Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai: In Mumbai, the Church will be taking up donations to mark the World Day of the Poor, instituted by Pope Francis at the end of the Jubilee of Mercy. Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the Archbishop of Bombay, launched the ACTS project – standing for ‘Actively Called to Serve’Continue Reading
Fr. Joseph of Jesus is a Chinese priest, faithful to the Catholic Church. Life is not easy for Catholics in China. Those who adhere to Rome are persecuted by the Chinese government, which only grants freedom of worship to those belonging to the state-controlled Patriotic Church. Fr. Joseph recently sharedContinue Reading
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Dhaka: During his upcoming apostolic journey to Bangladesh from November 30 to December 2, 2017 Pope Francis will ordain 16 new priests in Dhaka. AsiaNews spoke to some of them who all express their excitement and anticipation at their priestly consecration. They include Jashim Murmu, from the diocese of DinajpurContinue Reading
This Day is meant to encourage believers to react against a culture of discard and waste and to embrace the culture of encounterContinue Reading
Matunga: All roads in Mumbai seemingly led to Matunga on November 12, as thousands of faithful joined forces, with the Salesians of Don Bosco, to celebrate five Diamond Jubilee Masses of the iconic Shrine of Don Bosco’s Madonna, which was built in 1957 by the great visionary, Father Aurelius Maschio,Continue Reading
C.M. Paul Darjeeling – A group of religious heads and academicians have come together to revive once active inter religious forum in Darjeeling Hills. The core team met at Ashyana, the residence of Dean of the School of Arts at Sikkim Central University Prof Irshad Ahmed, 11 November 2017. “TheContinue Reading
This was Pope Francis’ first comments since he was publicly accused of spreading heresyContinue Reading
Cardinal Charles Bo is the special guestContinue Reading
