A Slovak Salesian will be declared blessed Sept. 30 as a “martyr for vocations” and one of the priests for whom he sacrificed his life will be traveling to Bratislava, Slovakia, from San Francisco’s Corpus Christi Parish for the event. Salesian Father Titus Zeman will be beatified as a martyrContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: The newly-formed Parassala diocese of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church will be inaugurated on the Nazareth Home School campus, Balaramapuram, at 2 pm on September 23. The occasion will also witness the consecration of the first Metropolitan of the diocese, Bishop Thomas Mar Eusebius. Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, head of theContinue Reading
Brussels, Belgium: The board of the Belgian Brothers of Charity announced Tuesday it will continue offering euthanasia to patients in their psychiatric centres, despite being ordered by the Vatican to stop doing so. The “Broeders van Liefde” board had been given until the end of August to comply with the Vatican order,Continue Reading
More than 200 people between the ages of 7 and 80 representing different dioceses and institutes took partContinue Reading
Rome: In a move likely to generate special reaction in the English-speaking Catholic world, Pope Francis on Saturday made a series of amendments to Church law governing liturgical translation, the net effect of which is to shift a considerable share of the power away from the Vatican and to localContinue Reading
Mumbai: Archdiocese of Bombay has sent a letter to Press Council of India (PCI) stating that the article that appeared in a tabloid about St. Michael Church Mahim, is biased. This development was confirmed by Archdiocese of Bombay. After the local newspaper reported about the CCTV camera installed in Women’sContinue Reading
Hyderabad: Asia’s biggest octagonal church ‘Shrine of Our lady of Health’ at Khairatabad has been decked up for the birthday of Mother Mary on September 8. While the novena and daily prayers are going on, a pontifical high mass will be celebrated by ArchBishop Thumma Bala on September 8. TheContinue Reading
Shyamal Baran Roy Kolkata: Mother Teresa, who has become synonymous with this city, was Wednesday formally named as the co-patron of the Archdiocese of Calcutta. ‘’Since 1886, the Archdiocese has seen a number of blessings through the intercessions of St. Francis Xavier. It has been decided that from yesterday (SeptemberContinue Reading
She was canonized on September 4, 2016Continue Reading
Hundreds of people now visit the priest’s martyrdom siteContinue Reading
