Clergy abuse of minors to explode in India, Italy: survey
2017-09-19
The survey report was published two days ahead of the CBCI guidelines to deal with sexual abusesContinue Reading
Devotees brave rains to attend Mount Mary fair
2017-09-18
The ten-day fair ended on September 17Continue Reading
Goa Church remembers first native bishop
2017-09-18
Last week was the 126th birth anniversary of the first Goan bishop to head the Church in Goa, Bishop Dom Francisco da Piedade Rebelo. Born in Margao on September 4, 1891, Rebelo studied at the Rachol seminary. No sooner he turned 24 than he was ordained priest by the patriarchContinue Reading
Guidelines to ensure Church institutions safe for women
2017-09-17
The much-awaited guidelines were released on September 14Continue Reading
Jain couple to leave daughter, 1-billion property for monkhood
2017-09-17
Sumit Rathore and Anamika, will take deeksha at Surat in Gujarat on September 23Continue Reading
Slovak Salesian martyr to be beatified
2017-09-15
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
New diocese to be inaugurated on Sept 23
2017-09-14
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
Defying Vatican, Belgian religious brothers continue to offer euthanasia
2017-09-13
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
Syro Malabar Church holds meet for hearing impaired
2017-09-12
More than 200 people between the ages of 7 and 80 representing different dioceses and institutes took partContinue Reading
Pope pushes decentralization on translation of liturgical texts
2017-09-10
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