By Matters India Reporter Kochi, May 11, 2024: Pope Francis has appointed Father Antony Valunkal as the auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Verapoly in Kerala. The 54-year-old bishop-elect is currently the rector and parish priest of the National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Ransom in Vallarpadam, Kochi, saysContinue Reading
By Midhun J Francis Rome, May 10, 2024: The Catholic Church on May 8 observed the feast of the Seven Martyrs of Tibhirine. It commemorated the lives and ultimate sacrifice of some monks, who were killed during the Algerian Civil War. The seven members of the Trappist Order of theContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Mohana, May 10, 2024: Around 15,000, including Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, on May 9 attended the golden jubilee celebrations of Berhampur diocese in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. “I am glad and happy to be with you and for you to celebrate this jubilee Mass,”Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Dallas, May 8, 2024: Moran Mor Athanasius Yohan (formerly known as K P Yohannan), head of the Bishop of Believers Eastern Church, died May 8 at Dallas in the US. He was 74. The Church leader was hospitalized the previous day after he sustained serious woundsContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 6, 2024: Political leaders and media fraternity in Kerala on May 8 mourned the death of a video journalist in an attack by a wild elephant. A V Mukesh, who worked as a cameraman in the Palakkad bureau of Mathrubhumi News, was killed earlyContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, May 7, 2024: The Acts of the Apostles tells us inspiring stories of how the Holy Spirit worked in the lives of the disciples. The disciples became channels of the Holy Spirit leading many to the fold of Christ through healing the sick and raising theContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Thrissur, May 6: History was made when an archdiocese in the southern Indian state of Kerala ordained India’s first speech and hearing-impaired priest. Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of Trichur May 2 ordained Holy Cross Deacon Joseph Thermadom at Our Lady of Dolours Basilica in Thrissur, Kerala’s cultural capital.Continue Reading
By Joseph Jerald New Delhi, May 6, 2024: Have you heard of a Catholic priest working among gangsters, or stories of gangsters he has helped confessing their past and leading dignified lives in society? There is one in Los Angeles, the United States – Jesuit Father Gregory Joseph Boyle. OnContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, May 4, 2024: This is indeed a strange title. It is borrowed from the Vatican II document “The Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the Modern World”. Let me quote it. “The church admits that she greatly profited and still profits from the antagonism of those whoContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho of cruxnow.com Mumbai, May 3, 2024: Archbishop Linus Neli of Imphal has called all Catholics in the eastern Indian state of Manipur to hold intense fast and prayer for reconciliation and peace May 3-5. “Let us persistently pray for the day when people of all ethnicities andContinue Reading
