By chhotebhai Kanpur, March 14, 2022: On March 13 the Church celebrated the feast of the Transfiguration. While the gospel was being read my thoughts raced ahead. The three Synoptic Gospels refer to the Transfiguration (cf Mat 17:1-8, Mk 9:2-8, Lk 9:28-36). Peter, who was present then, also alludes toContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Panaji, March 14, 2022: A candle vigil prayer was organized for Ukraine at St Sebastian’s Chapel, Fontainhas in the Goan capital of Panaji. The two-hour program on March 12 comprised Gospel music, songs and a message by Father Savio Fernandes, executive secretary of Council for SocialContinue Reading
By Louis Menezes Mumbai, March 14, 2022: Around 200 young people of a Mumbai parish sang, danced and prayed for a week as part of their efforts to grow deeper in the Catholic faith. The youth who normally keep away from the Church surprised their parents with their “lively andContinue Reading
Ukraine, March 13, 2022: A Russian bomb landed near a Ukrainian Orthodox monastery sheltering refugees just hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky said he’s ready to hold peace talks with Russia in Jerusalem. Svyatogorsk Lavra, an Orthodox Christian monastery in the Donetsk region that has sheltered more than 500 people sinceContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, March 13, 2022: The Missionaries of Charity congregation has elected Sister M Joseph as its new superior general. The election took place March 12 at the congregation’s Mother House in Kolkata, eastern India. Sister Joseph replaces Sister Mary Prema (Pierick), a German who led theContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao: The Catholic bishop of India’s remotest diocese has appealed children to pray for their counterparts in war-torn Ukraine. Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao made the appeal March 10 soon after Russian airstrikes hit a kindergarten in Dnipro city of Ukraine. “I appeal to all our childrenContinue Reading
By Anjali Monteiro Mumbai, March 10, 2022: The #WithTheNuns campaign emerged after the Kottayam sessions court judgement on the Bishop Mulakkal case on January 14, 2022. The judgement, acquitting the accused of various offences, including the charge of rape, was critiqued by many legal luminaries because it unwarrantedly discredited theContinue Reading
Lviv, March 9, 2022: A photo of a statue of Jesus being removed from a Ukrainian cathedral and put into storage has prompted hundreds of retweets as the world grasps the full implications of the Russian shelling in Ukraine. The tweet about the statue, from the Armenian Cathedral of Lviv,Continue Reading
By Alex Collett London, March 9, 2022: Just one in five Christian women in the United Kingdom claim females should not be in authority over men in Church leadership. That’s one finding from a new survey conducted by Premier with more than 800 women from across the country. It alsoContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Chennai, March 9, 2022: Priya Rajan is the first Dalit mayor of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu and India’s the fourth largest city with a population of nearly 10 million. She was sworn in on March 4. At 28, she is the youngest person and thirdContinue Reading
