebrated the May 3 jubilee Mass. TheContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Colombo, May 5, 2022: Benjamin Reyes, former chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board in the Philippines, on May 4 took over as the new secretary-general of the Colombo Plan International, a pioneering inter-governmental organization in the Asia-Pacific region. A person with more than three decades of experienceContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Chennai, May 4, 2022: The demand for a Dalit Rite in the Catholic Church in India was reiterated at a conference of theologians, biblical scholars and canon law experts from the community. Caste is a stark reality and caste-based discrimination is rampant in the Catholic Church’sContinue Reading
At least 10 priests of the unofficial or “underground” Catholic community in the city of Baoding in the province of Hebei disappeared in the hands of the police since January this year. At least four of those who went missing disappeared on the 29th and 30th of April, said aContinue Reading
Throughout the month of May, the Vatican will host two weekly occasions for prayer in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, it was announced on May 2. On the four Saturdays of May, from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m., Cardinal Angelo Comastri will lead a candlelight rosary procession around St. Peter’sContinue Reading
Vatican: The Pontifical Mission Society for the Propagation of the Faith, which falls under the auspices of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, marks the 200th anniversary of its foundation on May 3. May 3, also marks the 100th anniversary of Pontifical Mission Society’s Pontifical status, conferred by PopeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 4, 2022: The Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (ISPCK), a Protestant group, and Jesuit-managed Vidyajyoti College of Theology have published a book on synodality. Archbishop Anil J. T. Couto of Delhi released “No Synodality Without” May 3 at a function organized byContinue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, May 4, 2022: On April 23, during his two-day pastoral visit to Bengaluru, Apostolic Nuncio to India Archbishop Leopold Girelli’s exhorted Indian Catholics to be “vocal” about the rights of all minority groups in India. It’s a `wake-up’ call because the nuncio has noticed thatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 4, 2022: Thousands of Catholics have attended the Delhi archdiocesan consultation meetings to prepare for the Rome Synod that began more than six months ago. While Jesuit Father Stanislaus Alla, a theology professor, finds the process “truly historic,” Archbishop Anil J Couto ofContinue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, May 3, 2022: We witnessed Fratelli-Sorrelli Tutti in reality when around 200 people of different faiths gathered on the grounds of St. Stanislaus School Bandra, Mumbai. for an Interfaith Iftar Party. The party was organized by the interfaith group of St. Peter’s Parish (which includes membersContinue Reading
