By Sr Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji: Sister Crina Cardozo of the Goa-based Sisters of Holy Family of Nazareth has been visiting tribal people in the hilly areas of the western Indian state for the past six years. The 38-year-old nun walks miles to visit the houses, which are situated far apartContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi: Diocese of Faridabad has launched various activities to help Covid 19 victims get proper care and support. “Eighty percent of my people are affected with Covid and we have lost four religious sisters recently,” Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara of Faridabad told Matters India. Some 15 priestsContinue Reading
By Robin Gomes Rome: Pope Francis will celebrate Mass for Myanmar Catholics living in Rome at 10 am on May 16, the Solemnity of the Ascension, according to the Prefecture of the Papal Household. The Pope’s gesture for Myanmar comes during the current Marian month of May, during which heContinue Reading
The blood of St. Januarius, patron of the southern Italian city of Naples, liquefied on May 2. Naples archdiocese announced that the miraculous event took place at 5:18 p.m. local time on May 2. A video posted to YouTube on May 3 showed a monsignor displaying the reliquary and turningContinue Reading
Vatican City: The Vatican’s divine worship office announced May 1 the addition of seven new invocations to the Litany of St. Joseph. The seven invocations, in Latin, are Custos Redemptoris, Serve Christi, Minister salutis, Fulcimen in difficultatibus, Patrone exsulum, Patrone afflictorum, and Patrone pauperum. The Congregation for Divine Worship andContinue Reading
Rome: One of the less documented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the impact of lockdowns, uncertainties and restrictions on the mental health of the millions who’ve had a first-hand experience of the virus, either due to the loss of a loved one, as first responders or as newlyContinue Reading
It’s emerged ministers from Church of Scotland partner churches in India are asking for prayers as they battle a deadly second wave of Covid-19. The Church of Scotland is sending a £5,000 emergency grant to the Church of South India to support their efforts to help people. Rev Moumita Biswas,Continue Reading
When the Easter livestream of Pope Francis’ general audience and the Angelus was broadcast for the first time in American Sign Language on the Vatican’s YouTube channel, the deaf Catholic ministry group in Texas took particular notice. Redemptorist Father Len Broniak, chaplain and program director of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston’sContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis presided at an Ordinary Public Consistory for the Canonization of Blesseds on May 3 morning, in the Consistory Hall of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. During a Consistory, the Cardinals “assist the Supreme Pastor of the Church through collegial action” by offering their counsel onContinue Reading
By Francis Sunil Rosario Kolkata: As Bengal struggled to have the right leadership for over a month, all the calculations, all the predictions to dethrone the ruling government went wrong. Our Didi emerged as a pragmatic, down to earth politician to lead Bengal once again through her hat-trick win inContinue Reading
