By Mabel Kaithavelil Rome: Sister Vandana Fernandes, an Indian, has been elected the superior general of the Rome-based Ursulines of Mary Immaculate (UMI) congregation. The election took place October 4 during the congregation’s 66th general chapter now being held at its headquarters. The chapter, animated by Jesuit Father M KContinue Reading
By Nisha Jose Kottayam, Oct. 5, 2021: I am the founder director of Vathil (door) Foundation that promotes mental health and wellness. Our activities include counselling, training and workshops for people from different walks of life. We also offer a diploma program in counselling and psychotherapy in association with SchoolContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Oct. 5, 2021: The Catholic Church in India witnessed a rare event when a cardinal appeared in a court as a witness in a case where a bishop is being tried for allegedly raping a nun. Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, OctoberContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Oct. 4, 2021: Farmer unions associated with the Church on October 4 condemned the killing of their counterparts protesting in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. “We strongly condemn the brutal way the government suppresses protesting farmers,” Joy Kannanchira, the chairman of the “We Farm”Continue Reading
To The Ecclesiastical Heads of the Catholic Church in India 1st October 2021 AN OPEN LETTER ON SYNODALITY Respected Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops, Apostolic and Diocesan Administrators, Peace of Christ! A week from now our dearly beloved Pope Francis will solemnly open the proceedings for the 16 th Ordinary General AssemblyContinue Reading
By: Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Urging the faithful of the Archdiocese to pray the Rosary during the month of October dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao of Goa and Daman appealed “particularly in homes, and religious communities, to pray without fail at least five decades every day.” “It isContinue Reading
By: Dr. George Jacob Bishop Mar Joseph Kallarangatt who heads the Pala Diocese of Syro-Malabar Church recently remarked while addressing the laity on the occasion of the Eighth Day of Lent of Mary at a church in Kuravilangad in Kottayam district in Kerala that ‘narcotic Jihad’ and ‘love Jihad’ were beingContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Oct. 1, 2021: The archdiocese of Goa and Daman on October 1 concluded the laity week. The September 26 to October 1 laity week was held online for the second consecutive year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Father Jorge Fernandes, director of Diocesan Centre for theContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Sept. 30, 2021: Delhi archdiocese’s new auxiliary bishop says he will work hard to bring spiritual revival in the Catholic Church in the national capital. “A spiritual revival in myself, among the clergy, religious and the faithful is my vision right now,” says Monsignor DeepakContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Sept. 29, 2021: The government in Karnataka has issued an order to check “forced conversions” in the southern Indian state. State Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on September 28 instructed the district deputy commissioners to become vigilant about the conversions in their respective jurisdiction and punish thoseContinue Reading
