By Aloysius Kantharaj Bengaluru, Nov 7, 2022: The Indian Catholic bishops’ 35th general body meeting on November 7 took off to a colorful start with the Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopold Girelli celebrating the opening with more than 200 prelates as concelebrants. Present at the opening program at St John’s NationalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Rome, Nov 2, 2022: Jesuit superior general Father General Arturo Sosa has released a collection of writings in honor of a pioneer in Christian-Muslim relations who had worked in India for decades. While releasing the book “Witness to a Common Hope: Festschrift in honor of JesuitContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bengaluru, June 1, 2022: As many as 140 priests and nuns from across India attended a two-day capacity-building training program on finance management in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru. The participants of the October 29-30 program at National Biblical Catechetical and Liturgical Centre represented 20 religiousContinue Reading
Shillong, Oct. 29, 2022: Father Àngel Fernàndez Artime, head of the Salesians of Don Bosco, says northeastern India experienced Mother Mary’s presence even before his congregation reached the region a century ago. Father Artime mentioned this when he visited the Salesian novitiate at Sunnyside Upper Shillong, capital of Meghalaya state,Continue Reading
Mardin, Oct 29, 2022: The Syriac Catholic Monastery of St Ephrem in southern Turkey has been reconsecrated, a century after it was requisitioned by the state. The Monastery of Mor Efrem (St Ephrem) in Mardin, an area which was once the heartland of Syriac Christianity, has once again opened itsContinue Reading
By Vipin Vayalil Mananthavady, Oct 27, 2022: The province chapter of Mananthavady Norbertines has elected Father Jose Murickan as its ninth provincial. The election on October 19 was presided over by Abbot General Jos Wouters. Abbot Marcus Champia from the Norbertine Abbey of Jamtara was the second official of theContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Bangalore, Oct 26, 2022: The Public Relation ministry of the Church is not for creating sensationalism at the expense of accuracy, says Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore. The prelate was speaking at a training program for Church public relations officers, organised by the media apostolate of ConferenceContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Oct 27, 2022: The Society of St Paul, an international Catholic religious congregation for men, has a new leader for its India province that comprises Great Britain and Ireland, besides India. The congregation’s superior general Father Dominic Soliman on October 24 appointed Father Joby MathewContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vijayawada, Oct 26, 2022: A young Catholic priest has suspected to have died by suicide in the diocese of Vijayawada, southern India. A message from the Vijaywada Bishop’s House says Father Kondru Velankani Raju died at 8 pm on October 25. He was 33. “We areContinue Reading
By Maria Stephen Bhopal, Oct 26, 2022: The Archdiocese of Bhopal has concluded a three-day Bible Mahotsav (grand festival) with the imposition of pallium upon Archbishop Alangaram Arokia Sebastian Durairaj. The festival, a spiritual retreat for the laity, began with a procession of the Bible at 8:30 am on OctoberContinue Reading