Numbers entering English seminaries to become Catholic priests are at their highest level in several dioceses across UK. The rural English diocese of East Anglia has 12 men studying for the priesthood – its highest number in 30 years.Five men started their studies in September. They are based at sixContinue Reading
Tirupur: A Keralite nun died after she fell off a train while coming to Kottayam from Chennai. Sister Stella Kunnath, 74, was a member of the Franciscan Sisters of St Joseph order in Chennai. She was a native of Kuravilangad in Kottayam district in Kerala. Early morning on January 12 , another nun,Continue Reading
By : Smitha George Kochi: The five- member committee of bishops led by Archbishop Mathew Moolakkattu constituted to study the controversial land deal in Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese , has made its recommendations to the Synod of Syro-Malabar Church. It recommends that the auxillary bishops take more responsibility of the day-to-day activitiesContinue Reading
By: Matters India Reporter Kochi: John Nellikkunnel, hailing from Kadaplamattam in Palai and James Athikkalam from Pulimkunnu, have been appointed the Bishops of the Syro-Malabar dioceses of Idukki and Sagar, Uttar Pradesh, respectively. The announcement was made here on January 12 by Cardinal George Alencherry at the church’s headquarters St.Continue Reading
Peru: The Vatican has taken over a Peru-based Catholic movement whose founder was accused of sexual and psychological abuse, just days before Pope Francis starts a trip to Chile and Peru where the sexual abuse scandal is expected to play out on the sidelines. A Vatican statement said the congregation forContinue Reading
Dereham, UK: The newest religious community in the UK has just received the keys to its very first convent – a converted barn complex near Dereham in Mid Norfolk. The Community of Our Lady of Walsingham began life in 2004 in the Slipper Chapel at Walsingham – the village famed for itsContinue Reading
By: Matters India Reporter Kochi: The Syro Malabar Church synod will hold a valedictory function of the silver jubilee celebration of the church attaining the archieprachy status at its headquarters at St Thomas Mount on Saturday, January 13. Louis Raphaël Sako Head of the Chaldean Catholic Church will inaugurate a public meetingContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis said Wednesday that moments of silence in the Mass should be intentional times of prayer, recollection and communion with God, rather than being viewed as times to just be quiet or not speak. “Silence is not reduced to the absence of words, but (is) the availabilityContinue Reading
Lima : For three months, prisoners of twelve Peruvian prisons made about 300 thousand rosaries. This initiative of the National Penitentiary Institute, in coordination with the Archdiocese of Lima, will help to cover the organizational expenses that the Church of Lima will have to support for Pope Francis’ visit, asContinue Reading
Kochi: The Synod of Kerala-based Syro-Malabar Church on January 9 constituted a five member committee of bishops to study the controversial land deal in Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese, in which the Church allegedly suffered huge financial loss. The committee, headed by Archbishop Mathew Moolakkattu, will study the issue and find a solution toContinue Reading
