Kottar, June 24, 2022: Church in India on June 24 conducted a National Thanksgiving Prayer Service from the tomb of St. Devasahayam and consecrated all families to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In his homily on the occasion, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the Archbishop of Bombay and one of the topmostContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, June 24, 2022: It is ‘Laity Sunday’ once again on June 26. A time for the Church once again to introspect and to see whether the much flaunted ‘lay collaboration’ actually exists in reality or not! In a highly clerical and patriarchal Church, which has stubbornlyContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, June 24, 2022: In 2018 I had an opportunity to attend the monthly meeting of domestic workers at Good Shepherd Convent, Andheri, Mumbai. There were 35 women, mostly young unmarried girls. Just two women were of middle aged and married. All of them belonged toContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai: June 24, 2022: An archbishop is asking for help after floods have devastated parts of Assam, located in northeastern India. Widespread rainfall has caused severe flooding and landslides in the state, and the authorities say 4.7 million people have been affected, with 2.3 million people takingContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 23, 2022: The Catholic Church in India should seriously address the existence of casteism within its fold as it organizes a national thanksgiving prayer for Saint Devasahayam, says the Dalit Christian Liberation Movement. The Church in India will on June 24 hold the prayerContinue Reading
By Jose Torres Jr. Manila, June 23, 2022: A Catholic diocese in Myanmar has banned a priest from attending protest rallies and posting on social media against the country’s ruling military junta. In a letter, the Kengtung Diocese in the country’s Shan State told Father Dominic Wun Kyaw Htwe thatContinue Reading
Vatican City, June 23, 2022: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on June 22 met Pope Francis in the Vatican. “It has been an absolute pleasure meeting His Holiness Pope Francis in Vatican City. Thanked him for the warm audience and wished him good health and long life,” Patnaik said onContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, June 23, 2022: The Kerala High Court on June 23 granted bail to a Catholic priest and a nun who have been sentenced to life imprisonment in the sensational Abhaya murder case. The division bench of Justices Vinod Chandran and C Jayachandran acted upon theContinue Reading
By Patrick Hansda New Delhi, June 23, 2022: Caritas India, the social development arm of the Catholic bishops in India, has been awarded for its excellent work in humanitarian aid and disaster risk reduction, community health, climate-adaptive agriculture and food sovereignty. Fathers Jolly Puthenpura, Caritas India’s assistant executive director andContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, June 23, 2022: When we were young, being gay meant that we had the joyous abandonment of a child, an attribute that St Paul gives to being children of God (cf Rom 8:21). Today, being gay is understood as a man having a sexual relationship with anotherContinue Reading
