By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai: A Redemptorist priest in Mumbai has called for immediate sainthood for Jesuit tribal activist Father Stan Swamy. “The ‘Subito Santo’ (immediately saint) Fr Stan Swamy is our call,” Father Ivel Mendanha told an online Sunday Mass on July 11. The vice provincial of the Redemptorists’ MajellaContinue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai: Pope Francis called for a Synod on Synodality because he wants that all the bishops of the world walk the talk of joint responsibility with all the People of God in the Church – ordained and non-ordained. Synod means “walking together,” reflecting on the path traveled,Continue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad: It is ten days since Father Stan Swamy passed away. Dear Fr. Stan Swamy On July 5, you completed your pilgrimage here on earth! Thousands feel your loss everywhere; a light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere! There isContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on July 14 said the demolition of a church in South Delhi was carried out by the Delhi Development Authority that comes under the federal government. “I was initially told that the demolition was carried out by the DelhiContinue Reading
Mangaluru: The Congregation of the Sisters of the Little Flower of Bethany, popularly called, ‘Bethany Sisters,’ has completed 100 years of service of God and humanity. The indigenous congregation was founded on July 16, 1921, at Bendur, Mangaluru, by Father Raymond Francis Camillus Mascarenhas of Mangalore diocese to cater toContinue Reading
By Frank Krishner Patna: An online condolence meeting for Jesuit human rights defender Father Stan Swamy was challenged to stop wailing and get involved in people’s struggles. “These meetings allow us to weep, and people join in the wailing without connecting Stan’s reality, his faith, or his conviction. In tribalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: An expelled Catholic nun suffered a setback July 14 when the Kerala High Court refused to entertain her plea for protection against eviction from the convent where she currently stays. Lucy Kalappura was in August 2019 expelled from the Franciscan Clarist Congregation. The Vatican rejectedContinue Reading
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Catholic church has demanded action against former president Maithripala Sirisena and ex-prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe for their failures to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 270 people, including 11 Indians. Nine suicide bombers, belonging to local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) linkedContinue Reading
By Mark Saludes, LiCAS.news Manila: Pro-environment and faith-based groups have challenged corporate giant San Miguel Corporation (SMC) to abandon all its coal projects to live up to its commitment to support sustainable energy. On July 11, SMC announced that it is “adding more renewables into its power portfolio” with theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottayam: Hundreds of people from various social strata on July 13 attended the funeral of the supreme head of the Malankara Orthodox Church. Catholicos of the East, Baselios Marthoma Paulose II, died July 12 at Parumala St. Gregorios Hospital. He was on treatment for cancer forContinue Reading
