Panaji, Nov 26, 2018: The iconic casket that has housed the relics of St Francis Xavier, a Jesuit and patron saint of Goa, at a church for over 300 years, will undergo major restoration work, a priest said Nov.23. The casket, comprising silver, wood and cloth, was originally made byContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Nov. 26, 2018: Caritas India chairperson Bishop Lumen Monteiro of Agartala has opened the rehabilitation phase of the Church agency’s aid programs among the flood-hit dioceses of Kerala. Bishop Monteiro on November 19-22 met with bishops, social work directors and several families in Verapoly archdioceseContinue Reading
By Rajiv Theodore New Delhi, November 26, 2018: Today in the era of back to back tech revolutions, the concept of smart agriculture has come into the forefront which promises among other things to wipe out hunger especially in the Asia-Pacific region. According to Transparency Market Research (TMR), the globalContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Nov. 26, 2018: The show-cause notice served to Father Augustine Vattoly by the Administrator of Ernakulum-Angamaly Archdiocese is a blunder that exposes intellectual, professional and above all spiritual bankruptcy. The allegations against the activist priest expose the worldly ways religious leadership acts when challenged. It isContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Raipur, November 26, 2018: Raipur archdiocese held Family Year Convention, in Raipur climaxing the Family Year being celebrated in Chhattisgarh region this year. Nearly 1400 people from most of the archdiocese’s 76 parishes participated in the Nov 23-24 program. “Coming together from all the parishes ofContinue Reading
Aizawl, Nov 25, 2018: The Church in poll-bound Mizoram has clarified that it has no role to play in elections as it remains apolitical and doesn’t influence voting in any manner. In northeastern states, particularly in the Christian majoritarian state of Mizoram, Churches are said to cast an influence onContinue Reading
Rome, Nov. 25, 2018: Even in the Eternal City, it’s not often you see cloistered nuns outside the confines of their monasteries. Yet the black veils of over 300 women religious who have chosen a life of prayer and solitude filled the great hall of the Pontifical Lateran University inContinue Reading
Rome, Nov. 25, 2018: Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago and Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta are among those Pope Francis appointed Nov. 23 to the organizing committee for next February’s meeting of presidents of bishops’ conferences to discuss the protection of minors in the Church. In a statement released onContinue Reading
Rome, Nov. 25, 2018: The Catholic Church’s global organization of nuns has denounced the “culture of silence and secrecy” surrounding sexual abuse in the church and is urging sisters who have been abused to report the crimes to police and their superiors. The International Union of Superiors General, which representsContinue Reading
Ayodhya, Nov. 25,2018: Ayodhya is on high alert with nearly 1,00,000 Ram Mandir supporters likely to congregate in the temple town to attend the Dharm Sansad organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. There is a fear of outbreak of communal violence in wake of multiple controversial statements and rumour withContinue Reading
