By: Smitha George Palakkad,Kerala: A unique 6-day residential conference attended by 15 bishops and around 1360 priests, including world renowned evangelists has started at the Sehion Retreat centre in Attapady near Palakkad. Sehion Retreat centre is the official retreat centre for the diocese of Palghat under the patronage of Bishop JacobContinue Reading
While European countries suffer from a lack of priests, and religious vocation seems increasingly unattractive, Indonesia, the most populous Muslim state in the world, is experiencing a golden season of Christian religious vocations. In particular, many young men are entering the seminaries. Although there are few young men asking toContinue Reading
Cindy and David had their religious wedding on Saturday, July 22, celebrated by… a woman. The exceptional ceremony took place in a Catholic church at Lorrainville, 650 km west of Montreal in Canada.In the rural diocese of Rouyn-Norand in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, the lack of priests is such that theContinue Reading
The AUC is meant primarily for the diocesan priests, but open for collaboration with the Religious Continue Reading
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Monteiro family had become Christians 40 years agoContinue Reading
Felix Anthony Miao: Seva Kendra Arunachal East (SKAE), the social service wing of the Diocese of Miao, concluded its six-month vocational training and awareness programme for dropout girls and women on 20 July at its training centre in Namphai I, Changlang district. The training programme for school dropout girls andContinue Reading
Buenos Aires, Argentina : Maximiliano Acuña is a garbage collector in Buenos Aires who earlier this year was injured in a serious accident that left him without legs. On Tuesday, he was surprised to receive an unexpected phone call from Pope Francis. The Pope offered words of encouragement, 33-year-old Acuña toldContinue Reading
Pristina, Kosovo: A cathedral dedicated to St Teresa of Calcutta is due to be consecrated on September 5, the 20th anniversary of the saint’s death. Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Ernest Simoni to be his delegate at the consecration in Pristina, the capital of the partially recognised state of Kosovo.Continue Reading
New research claims the Shroud of Turin is stained with the blood of a torture victim, supporting the theory that it was used to bury Jesus. The Shroud of Turin in a linen cloth, three meters in length, that bears an image of a man some believe to be JesusContinue Reading