By Sujata Jena Manila, March 18, 2023: A zonal meeting of the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary has resolved among other things to care for victims of religious intolerance and those living without hope. As many as 20 delegates from Asia, Pacific and United States attendedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, March 15, 2023: The Kerala High Court has turned down the Kottayam archbishop’s plea seeking a stay of a lower court order that ended the centuries-old practice of endogamy in his Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church. The Kottayam archdiocese based in the southern Indian state ofContinue Reading
By Vatican News staff writer Vatican City, March 8, 2023: Pope Francis has renewed the Council of Cardinals, as known as the ‘C9’, since the mandate of the previous Council has expired. The cardinal members of the new Council are: Cardinals Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State; Fernando Vérgez Alzaga,Continue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Partamaha, March 5, 2023: More than 50,000 people on March 5 gathered at a Marian pilgrimage center in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, when it celebrated its feast two years after a gap of two years. “We are here after the Covid pandemic to thank GodContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Feb 26, 2023: A national-level group of Catholic women in India has expressed distress about Bishop Franco Mulakkal visiting Pope Francis in the Vatican. The “Sisters in Solidarity” on February 21 wrote to the Pope that they were distressed to read about Bishop Mulakkal’sContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Varanasi, Feb 22, 2023: The need for a Synodal Church and secular society was stressed at a meeting organized by the Indian Catholic Forum (ICF), an informal platform of like-minded persons concerned about the renewal of the Church and nation building. As many as 30 delegates, including sevenContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Aizawl, Feb 15, 2023: Photo exhibitions will highlight the life and mission of Father Ante Gabric, a Croatian Jesuit missionary who had spent five decades in eastern India, especially in the Sundarbans. Kolkata will host the exhibition February 16-17 at Mother Teresa Hall in Christ the KingContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Raipur, Feb 8, 2023: The archdiocese of Raipur on February 8 celebrated the golden jubilee of its formation. “I wish this celebration gives you new impetus to build the kingdom of God in Chhattisgarh,” said Apostolic Nuncio to India Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, who was the chiefContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, January 23, 2023: Cardinal Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, head of the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization, will attend the 34th plenary assembly of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), the national association of the country’s Latin rite prelates. The January 24-25 annual plenary atContinue Reading
By Matters India Report Kathmandu, Jan 15, 2023: Jesuit Father Casper J Miller, the oldest missionary who brought Christianity to Nepal’s Tamang tribals and taught hundreds of Nepali students, died on January 15 at Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, capital of Nepal. He was 90. A message from the Nepal Jesuit SocietyContinue Reading
